imagine man go knee replacement return home find city demolish house talk big brother long island town hall order demolition local resident house recuperate knee surgery florida philip williams head florida last december escape winter undergo operation time return home august home west hempstead long island raze grind remain empty lot cover grass speak cbs news mr williams 69 say expect leave get surgery come back find everything go outrage able preventable unjust tremendous disservice neighbor complain local town officials house build 1920s poor condition properly maintain town send number register letter williams claim never saw florida recover surgery instruct local lawyer bradley siegel sue town compensation town claim write williams october november go florida knee replacement surgery insist never read notice town spokeswoman susan trenkle-pokalsky say hempstead town follow proper procedures regard property owner notification relate proceed structure pose danger public take accordance law williams deny abandon house say contain late-wife jewelry personal possessions well tree parent plant 1940s everything remove site follow demolition say want explanation town knock home personal belong social media users condemn hempstead town action one claim make major mistake even bother look lien foreclosure civil case pending hard investigate status owner hey hempstead guarantee man nice payout instead hempstead move harbor town soon enough read daily mail government go wild ny man return hospital find home demolish city