06.22.2019 Government State approves mobile home rent hike limits A state bill limiting rent increases for tenants in mobile/manufactured home parks has been approved by the state legislature and signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
03.26.2015 Government RECAP: Town Board may restrict where solar projects can be built With Edwards Avenue in Calverton soon to be blanketed by solar panels, the Riverhead Town Board, at its work session Thursday, discussed plans to require solar energy farms to...
08.19.2014 Government Calverton residents complain of illegal rentals, scold town leaders Nearly 20 members of the Lakewood mobile home community in Calverton demanded accountability from the Riverhead Town Board during a contentious public meeting Tuesday evening, with residents claiming that...
05.23.2014 Government LaValle working on new bill to protect mobile home owners State Senator Ken LaValle is drafting new legislation aimed at protecting mobile home owners because he believes a bill recently approved in the state Assembly won’t pass in the...
03.18.2014 Government Mobile homeowners still seeking relief from ‘unjustifiable rent increases’ Owners of mobile homes are hoping the state will approve a bill described as preventing “unjustifiable rent increases” at mobile home parks this year. The legislation has been proposed...
10.31.2010 News Alessi, Thiele sponsor legislation to protect mobile homeowners Mobile homeowner Joe Kummer, who lives in Thurms Estate in Calverton, has seen his rent increase $225 since an upstate company bought the park in 2006. Mr. Kummer told...
