Saturday, May 22, 2010

Housing Mob

NYC Housing Terrace Cause Mob Non Enforcement Every few years a group of mob builders and NYC Building inspectors are rounded up by the feds. These roundups usually occur after someone gets killed, by a crane falling or a fire in a bank building or maybe now tenants falling off their own balcony.Balconies Declared Unsafe at 16 New York Buildings Thousands of residents were ordered to stop using their balconies after safety reviews prompted by a deadly fall. The warnings came as inspectors conducted safety reviews around the city after a man fell to his death in March when part of the railing on his balcony gave way. Inspectors have also found that about 800 building owners have failed to file inspection reports. You cannot have mob payoffs and an effective inspection program in the buildings department at the same time * City cracking down on unsafe balconies after March traged (DN) * Report: Unsafe Balconies In NYC (Fox 5) Oh yes the city did hire a new chief to fight the mob inside the building department New Enforcement Chief for Buildings If it was like the other attempts to get the mob out, there will be more deaths and fed arrests in the future * DOB Warns Residents Of 16 Buildings To Stay Off Balconies (NY1) *LI crane honcho pleads to bribery in Manhattan (NYP)

Construction Mob Gets Around City Ban to Build With City Funds

Voters Want Change, But Few New Yorkers Are Entering Politics (Henry Stern, NY Civic) * City Jobless Rate Drops Below 10 Percent 9.8% (NYT) * More Cab Drivers May Lose Licenses, City Says (NYT)


Construction Mob Gets Around City Ban to Build With City Funds


It is an open secret that the mob prevented from working directly for the city works for agencies and projects run by development corporations funded by city and state funds. Use of Mob-Linked Firm Shows M.T.A. Problem Vetting Subcontractors (NYT) * In Deutsche bank blaze, DA to charge mob-tied subcontractor John Galt Corp. with manslaughter The bank is being taken down by city funded Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. * Yankees Use Firm With Alleged Mob Ties (The construction was back by city bonds)* Met 'mob' contracts Shady firms got $52M to build Citi Field UPDATE Sentencing of Concrete Testing Company Owner Is Postponed

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