Man who spoke out about mobile park's water woes served eviction notice

Eviction notice after public complaints

A Duanesburg mobile home park resident who publicly criticized his community’s long-running water problems says he has been served an eviction notice, adding a new dispute to a case already drawing county enforcement.

Patrick Loucks said he received the notice on Wednesday, June 18, 2026, at Hillcrest Villas Mobile Home Park on Western Turnpike. The notice says his tenancy will end in 30 days.

Loucks said he believes the eviction is retaliation for speaking out about the park’s prolonged boil-water advisory and recurring water outages. He has been among the residents pressing officials to act on the water problems.

The notice, according to the reporting, cites alleged abuse or harassment of a company employee, community manager or park liaison. It also alleges repeated negative, aggressive behavior and verbal abuse toward park management and people affiliated with owner Sam Obermeister.

A year of water problems

Loucks and his wife moved into the park around August 15, 2025. Two days later, on August 17, 2025, the county issued a boil-water advisory for the front section of the park.

That advisory has remained in place for about 10 months because of recurring outages and shortages. County officials have said the water may be contaminated by microbes, and residents have been told to boil water before drinking it or using it for food.

The advisory has become a defining issue for residents who say the interruptions have continued far beyond an ordinary emergency. In earlier reporting, some residents said they had spent nearly 300 days under the order.

Loucks’ eviction notice lands in that setting: a park where residents are still living under a public health warning while the cause of the water failures remains unresolved.

County enforcement escalates

Schenectady County has already been moving toward formal action over the park’s water system. On May 14, 2026, the county gave Obermeister 30 days to fix deficiencies and submit a letter from a state-licensed professional engineer outlining a plan to evaluate and correct the water system.

On June 16, 2026, the county announced it was taking legal action against Sam Obermeister and Mobile Properties LLC over the lingering boil-water order. County attorney Frank Salamone said the county was moving from an informal process to a formal administrative hearing.

Officials have said the county is trying to force repairs after repeated deadlines passed without the required work and engineering plan. The county’s separate enforcement track makes Loucks’ eviction notice part of a broader fight over the park’s conditions, not an isolated personnel dispute.

Competing explanations

Loucks says the timing of the notice shows retaliation for speaking publicly about the park’s water problems. The notice itself frames the move as a response to alleged misconduct and aggressive behavior.

Mobile Properties LLC has not publicly explained the decision. A clerk with the company said, "We have no comment."

The conflicting accounts leave a central question unresolved: whether Loucks was removed for behavior the owner says crossed a line, or whether he is being targeted for raising complaints that drew public scrutiny to the park.

Arthur Butler, executive director of the county Human Rights Commission, had also said he planned to investigate complaints tied to the park conditions. That adds another layer of oversight to a dispute already involving public health officials and county attorneys.

What happens next

Loucks has not yet been reported as having filed a challenge, but the next likely steps are clear. He could contest the eviction notice, seek legal representation, or both.

County officials are also expected to continue their administrative process, and the water advisory remains in place unless and until repairs are completed and the county determines the system is safe.

For residents, the immediate stakes are practical as well as legal: whether they can continue living in the park, whether the advisory is finally lifted, and whether county or court action forces the owner to fix the system.