Man, crazy times on 15th Street. On the same day that the BSA finally put the kibosh on the development at 182 15th Street, more bad news from up towards 8th Avenue. After failing to adequately police the reckless construction project at 406 15th Street, the DOB yesterday ordered the 8 families who rent apartments in the adjacent building at 1504 8th Avenue to evacuate the premises because they had become “imminently perilous to life.” Turns out that developer Jack LoCicero, under the fine architectural guidance of architect Henry Radusky, have been attempting to build an underground garage atop a stream. Their efforts thus far have caused structural problems on four occasions, two of which resulted in violations, one of which was accompanied by a $5,000 fine, only slightly less than the $6,000 that one displaced tenant reckons he is now out-of-pocket. The Red Cross is putting tenants up for two nights. Seems to us LoCicero should be putting them all up at the Waldorf indefinitely. If you find any of this troubling, please give a call to Bill de Blasio at 718- 854-9791, Jim Brennan at 718-788-7221 and Marty Markowitz at 718-802-3700.
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