Town's homeowners face big fines for lack of curb appeal

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Homeowners in one New York City town could face -- a new Yorktown New York State town could face up to 101000.

Dollars in fines and even go to jail front kept properties.

The town -- mass of people park on Long Island.

And it just approved an anti blight law.

They say grew out of frustration with bank owned properties that have broken lights -- -- dirty swimming pools overgrown lawns it's disgusting candy.

But he could just as easily apply to private homeowners they're similar laws similar laws on the books in places like parts of Florida and South Carolina.

Back to Fox News legal analyst Arthur a dollar really they're these kinds of laws everywhere you gotta keep your yard up -- they'll find ten grand something a lot of money.

Well I he had a bad that would mean I don't know what the house -- -- to look like could have files all of it.

What I learned by researching this segment apparently -- he looks like is when you borrow money from the bank is actually the clauses.

In the paperwork you know you sound all of those papers when -- -- on the money.

There's some is it and you don't keep your property and maintained the banking company in and maintain your property they -- and Malia Lana -- -- The mayor of this -- is on the record saying look for.

Personally put in the ten degrees you're using get a warning first get a warning and intended to fix it correct so the -- know buying it -- -- from the government saying on this little towns -- The employee along got to fix that broken window with a lot of postings on -- side.

Treason -- fallen down a big bush is adding that the fire -- But we're really brought this about -- it comes back to the economy -- old these homes in this little town that have been now taken over by the bank.

In the -- just let them rot they didn't have a lot of fix it -- mean that it did have a way to say you can't do this.

The banks just they don't cut the yard -- -- trees fall down they -- lights fall off the front of the house.

They're places where vigorous can come and hang out it's disgusting to -- you keep your yard up and I should try to be good citizen in the banks and over the next door devote an awful.

How do you think the -- -- -- and over the first 250 -- behind I mean that's the thing giving.

You look at the -- gonna laugh okay give me to -- -- -- fine -- gonna love you more than that the mobile long supplement that you go up to ten Brad Kassell we have and I can't see any CEO of the greenback the blue bag whatever bank for Tony gel and could not have up kept -- the -- part but can the first bank of horrible.

Yes hurt the people horrible there.

But you know easy and it's the mayor just trying to do something to protect his control not -- -- -- -- it has been talking to even though especially in its special it was special to mess of people itself yet.

-- great love to all of our friends on -- out.

Thank you -- do all right no no laureate nearly two weeks after a guy.

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