Sanitary District 7, which covers Oceanside and collects garbage from 10,025 residents and 925 commercial properties three times a week, with recycling pick-ups twice per week. The Herald was unable to obtain a statement from Sanitary District 7, regarding its 2012 tax rate. In 2009, District 7 was audited by the office of Nassau County Comptroller Howard Weitzman, which reported that there was nepotism and unfair favoring of employees in the district.

Sanitary District 14, which provides services to East Atlantic Beach and Atlantic Beach Estates, currently has the lowest of all special sanitation districts in the Town of Hempstead.

Last September, the Nassau County Government Efficiency Project, a coalition between the Residents for Efficient Special Districts and the Long Island Progressive Coalition, submitted requests to Sanitation Districts 1, 2, 6, 7 and 14, asking for a variety of information, including expenditures, tax levies, union and other contracts, employee salaries and benefits, and more. Information from the project can be found online, at www.fixmypropertytaxes.com. Additional sanitary district tax information can be found at www.nassaucountyny.gov/mynassauproperty.

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