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In the middle of Long Island is where most white people live.

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The IMovie video for transportation

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EAST MASSAPEQUA, NY - Beware of the zombies. Not the monster type zombies. We're talking about zombie homes. They are homes left vacant after banks foreclosed on the them following the financial crisis and Superstorm Sandy. They deteriorate, create an eyesore and bring property values down. My report focuses on East Massapequa, Long Island, one of many communities plagued by zombie homes.

We spoke with one woman who lives next door to a home that's been vacant for 20 years. There's a condemned home owned by a bank nearby. It's been left vacant for 15 years. A neighbor says nothing has been done about the home, despite repeated complaints by the Breezy Point Civic Association to the Town of Oyster Bay, which includes Massapequa.

Association President Bill Manton says the banks have not been cooperative. He says they should sell the properties, instead of leaving the properties boarded up.

The association's attorney, Jonathan Clarke says "What the banks are doing now is they're using the homes as a tax write-off so they are making a profit leaving the homes vacant."

Clarke says Oyster Bay officials should sue the banks under a law passed last year to combat the problem of zombie homes. The law requires the banks to maintain the properties following foreclosure and to bring the homes to auction with 90 day days. "They have to be sold, so they can't just leave the homes vacant," says Clarke. If this isn't done, the banks can be fined up to $500 a day.

Residents have given the Town of Oyster Bay a list of vacant homes owned by banks and requested that officials take immediate action to force the banks to obey the new law. Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino wouldn't answer our questions, but the town's Chief Deputy Town Attorney Frank Scalera, in a statement to PIX11, says , "The Town of Oyster Bay has a robust program in place to combat abandoned homes by remediating the property and placing such costs on the property owners. Just recently, the Town was awarded a $350,000 grant from New York State for enhancement of the program and the pursuit of lending institutions for the cleanup of zombie homes."

Members of the Breezy Point Civic Association have met with Supervisor Saladino and say he has promised to look into their concerns. The association's vice-president Carol Gordon says "Let's penalize the banks, get money from the banks, because they have so much money now, and then start helping the community and the taxpayers."

If you have a story for me, email me at whatashame@pix11.com.

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Abandoned 'zombie' homes in Long Island frustrate neighbors

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EAST MASSAPEQUA, NY - Beware of the zombies. Not the monster type zombies. We're talking about zombie homes. They are homes left vacant after banks foreclosed on the them following the financial crisis and Superstorm Sandy. They deteriorate, create an eyesore and bring property values down.

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A half-billion years ago, it was a chain of volcano islands adrift in a tropical sea. Over untold millenia, it took new forms, like a lump of clay forever being reshaped.

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This shows the percentage of black and whites

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Nick: Long Island is in the Atlantic Ocean. It extends 118 miles east-northwest from the mouth of the Hudson River. Long Island is 12-20 miles wide and it has an area of 1,401 square miles. The eastern part of Long Island is divided into two narrow peninsulas: the northern peninsula, which is about 25 miles long, and the southern peninsula, which is about 40 miles long. Before the Europeans, the island was inhabited by Native Americans. Long Island was originally part of of the territory administrated by the Plymouth company.

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Long Island | island, New York, United States

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Long Island: Long Island, island in the Atlantic Ocean that comprises the southeasternmost part of New York state, U.S. The island lies roughly parallel to the southern shore of Connecticut, from which it is separated to the north by Long Island Sound.

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The link to the YouTube video that shows the transportation now

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Most houses in Long Island were elevated to prevent hurricanes, tsunamis and storms from flooding or destroying them 

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Most houses in Long Island were elevated to prevent hurricanes, tsunamis and storms from flooding or destroying them 

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The link to the video of the transportation New York City used in 1903

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pl8yzk_Ae3Y

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The map of Long Island(Nassau/Suffolk)

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Long Island is part of the Outer Lands region. It is formed largely of four spines of glacial moraine 

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Long Island is part of the Outer Lands region. It is formed largely of four spines of glacial moraine 

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This is the map of the navy’s area for where they go MItchell’s Airfield

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The Long Island skyline

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The different locations in Long Island in 1936

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Roosevelt Field was a military airfield

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These are some examples of segregation in different charts.

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2017 Infographic: School Segregation on Long Island - ERASE Racism

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School segregation on Long Island is on the rise.