Wednesday Town Board Meeting: Officials Might Board Up 3 Homes

TOWN OF BABYLON, NY — The Town of Babylon will be hosting a virtual board meeting Wednesday afternoon, during which they will discuss possibly boarding up three local homes. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m.

On the agenda for the public hearing portion of the meeting, the board will be decided to designate one home in Deer Park and two in West Babylon as "public nuisances." The Deer Park home is located on W. 22nd Street while the West Babylon homes are located on 14th Street and York Place.

If declared a public nuisance, the homes will be boarded up under town law which states that officials have the authority to board up the homes and evict residents if two or more arrests for certain crimes such as gang assault, drug arrests or prostitution, Newsday reports.

The meeting will be held remotely and livestreamed for the public on YouTube. The meeting will be available to watch live here.

The public hearing agenda can viewed here. The resolution agenda is available here.

If you would like to submit a public comment regarding a matter on the agenda, click here. To participate in one of the public hearings, either via video conference or by calling in, you can use the same form here. An email with instructions for how to join the meeting will be sent on the day of the meeting to the email address you submit and you will be called upon to participate during the meeting.