From the Times Ledger:
The owner of the White House restaurant recently filed paperwork to build a series of retail stores and offices instead of a catering hall in Whitestone, but the city temporarily pulled the permits off a public database following a TimesLedger Newspapers inquiry.
In March 2012, Joe Franco, former owner of the defunct Caffe on the Green, resubmitted certain portions of his catering hall permit that was disapproved last summer, documents from the city Department of Buildings showed.
One of the new documents described a two-story building that would house an unknown number of offices and retail stores with parking for 32 cars in the rear.
A July 2011 version of the same form showed that Franco sought to build a two-story catering and banquet hall capable of holding more than 700 people.
Franco and his architect Christopher Papa declined to comment on the change in plans.
Last Thursday, this newspaper told a Buildings spokeswoman that several documents in the original permit had been resubmitted in March. The spokeswoman refused to answer repeated calls placed to her office over the next three days as to whether the swap was standard practice, which it may very well be. On Tuesday morning, the entire permit was temporarily pulled from the department’s website without explanation. It was not clear whether the document substitution and sudden disappearance of the permit were related.
15 comments:
Maybe owner Joey "d'or" Franco convinced DOB to make the plans disappear by making them an offer they couldn't refuse.
How many complimentary blow jobs did "rootin, tootin...hootin & hollerin" Dan Halloran get in Las Vegas in return for helping out his good "goombah" friend?
Since the NYC building industry is riddled with mafiosi, it comes as no surprise that DOB is loaded with crooks.
One cement filled hand washes the other.
You gotta give to Franco, he never gives up! Always trying to better our community for us. How about moving to Howard Beach, Joey. Take Halloran with you.
How many complimentary blow jobs did "rootin, tootin...hootin & hollerin" Dan Halloran get in Las Vegas in return for helping out his good "goombah" friend?
why is no one else talking about that little junket to vegas
Can't wait to see what Pagan Dan's role is in this debacle.
Maybe he'll take on old man Nastasi's building management services too!
which queens democratic consulting group is known to have it's two owners frolic in gay brothels and strip clubs in las vegas at least times a year?????
Constantinople and Vallone? Now that would be funny....
"The spokeswoman refused to answer repeated calls placed to her office over the next three days"
Newspaper is wasting its energy repeatedly calling DOB spokeswoman.
The proper way to get to the bottom of this is to submit a formal Freedom of Information Law request to DOB, for all documents communicated between Franco's team/representatives and DOB, in either direction, pertaining to the subject property, during a period of time that captures the proposed project. DOB will have to disclose all of those records. If they have destroyed them, there are criminal penalties.
Cody had originally expressed fears that the catering hall would be too big for the neighborhood and was joined by neighbors, civics and state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) in denouncing the development.
But the plan enjoyed support from others in the community in addition to Halloran. Devon O’Connor, of the Welcome to Whitestone civic.
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So Greater Whitestone was against it and Dan and Devon set up a shell civic that does a phony survey and feigns support where are those returned surveys and who wrote those letters of support?
Halloran then issues a statement for the restaurant when Francos own attorney refused HMMM Dan and Devon are one in the same all using tricks learned from Crowley Haggarty and their cronies
Franco is a smart man who hooked up with two bumbling idots he will never make the same mistake again im sure
Dan Devon Lynda Chrissy and John you guys are not fooling anyone
where are those returned surveys and who wrote those letters of support?
while you are at it how about an accounting of the monies collected for the welcome to whitestone sign? alot of groups gave money and then found out their names couldnt go on the sign no refunds given and that everything was donated? who made money on this one? we want to know
HELP WHITESTONE NEEDS
SUPER HEROES MATT SILVERSTEIN AND DEBRA MARKELL NOOOWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!
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HELP WHITESTONE NEEDS
SUPER HEROES MATT SILVERSTEIN AND DEBRA MARKELL NOOOWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!
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You are in need of serious psychiatric help, TROLL!!!
Who was the known rapist hanging with our future congressman Easter Eve?
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