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22Jul2010EAST VILLAGE—We've dabbled in the three-sided new Lower East Side Girls Club before, but now that ground has broken at 101 Avenue D on the new 12-story building, let's revisit. In addition to the 30,000-square-foot headquarters for the group...
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22Jul2010The controversial Loft Law was recently extended to protect tenants in improperly converted warehouse buildings, but the law also makes officials take longer looks at buildings that have been flying under their radars, thereby threatening those very...
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30Jun2010The violation-busting team at the Department of Buildings took a break from the daily routine yesterday to repaint the roof of DOB headquarters with a white sealant designed to reduce air conditioning costs by bouncing away the sun's rays. DOB...
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16Jun2010The Department of Buildings' former chief crane inspector was sentenced to two years in prison this morning for taking bribes to pass cranes under inspection and sell operating licenses to underqualified workers. Prosecutors proved that the inspector...
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11Jun2010A Gravesend property owner and an associate were turned in by a DOB inspector after they tried to bribe him with $5,000 in exchange for letting them illegally turn a basement into an apartment. And a Staten Island contractor was...
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27May2010The Wall Street Journal reports some encouraging news for whomever got stuck with the job of updating the DOB's stalled sites list: Since February 2009, 364 building sites have restarted work, and 94 have been completed. Queens and Brooklyn each...
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18May2010The inhabitants of 16 city buildings are no longer allowed to use their balconies after a flurry of safety inspections by Department of Buildings officials, the Times reports. The inspections began after a man fell to his death in March...
