Agent says Commack house will not be sold for group home
A homeowner on Schuyler Drive in Commack will not sell to a nonprofit that wanted to open a group home, a real estate agent said. Credit: Newsday / Alejandra Villa
A Commack homeowner will not sell his house to a nonprofit organization that wanted five developmentally disabled people to live there, his real estate agent said Friday.
Katy Cardinale, the agent for the Schuyler Drive homeowner, said that he had made the decision last week.
“He is actively pursuing another buyer and the house is very much for sale,” she said in an interview. “Negotiations halted because of financial terms and costly repairs requested by the buyer.”
Several neighborhood residents said at a Smithtown Town Council meeting this week that they worried that the organization, Manhattan-based Human First, would bring traffic and other problems to the area.
The five-bedroom, three-bath home on a quarter acre has an asking price of $485,000.
The group home was proposed for Long Islanders with conditions such as autism, Down syndrome or cerebral palsy.
Cheryelle Cruickshank, Human First CEO, could not be reached for comment Friday.
Nicholas Spangler is a general assignment reporter and has worked at Newsday since 2010.
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