Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County
Biohazard and crime scene cleanup in Hastings-on-Hudson
In a village this size, word travels. If what you need is for a room to be dealt with quietly and properly, call (914) 979-7472 and speak to an independent cleanup company.
Phone answered at every hour, weekends and holidays included
One building for both offices
Hastings police work out of the Municipal Building at 7 Maple Avenue and answer 914-478-2344 at all hours. That is the number for asking whether a scene has been released.
The Village Clerk is at the same address and handles death records. Requests go in by mail on the village's application form.
The village has no medical examiner of its own. Officers notify the county office in Valhalla, which investigates sudden and unexplained deaths across Westchester.
Tell the company about the hill
If the house is reached by steps, a shared driveway or a path from the street above, say so. A crew that knows in advance brings the right equipment and enough hands.
- How many steps from where a van can stop to the front door.
- Whether there is a lower entrance at the back or through a garage.
- Which level of the house the room is on.
- Whether the street is narrow or has alternate-side or permit parking.
- Whether a neighbor's driveway or right of way has to be crossed.
- Whether it has snowed or the steps are icy.
Older houses
If walls or floors have to be opened in a house built before 1978, two rules come into play. Paid work that disturbs old paint falls under the EPA's lead-safe renovation rule. And New York's asbestos rules exempt only an owner-occupant of a single-family home who does every bit of the work personally, which is not advisable here.
A cleanup company will tell you if it suspects either. Ask what happens next when it does: who tests, who removes, and whether work stops in the meantime.
Hastings questions
My mother lived alone and we are overseas. Can this be arranged from abroad?
Yes. You will need someone local to hand over a key, such as a neighbor, an attorney or a funeral director, and a way to receive the written scope and photographs by email.
Is a weekend possible?
Ask when you call. The phone is answered on weekends; whether a crew can attend then is up to the company.
Once the police hand the home back, phone
The person who answers works for an independent cleanup firm active in and around Yonkers. Put any question to them. Whether to hire them is up to you.
Phone answered at every hour, weekends and holidays included
Calls can be recorded. How that works: privacy, and how this service is paid.