West Hempstead: Seedy hotel finally closed

After a more than 10-year battle to close the Courtesy Hotel in West Hempstead, community, religious and government leaders said they're pleased it was finally shuttered last week and eagerly await ...

SEEDY HOTEL AN ISSUE IN W. HEMPSTEAD RACE

WEST HEMPSTEAD residents have tried for years to shut down a seedy hotel that officials say is rife with drug dealing and prostitution. And now that the four-story Courtesy Hotel on Hempstead Ave. has ...

West Hempstead hotel to be razed

West Hempstead's infamous Courtesy Hotel will be demolished Thursday, ending a 10-year battle that will clear the way for the site's redevelopment. The hotel, which was shuttered in January, will be ...

Mock support by W. Hempstead hotel a slap at supervisor

Here’s an endorsement no politician wants. For the second time in a month, management at a seedy West Hempstead hotel unfurled a banner outside the building telling voters to support the Hempstead ...

Village of Hempstead and Lake Success consider allowing recreational cannabis dispensaries to open

Lake Success officials announced a July 13 hearing to allow cannabis retail dispensaries. The village code would allow one ...

Town of Hempstead challenges state bill on gender-neutral parenting terms

The Town of Hempstead has filed an emergency resolution it says is intended to protect traditional family roles, pushing back ...

Town of Hempstead tossing rusted, 70-year-old water tower for new, state-of-the-art model

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s out with the old. The Town of Hempstead is ditching its decades-old rusted and dilapidated water tower with a ...

Town of Hempstead opens splash pads early amid heat advisory

The Town of Hempstead opened all nine of its splash pads Thursday, more than a week ahead of schedule as a stretch of hot ...