When "Stop Work" Means Jack
The Park Slope Courier has a story this week about another developer gone wild (anyone smell a tv show?) in the South Slope–and we’ve got the first-hand photos to back it up. In a nutshell, the demolition company working on 226-230 16th Street had already received multiple violations prior to February 15th, when a brick…
The Park Slope Courier has a story this week about another developer gone wild (anyone smell a tv show?) in the South Slope–and we’ve got the first-hand photos to back it up. In a nutshell, the demolition company working on 226-230 16th Street had already received multiple violations prior to February 15th, when a brick wall collpased, injuring two workers. DOB then issued a stop work order. The next afternoon, the demo was back in full-swing, causing more complaints to the DOB. By the time the stop work order was lifted on February 21, a significant amount of demo and clearing had already been done. When asked, the DOB first pointed to how overworked their inspectors are and then passed the buck to the NYPD, which it says is responsible for enforcing stop work orders. The longer we live in Brooklyn, however, the more and more we realize how much corruption there must be in the police department.
16th Street Demo Continued [PS Courier] GMAP P*Shark
How can the 88th precinct complain of being understaffed when they have the time to arrest law-abiding citizens for walking their dogs in the park where fulton st and greene ave intersect.
bedstuyer,
can’t your jury team bring perjury charges against the cops that were on the witness stand. That kind of behaviour is just outrageous
David,
When certain drug hot spots are completely ignored by the police for years and years there is no explanation. In Clinton Hill, Grand and Putnam has been the go-to spot for a couple of decades but only occasionally do you see a cop anywhere near there. The PD claims to be understaffed (though the 88th got a significant headcount increase a few months ago), but when a cuffed felon escaped from the back of a cruiser a few weeks ago, miraculously 30 or so cops showed up in about three minutes clearly in an effort to save face. As 10:03 says, there’s no other explanation.
Maybe I’m naive, but I suspect that a few neighbors phoning 311 repeatedly, as soom as the demolition re-started, might have helped.
Dont you feel the least bit of shame for disparaging an ENTIRE Police Department – based on what information??? The fact that they didnt stop some construction? – maybe they were too busy getting shot at in Bed Stuy –
http://www.nydailynews.com//front/story/396175p-335749c.html
I may make some obnoxious postings but sometimes the arrogance displayed here is overwhelming
Who is the developer of this plot?
I tend to agree about cops and the drug trade. Dealing is so blatant sometimes that I cannot think of any other explanation.
I totally agree about the drug trade. I just sat on a jury involving drug and gun possession. The cops managed to arrest a teenager who was buying some “weed” and somehow the known drug dealers were let go without even a report. It was a bit disconcerting for me because on the first day of trial I learned that the “known hotspot” was literally around the corner from where I live. (Both sides knew I am a lawyer and live in Bedstuy and I was still picked.- go figure).
But it was incredible how they managed not to arrest the person who fit the 911 description of a man dealing drugs and waving a gun. He was standing in front of the building when they arrived and they did not even pat him down, instead they arrest a stupid kid buying “weed” for crack and gun possession (when neither was found on him).
How do you think that happened? The jurors all knew that the cops were lying. They could not keep their stories straight.
Sometimes all it takes is that little card you keep in your wallet that says you have a cop in the family.