Code enforcement

With a growing number of overcrowded housing reports in Riverhead neighborhoods, town officials are considering dramatically increasing fines to help pay for the lengthy investigations needed to issue violations to an offending landlord.

Riverhead Town is for the first time going to state court against the owners of four allegedly overcrowded homes. The town will seek injunctions against “the illegal use or occupancy” of the homes.

Riverhead Town doesn’t have a sufficient number of code enforcement officers to keep up with the number of complaints that need to be investigated...

Riverhead Town Board candidate Tim Hubbard argues that the town's code enforcement problems would be solved by putting the code enforcement division in the police department.

The Royal Dorado, the scene of three assaults since May, has been shut down by the Town of Riverhead. The East Main Street establishment, which...