Thursday, October 8, 2009
When a house is not a home
"Check out this on the DOB website:
144-11 77 Avenue
After numerous stop work orders and accumulating more than $25,000 in
fines, DOB had the NYPD arrest the contractor.
Less than a week later, a DOB inspector found the contractor hard at work
on the site.
When the DOB inspector entered the almost completed building, the
contractor locked the inspector in the basement." - Anonymous
Let's go through them:
9/29/09 - FULL STOP WORK ORDER IN EFFECT UNTIL BSA APPROVALS FOR OVERBUILDING THE STRUCTURE,REAR,SIDE,FRONT YARDS FLOOR AREA HEIGHT; BOROUGH COMMISSIONER HAS ISSUED AN INTENT TO REVOKE APPROVAL AND PERMIT; ORDER TO STOP WORK IMMEDIATELY
9/28/09 - CALLER STATES THE FENCING AT CONSTRUCTION SITE NEAR COMMUNITY DRIVE IS PARTIALLY DEMOLISHED AND KIDS ARE THROWING BRICKS FROM CONSTRUCTION SITE ONTO DRIVEWAY AND ALSO USING THE HOLE AS PASSAGE WAY
9/21/09 - BUILDING VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO OBEY STOP WORK ORDER
9/19/09 - 1 ECB CLASS I FOR ALTERATION AND OCCUPANCY WITHOUT A C OF O
9/18/09 - CALLER STATES THAT A BUILDING THAT DOES NOT HAVE A VALID CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, NO ASSEMBLY, ONE RESIDENTIAL HOME THAT IS TURNED TO SYNAGOGUE
9/8/09 - FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH S/W/O UNLAWFULLY CONTINUED TO SHEET- ROCK INTERIOR AND INSTALL FLOORING
9/4/09 - STOP WORK ORDER WAS ISSUED FOR ABOVE ADDRESS, WORKERS RIPPED DOWN THE TAPE AND PAPER ON THE DOOR AND IS NOW WORKING ON THE BACK OF THE BUILDING
9/1/09 - DEFECTIVE FENCE AT REAR OF PROPERTY; UNLAWFUL CONTINUANCE, WORKING THRU A SWO. AGGRAVATED II CONDITION
8/31/09 - JOB SITE FENCE DEFECTIVE & MISSING PANNELS ALLOWING UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO CONST. SITE; 9 MEN WORKING ON CONCRETE AND AC UNITS AGAINST S/W/O
8/25/09 - OBSERVED 2 WORKMEN ON NOTICE OF SWO
8/19/09 - SUP SCAFFOLD DOES NOT SPECS,SUP.SCAFFOLD ERECTED @EXP 4 APPR O 30FT HIGH IS MISSING SUPPORTS INTO BLDG,NO MEANS OF EGRESS
8/11/09 - SUPPORTED SCAFFOLD DOES NOT MEET DOB SPEC'S
3/23/09 - WORK DOES NOT CONFORM TO APPROVED PLANS-PARTLY WINDOWS AT FRONT & REAR & OPENING TO BELLOW ZOA2 & A3
4 comments:
The application states that it is to be a 'SINAGOGA'. Do they actual mean a Synagogue?
Locking the inspector in is a very serious crime, definitely false arrest and false imprisonment. Maybe kidnapping too (after all, he wanted "consideration" for release, i.e. a falsified report, a lawyer would know more.)
A friend of mine had his mother imprisoned in a similar fashion when storekeepers who suspected her of shoplifting held her for several hours without calling the police. A large financial settlement to the "shoplifter" ensued.
Time to jug someone. The Tombs looks nice this time of year.
Why did they want to arrest the developer for nonpayment of $25,000?
The owner of 82-46 166 Street has over $30,000 in ECB fines. Will they arrest him, too??
When a homeowner tries to turn his home into a synagogue, the DOB lays down the law, but why aren't owners of illegal conversions treated with the same amount of enforcement?
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