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OC: Kenneth McCarron Standup Bite TRT:20 Bite TRT:12 Take Super…Wayne Hall Hempstead Village Mayor TAKE VO Shot of Apartments Downtown Hempstead Time to Bite:07 TRT:16 Take Super…Joseph Gill Co-Chair ACORN Take VO Time to Bite:05 Downtown Hempstead TRT:12 Time to Bite:10 Hempstead Apartment Buildings Downtown Garden City TRT:17 Take Super… Richard Guardino OC: Kenneth McCarron TRT:18

TAKE SOT THE VILLAGE OF HEMPSTEAD WAS ONCE ONE OF THE LARGEST SHOPPING CENTERS ON LONG ISLAND. BUT THESE DAYS THE VILLAGE IS BETTER KNOWN FOR ITS CRIME RATE THAN ITS RETAIL OUTLET. NOW MAYOR WAYNE HALL WANTS TO PUT FORWARD A NEW REDEVELOPMENT PLAN TO HELP REBUILD THE VILLAGES TAXBASE. TAKE SOT TAKE SUPER WAYNE HALL/HEMPSTEAD VILLAGE MAYOR: ITS BLIGHTED ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS WE HAVE HERE IN THE VILLAGE IS THAT ONE THIRD OF THE PROPERTY IS OFF THE TAX ROLL. MEANING THAT WE’RE LOSING ALL OF THIS MONEY BECAUSE OF NON-PROFITS IN THE COMMUNITY. TAKE VO BUT SOME PEOPLE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT PUTTING IN NEW CONDOS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO FIX THE VILLAGES TAX ISSUES TAKE SOT TAKE SUPER JOSEPH GILL/CO-CHAIR OF ACORN: WELL THEY WANTED TO PUT APPROXIMATELY 2500 WHICH IS AH OUT OF THE QUESTION…LUXURY CONDOS WHICH PEOPLE CAN’T AFFORD. AT LEAST NOBODY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SO WHERE THEY GONNA GETS PEOPLE THAT MOVES IN THESE CONDOS. TAKE VO BUT MAYOR WAYNE HALL SAYS ADDING MORE LOW INCOME HOUSING WOULD HURT THE TAX BASE. TAKE SOT WAYNE HALL/ HEMPSTEAD VILLAGE MAYOR: WHAT HAPPPENS IS…IS THAT IT HAS TO GET SUBSIDY SO THAT MEANS YOUR GONNA HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO PAY FOR THE LOW INCOME TAKE VO AND LONG ISLAND REAL ESTATE EXPERT RICHARD GUARDINO SAYS THAT MAYOR WAYNE SAYS THINKS OTHER COMMUNITIES NEED TO SHARE THE BURDEN OF LOW INCOME HOUSING. TAKE SOT TAKE SUPER RICHARD GUARDINO:HE FEELS AND I THINK HE MAKES A VERY GOOD POINT THAT IN TERMS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THE VILLAGE OF HEMPSTEAD HAS DONE MORE THAN ITS FAIR SHARE SO THAT WHEN UM GROUPS COME IN AND SAY THAT 50 PERCENT OF THE HOUSING THAT YOUR PUTTING IN SHOULD BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING HE SAYS WELL WAIT A MINUTE WE ALREADY HAVE A HIGH PERCENTAGE. TAKE SOT LAST FALL THE MAYOR PULLED A PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT PLAN BUT HE INSISTS IT REMAINS A PRIORITY FOR THIS YEAR, AND THAT A NEW PLAN WILL BE IN PLACE BY NEXT AUGUST. BUT UNTIL THEN MOST PEOPLE INTEND TO SIT BACK AND WAIT. WITH NASSAUNEWS.ORG, I’M KEN MCCARRON