475 Kent Vacate Order Lifted, Tenants Can Return
The saga of 475 Kent Avenue drew to a close yesterday. Roughly 14 weeks after the landlord of the live-work loft building was found to be running an illegal matzo bakery in the basement, the FDNY lifted its Vacate Order yesterday. Much protest and repair work later, the path now appears to be clear for…
The saga of 475 Kent Avenue drew to a close yesterday. Roughly 14 weeks after the landlord of the live-work loft building was found to be running an illegal matzo bakery in the basement, the FDNY lifted its Vacate Order yesterday. Much protest and repair work later, the path now appears to be clear for tenants to return. We’ve got an email into DOB to find out whether any bureaucratic hurdles regarding the C of O remain.
Update: We just heard from a Buildings Department official that the lifted Vacate Order does not mean that tenants may move back in. The building’s C of O remains for manufacturing so residential use ain’t kosher, according to the source. So much for that collective sigh of relief.
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475 Kent Tenants to Bloomberg: Let Us Back In! [Brownstoner]
Glimmers of Hope for 475 Kent Residents [Brownstoner]
1.08, there is no need to be ready. You have no basis for releif, no case. Sure you’ll find some attorney to take your money, but….
what do you care if i sue, are you the landlord? if you are be ready.
If you sued wouldn’t you have to admit that you live there illegally? The risk is the cost you save.
don’t understand why they are lettin them losers go back in. why?
“The landlord and the fire department should reimburse the tenants for all the expense and trouble we went through. Or, we’ll sue.”
Yeah, that’s a good plan! Sue the landlord, whose most likely isn’t exactly rolling in dough considering he/she was willing to break the law to rent out his/her crappy warehouse to “starving artists” who know the score but play dumb AND to an illegal matzo factory. THEN, you’re going to sue the NYC Fire Department. I don’t even need to tell you about your chances of sucesses on that one. Good luck!
This building is still illegal to live in though, right?
I smell suits coming.
You have no standing. But go ahead, waste your money.
The landlord and the fire department should reimburse the tenants for all the expense and trouble we went through. Or, we’ll sue.