Hempstead: NY Secretary of State Tours Main Street Housing Plans

"State and local officials walked through the streets of downtown Hempstead Village on Monday like painters holding up their thumbs to take in the perspective before applying brushstrokes. The state and village have embarked on a planning process to use a $10 million downtown revitalization initiative grant to attract development and business to the area," reported Newsday. "New York's Secretary of State Walter Mosley was in the village to see it for himself. At a stop in the soon-to-open Estella apartments on Main Street near the Long Island Rail Road station, Mosley said Mayor Waylyn Hobbs Jr.’s vision aligns with the Governor Hochul’s 'in terms of affordability, livability, being able to thrive in the community, as opposed to trying to survive.'"

"Hempstead has been stagnant for years and most of it was because we couldn't get community buy-in to development because oftentimes when people think of development, they think of displacing people and gentrifying a community,' Mayor Hobbs said. “So having the community engagement to let them realize that 'It's not about replacing you,' it's about 'You deserve better.'”

Mayor Hobbs spoke at LIBOR's 2^nd annual Juneteenth celebration last month and discussed his plans to boost Hempstead with both public and private partnerships.