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Smithtown's Targeted Abandoned Homes [PHOTOS]

The Town of Smithtown released a partial list of blighted, abandoned homes officials will look further into, which could be unsafe for locals.

Patch reported that Town of Smithtown officials said its necessary for Smithtown Building and Public Safety employees to inspect . 

Tuesday, Patch cameras captured images of the homes in question.

In , the town put together a list of 19 properties deemed blighted, a list that has grown to 21. A partial list was recently released of abandoned homes in Smithtown, Nesconset, Kings Park and Commack, that officials will look at. 

Here are the abandoned homes:

  • 77 and 81 West Main St., Kings Park
  • 7 Hadley Drive,  Smithtown
  • 310 Smithtown Boulevard, Nesconset
  • 436 Edgewood Ave., Smithtown
  • 24 Locust St., Nesconset
  • 1131 Jericho Turnpike, Commack
  • 299 Southern Boulevard, Nesconset

What action do you think the Town of Smithtown should take against the owners of these homes? How do you think having these homes in your neighborhood impacts where you live? 

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KFM May 21, 2013 at 04:17 pm
How, in a period of rapidly declining enrollment, can costs be increasing so much from year to year,Read More you ask? The answer is in front of you in black and white. I urge you to READ your district’s budget: we are funding retirements when many of us cannot afford to fund our own during difficult economic times. These wheels were set in motion by contracts negotiated in times of unrealistic growth that may likely not occur again. It is time to open up these plans and relieve this unfair burden from our shoulders. Whatever other measures are pursued in order to control costs, including consolidation within and eventually with other districts, are never going to be enough if you cannot get this problem corrected. Write your congressman, for the love of God. If you need any more incentive to do so, please go to http://rocdocs.democratandchronicle.com/database/teacher-pensions-new-york and look at what Smithtown’s retirees are collecting MONTHLY. It will sicken you.
KFM May 21, 2013 at 04:12 pm
They are allowed to exclude the pension and employee benefit increases when expressing the increase.Read More
Billie B May 20, 2013 at 10:17 am
Tomorrow is the vote..vote NO NOW or our taxes are going to continue to sky rocket. Unless we doRead More something this town will continue to spiral down. More taxes aren't going to help. We need to cut expenses and get ourselves on a fiscally responsible plan.