L.I. Co-op Wants Security Cameras — In the Public Parking Lot Next Door

Nov. 4, 2014 — The 99-unit co-op at 4 Maple Drive in Great Neck Plaza, a village in the town of North Hempstead, N.Y., doesn't have its own parking garage. No problem! There's a municipal lot next door! And since village residents in multiple-dwelling buildings can buy a residential parking permit for just $90 a quarter, it seemed a pretty good deal — at least until, as the residents made clear at a village board of trustees meeting recently, the garage became "the scene of car thefts, teenagers smoking marijuana, having sex, taking sexually explicit photos while on a resident’s car, drinking, public urination and other obscene acts," according to The Island Now. Tires are being stolen and the super's truck was vandalized. And since the local police don't patrol there much, the residents want security cameras. But there's a problem! The village mayor says there's no money for cameras and a security company to monitor them. Sooo ... nightly party at the garage, kids! Be sure to bring your tire irons and jacks!