Housing

Sixty years ago, there were no playgrounds, picnic tables, hiking trails or campsites on the property we know today as Indian Island County Park. In 1964, bulldozers leveled the tin-roofed sheds at what was once one of the largest and worst rural slums in the state.

Riverhead Town’s proposed rental code revisions has drawn opposition from housing and civil rights advocates, who argue that the proposal is discriminatory and violates county, state and federal law.

A virtual public forum on housing in the Flanders, Riverside and Northampton community will take place tomorrow night at 7 p.m.

Supervisor Laura Jens-Smith’s proposal to tighten housing code standards and implement steep increases in fines for code violations was rejected by the town board Wednesday in a 2-1 vote.

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...