A public meeting Press Release has been circulated by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT).  For directions to Hempstead Town Hall and the Nathan Bennett Pavilion click here.  The meeting site is handicapped accessible.  There are public parking facilities available both on-street and in municipal parking lots, as shown on the directions. This location is also served by mass transit: directly by 5 bus lines, within one or two blocks of 8 other bus lines, and three or four blocks from the Hempstead Transit Center, a bus/rail hub served by 21 of Long Island Bus’s 54 routes and by the Hempstead Branch of the Long Island Rail Road.

We are requesting that you please distribute this information through your network of contacts, friends and neighbors. We would greatly appreciate your assistance in encouraging people to attend the meeting who might be interested in learning about the project and providing input and suggestions for the CMP. This is the first of several meetings that will be held over the course of this planning effort.  Individuals, businesses, elected officials, residents and all interested parties are encouraged to attend and participate at the public meeting on May 12^th.

Thank you for your interest and participation in the development of the Scenic Byway Corridor Plan for Select Historic Long Island Parkways and we look forward to seeing you on May 12^th. If you are unable to attend, but have questions or would like to submit comments about the Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan for Select Historic Long Island Parkways, you can send them by mail to: