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Hempstead board adopts a package of local laws on parking, bus stops and school traffic
Summary
The Town Board unanimously adopted multiple local laws—Nos. 28–33 of 2026—covering parking restrictions, parking/standing prohibitions, arterial stops, school-area traffic regulations, bus stop designations and a speed limit change in Oceanside; one handicapped parking resolution was also adopted.
The Town Board on March 24 adopted a set of local laws that change parking controls, bus stops and traffic regulations in several hamlets across the Town of Hempstead.
The Board closed public hearings with no speakers and adopted Local Law No. 28-2026 to limit parking in West Hempstead; Local Law No. 29-2026 addressing parking or standing prohibitions in East Meadow, Elmont, Inwood, Merrick, Oceanside, Roosevelt and West Hempstead; and Local Law No. 30-2026 establishing arterial stops in North Bellmore. On each matter the meeting record states the hearing was closed and the law was adopted on a unanimous roll-call vote.
The Board also adopted Local Law No. 31-2026 updating traffic regulations in the vicinity of schools in Oceanside and Wantagh, Local Law No. 32-2026 regarding bus stops in West Hempstead (appearances noted from Janet Goldstein and Latoya Benjamin), and Local Law No. 33-2026, which inserts a 30-mph location in Oceanside and repeals a 40-mph location. A separate resolution establishing handicapped parking on several public streets in Elmont, Inwood and Merrick was adopted as Resolution No. 293-2026.
Meeting minutes record the motions and seconders for the adoptions—for example, "On motion of Councilmember Thomas E. Muscarella, seconded by Deputy Supervisor Dorothy L. Goosby, and unanimously voted upon roll call that the public hearing be closed, and Local Law No. 28-2026 ADOPTED." The record shows each item passed unanimously by the Board.
The adoptions revise the Town Code in targeted locations; the Board scheduled no additional hearings on the adopted items. Implementation steps (signage, municipal posting, or code updates) were not detailed in the meeting record and are "not specified" in the minutes.
