Some Glen Cove residents have a problem with a plan to set up wellness center in the neighborhood.

"We live in a residential area, and we want to continue to live in a residential area," says Stephen Worth, a former city councilman. He says he's questioning a plan that would open up a group home in a historic brick house on St. Andrews Lane in Glen Cove's so-called mansion district.

The proposal, from a for-profit company called Monte Nido, would house 11 to 14 women who have eating disorders.

Critics say it would change the character of the neighborhood. Many of them went to Tuesday night's city council meeting to complain.

But Deputy Mayor Maureen Basdavanos says the company does not need special permission to open the facility.

"They don't need any zoning changes, and it doesn't become a commercial property," she says. "It stays a one-family residence."

On the other hand, she says, if enough residents voice objections, the mayor could try to take action.

There will be a public hearing on the proposal on Feb. 7 at City Hall.