Twenty-one dogs were pulled from a commercial building on Shore Road in Manorhaven late Saturday night after police found the animals malnourished, with no food or water, inside what had been operating as a dog boarding business. Nassau County Police say officers responded to 144 Shore Road around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, and the dogs, which included Huskies and a St. Bernard, were loaded into a Town of North Hempstead Animal Control van and taken for treatment.
According to News12 Long Island, the dogs are now receiving medical care at the Town of North Hempstead Animal Shelter after being found malnourished. The station reports it is still working to learn more about the investigation, which remains ongoing. Separately, a video shared on social media showed the animals left inside an empty building in filthy conditions, matted fur and covered in feces, as reported by Daily Voice.
Christopher Kollar, speaking from Port Washington, said the town and community should rescue the animals and provide them with needed care, per the News12 report. The rescue involved a joint response by Town of North Hempstead Animal Control, the Nassau County SPCA, and detectives from the Nassau County Police Department's Sixth Squad, the same account notes.
A Storefront Recently Listed for Commercial Lease
The building at 142-146 Shore Road, listed as Unit 144, had been actively marketed for commercial lease as recently as July at $3,000 a month for a 2,580-square-foot retail unit, according to a Coldwell Banker listing that advertised a column-free open layout with hardwood floors and parking. Instead, the space had apparently been converted into a boarding operation for the 21 dogs found inside. Whether the boarding business was properly licensed or registered under Manorhaven's commercial zoning rules remains an open question for investigators to sort out.
What Comes Next Legally
Failure to provide proper food, drink, or sustenance to an animal is classified as a Class A misdemeanor under New York Agriculture and Markets Law Section 353, punishable by up to a year in prison and a $1,000 fine, per the Animal Legal & Historical Center. Whether charges will be filed under that statute, or elevated depending on medical evaluations at the animal shelter, has not yet been determined.
Nassau County also maintains a mandatory Animal Abuse Registry for convicted offenders, with failure to register itself charged as a Class A misdemeanor carrying up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine, according to Nassau County government records. County law requires local pet dealers and shelters to check that registry before animal transfers. In May 2025, county officials had proposed legislation to bar anyone listed on the registry from legally owning pets, following a string of high-profile neglect and hoarding cases across Long Island, as reported by Long Island Life & Politics.
Where the Dogs Are Now
The Town of North Hempstead Animal Shelter, a municipal open-admission facility at 75 Marino Avenue in Port Washington, is treating the rescued dogs and works alongside the volunteer group The Shelter Connection. Residents with information about animal cruelty can also reach the Nassau County SPCA, which runs the county's only 24-hour animal abuse reporting hotline and relies on volunteer humane law enforcement officers to investigate complaints.
Manorhaven, an incorporated village founded in 1930 along Port Washington's waterfront on Manhasset Bay, regulates commercial land use through Chapter 155 of its Village Zoning Code. The village falls under the detective jurisdiction of the Nassau County Police Department's Sixth Squad, which covers a peninsula where violent crime runs roughly 98% below the national average, according to prior Hoodline reporting. The investigation into the Shore Road building remains active, and no charges had been announced as of this reporting.
