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From
QNS:
An abandoned property in Flushing has been both an eyesore and a headache for neighbors for over a decade, according to residents.
The dilapidated residence located at 35-20 167th St. has posed quality-of-life concerns for nearby residents — especially next-door neighbors Joe and Joanne Vitulli, who have lived in Flushing for over 40 years and have been dealing with problems stemming from the residence for over a decade.
“[The house] should be either condemned or knocked down,” Joanne Vitulli said. “God forbid it goes on fire.”
Vitulli said the abandoned residence houses a number of animals, including raccoons, opossums and rats, and that she and her husband frequently find the animals on the back and front yards of their property.
Joe Vitulli added that the home’s basement is full of water, which poses structural concerns all well as attracts mosquitoes, and that the widows on the property have been boarded up for about three years now.
Residents also raised concerns about people they’ve seen on the property late at night, including teenagers who go into the backyard to smoke or sleep.
From
CBS:
A fake pest control violation letter is circulating in the city and its asking its recipients to pay up big bucks.
On Friday, Henry Gelfand received the official looking letter claiming to be from the City of New York.
“They’re using the city logo on top, they’re using the city logo on the bottom,” Gelfand said told CBS2’s Tracee Carrasco.
Only problem? It’s not the city who sent the letter. The notice, which is printed on a fake New York City Department letter head, claims to be from the “Rodent Control Program Assessment.”
The letter demands immediate payment for an unspecified violation ranging from $120 to $280, to be mailed to “Vermin Control of New York.”
“The property address is missing, the lot number is missing, all the information that should be provided in a violation is missing,” Gelfand said. The letter reads “this violation cannot be contested or challenged.”
From
DNA Info:
The Jackson Heights Food Court, which re-opened in the fall after the city closed it for health code violations, mysteriously shuttered its doors again last week, according to customers.
The restaurant and market opened in 2012 in the site of a former movie theater at 73-07 37th Ave. inside Diversity Plaza.
The food court first closed in October after inspectors discovered it was operating without city or state permits, officials said.
Officials later found the presence of mice and other vermin inside the market.
