From the Daily News:
Deadbeat contractors and developers have left a trail of destruction across the city, racking up more than $263 million in unpaid fines, yet many continue to work unpunished.
Many fines are levied but few are collected. Last year, the Buildings Department collected $1 for every $5 in fines, issuing $132.4 million in penalties while taking in just $29 million, records show.
Of the $263 million in unpaid fines dating back to 2000, $130 million has been deemed "uncollectable" because violators lack assets, went out of business or beat the clock on the eight-year statute of limitations.
"This failure to collect revenue is particularly galling when we are talking about closing Fire Department engine companies," said Councilman James Oddo (R-S.I.), chairman of the Task Force to Improve the Buildings Department. "What good is it when we enact laws and they don't have teeth?"
A bill has been introduced in response.
6 comments:
Another legacy of the Bloomturd administration. Dump the bastard and vote for Tony Avella. He would not allow this under his watch!
Only goes to show that the Blooming Idiot of a Mayor let's his developer friends get away with it. He needs to go, bye bye Bloomberg. No third term for you...
holy shit get after these bastards and pay the fines, then the city could start to recover. what the hell is bloomturd doing? they need to get after these people and stop b.s. us.
HUH???? Eight year statute of limitations?? How can this be?????
Arrggghhhhhh
Whatever happened to the fines that the bovine bitch Shulman should be paying for her illegal lobbying activities?
You are lucky they don't kill you. So far, I've had my ceiling dropped on my head, caught the landlord painting the banisters of my apartment with gasoline, had heatless periods for days on end during two of the last three winters, holes in my ceiling, holes in my floors, and it keeps on coming...
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