Hempstead Town Unveils New App For Residents

Town of Hempstead Supervisor Laura Gillen unveiled and demonstrated the first municipal, cyber-secure web app on Long Island, available to residents seeking to report issues and access public information from their phones and other hand-held devices.

The "Hempstead-On-The Go" app provides a way for residents to access news and view upcoming events and calendar items, along with links to live streaming public meetings and online help forms, from any hand held smartphone or tablet device.

“I ran on making the town more transparent and information more easily accessible to residents,” said Gillen. “So I’m happy to announce the completion of one of the first of many new initiatives designed to make government more user-friendly for the more than 770,000 residents of America’s largest township.”

The Hempstead app is designed using widely acclaimed "progressive" technology, the latest trend in the tech world, considered to be the future platform of all apps since it protects users’ personal information via a secure connection, not available on traditional apps.

This latest form of technology delivers superior navigation speeds for residents, since files are much smaller, and does not require downloading data and time-consuming user updates from third parties.

Furthermore, the new app allows residents to upload photos of issues on their phones, such as a blown street light or blocked storm drain, so town support staff can see exactly where issues need to be addressed and how to fix them in advance.

The app currently fits any device, be it a desktop, mobile device or tablet and can be downloaded by visiting app.toh.li with your device and then clicking either the “Add to Home Screen” button for Android users, or “Share” button followed by the “Add to Home Screen” button for Apple users, located on the bottom of the screen.

Photo: Town of Hempstead