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DeSena, Lurvey clash on credit
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“This release is nothing more than political grandstanding by a rogue Councilmember looking to play the role of Supervisor and claim to speak for the Town,” Devine said in a statement.
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“The sad fact is the Building Department Commissioner failed to answer a recent request from the Supervisor’s Office for information from 2022 to potentially be incorporated in the State of the Town address, and instead it was seemingly provided to a member of the majority to be used for political gain. This is another example of the Town Board clearly meddling in the affairs of the Building Department, even while it’s currently under a financial and operational independent field audit by the Nassau County Comp- troller.”
In 2022, the North Hempstead Town Board passed numerous pieces of legislation that focused on the Building Department’s operations
In June, the Town Board passed legislation submitted byLurvey to require reports given to the Town Board from commissioners and department heads at the Building Department to be delivered on a monthly basis rather than yearly.
A month later a local law was passed to make modifications to the procedure for requests for expedited permits.
The new process now allows the town’s building department and planning department commissioners to make decisions on expedited permit requests within five business days.
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There is also added criteria to review requests before determining whether or not they should be granted an expedited permit.
Previously, applicants had to meet at least one of four criteria, which included accommodating emergency situations, furthering public interests like job creation or economic development, providing an essential service or avoiding extreme financial hardship to the applicant.
Additional criteria on top of the previous four now include the urgency of the situation, potential danger to property and requests relating to improved access for people with mobility impairments or disabilities, among others.
A previous version of this story was published. It has since been updated.
