Mr. de Blasio announced that he was making Hunter College’s assistant vice president of facilities Rick Chandler commissioner of the Buildings Department...
The mayor said that Buildings is badly in need of a change both in its dealings with New Yorkers, and in its office atmosphere.
“We have to change the culture of the Buildings Department. There has to be a totally different sense of time and efficiency,” Mr. de Blasio said, blaming bureaucratic delays and excessive fines on internal attitudes among personnel at the agency.
Mr. Chandler was part of the Buildings Department teams that inspected structures surrounding Ground Zero following 9/11 and damaged buildings after Hurricane Sandy, and said he was up to the task of guiding the agency. He promised to cooperate with the mayor in his ambitious goals of creating and maintaining 200,000 units of affordable housing, and of refitting school buildings to accommodate universal pre-K–as well as helping everyday families with work on their homes and properties.
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I have to presume Rick is going to kicking a number of butts at DOB.
The mayor said that Buildings is badly in need of a change both in its dealings with New Yorkers.
That is an understatement, probably one of the worst city agencies in NYC. Hopefully this guy will make a difference, hopefully.
I wonder how many towers have been planned or been built in the last 7 months when the position was vacant.
the DOB and many others don't only need changing,they need enemas.
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200,000 units of affordable housing is around 20X the size of Roosevelt Islands housing.
Will they be coming for our basements and roofs ?
I have a really bad feeling about farmers oval & Atlas park. Basically all that land off the tracks and west into Maspeth.
I find DeBlasios comment “DOB helping everyday families with work on their homes and properties” particularly scary. With progressives ALWAYS result's with consolidation, doing away with supervision & rules to rubber stamp anything a home owner wants to plow down or do.
(Lee Tu and his Persian friends tried to pull this shit in Great Neck calling it a homeowners bill of rights, luckily Lee Tu's comments got his ass SLAUGHTERED in the town Supervisor election.
In Queens "land of come and get it" this could mean a greedy landlord partitioning small existing buildings into "micro apts" to double or quadrupole capacity using like they do in Japan and parts of Central America with deBlasios blessing.
Hell a 350 Sq foot box with a mattress, TV, running water and government paid crate of diapers & 4X underwear is a palace for most these new people and future unemployed "Hipster trust fund artists" working at Pizza Hut for life when the $$ runs out.
-Joe
www.nra.org
""presume Rick is going to kicking a number of butts""
Yeah, especially small single family homeowners in Maspeth, Ridgewood, Glendale who don't want to rent their basements. After all a family of 2, 3 or 4 doesn't need all that "wasted space" do thay ?
It may soon cost a ton of $$ to keep your private home "private"
Remember these America hating progressives want middle class Archie Bunker OUT or DEAD ASAP.
"Remember these America hating progressives want middle class Archie Bunker OUT or DEAD ASAP.'
Archie and Edith ARE dead -in case you hadn't noticed.
And no, they (progressives) won't be coming for your crackerbox.
I wouldn't put a dog in most of those basements.
Assistant vp of facilities? How about an architect?
I think "Wouldn't put a dog in most of those basements" is the point. The Illegals from the pueblos and mountains who can live 8+ to a plywood hut with no toilet will gladly take them !!
The average domestic pet cat or dog has better standards
Not the just building department also DEP
Need to be clean up All the blind inspectors they don't want to see 25 Years problem
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