New York, NY – A City Council committee is considering legislation to boost fines for violators of certain sections of the building code – a push the Bloomberg administration endorsed during a hearing.
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“Construction is just out of control in this city,” Council Member Tony Avella of Queens said.
Several members of the Housing and Buildings Committee also urged the administration to enforce the building code with the help of police, and to seek jail time for the most flagrant violators. “Listen, I don’t like to throw anybody in jail, to see anyone go to jail. But if that’s what it’s going to take to make these developers and contractors pay attention, to respect the community, then that’s what we have to do,” Council Member Domenic Recchia Jr. said.
Fining and jailing contractors who flagrantly violate the law would “give some teeth to the buildings department and some oomph to the penalties,” Council Member Lewis Fidler said.
The prospect that contractors could face prison unnerved a lawyer for the New York City Demolition Contractors’ Association, Irwin Echtman, who said criminal penalties could be unfair because violation notices are sometimes inadequately served. Mr. Echtman, who said members of the association handle about 80% of city demolition, urged committee members to change the way notices are served if they want to introduce criminal charges.
i think thay need the same lew in monsey and put in jail the builders and the town board
The lakewood investors could give shiurim to the brooklyn builders. And when they come out, they can go into business together. Hashem yerachem.
It doesn’t take a “grosse chuchem” to know that you need a permit to build,can’t build beyond the scope of the permit, and must have the permit on display, I don’t know what’s so hard about following the DOB regulations.
This is what’s called ‘cruelty’, It’s a known fact, that when there’s a complaint, by an anonymous caller, the DOB will send someone down, and he’ll always find something to put a ‘stop work order’, & to slash you with a hefty fine! & now they’ll put you in jail, because there’s a jealous person out there, & he keeps on calling!
I don’t think that in russia they do this!
Arrest the policiticians who allow creeps to get away with violations in return for campaign contributions, etc.
Bring ethics into govt.
NOW, that sounds like a novel idea.
Baruch Hashem! Now maybe our neighborhoods won’t look like a huge ugly mish mosh!
Great idea to jail building code violators, the owners, the contractors and the architects who file false self certified plans. Right now its a free for all with no code enforcement.
put the politicians in jail first!