North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jennifer DeSena and Council Members Peter Zuckerman, Veronica Lurvey, and Mariann Dalimonte joined together with the town’s Department of Public Safety to unveil the town’s new harbor patrol boat.
In 2021, under former Supervisor Judi Bosworth, the town was awarded $20,991 in funding as part of FEMA’s Port Security Grant program.
The new 29-foot boat provides state-of-the-art GPS and mapping capabilities along with thermal imaging. The patrol boat will be used to protect Little Neck Bay, Manhasset Bay, Hempstead Harbor, and the Long Island Sound.
FEMA’s Port Security Grant Program provides funding to state, local and private-sector partners to help protect maritime security. Funding from the Port Security Grant Program in the past fiscal year totaled $100,000,000 nationwide.
North Hempstead’s Division of Harbor Patrol is overseen by the Town’s Department of Public Safety.
North Hempstead’s Harbor Patrol currently monitors the waters of Little Neck Bay, Manhasset Bay, Hempstead Harbor, and parts of the Long Island Sound, and it partners with the United States Coast Guard New York Sector in protecting the Port of New York and New Jersey.
