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Construction at 315 West 103rd Street is seemingly in violation of NY building code. Plus, the owner falsely claimed that the building was vacant in his application to the Department of Buildings.
We call on the DOB to order the removal of this allegedly illegal addition at once.
See WSJ article http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703302604575294741665007702.html
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38 Comments
Anonymous (Guest)
stw (Guest)
MKB (Guest)
Anonymous (Guest)
hh (Guest)
It's just plain ugly, and also illegal.
Olivia Hutton (Guest)
I am astonished at what was once a stunning New York City old style building is now an atrocity. I cannot believe any planning or construction board of New York would allow this. Did they? My gut is on this being illegal.
Olivia Hutton
Anonymous (Guest)
Anonymous (Guest)
Harlem World (Guest)
Please keep us abreast of what's going on.
HW
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
West 103rd Street Residents (Registered User)
West 103rd Street Residents (Registered User)
Anonymous (Guest)
the mayor's office to help expedite this problem as well as flooding the neighborhood w/flyers about the problem. also visiting the assemblyman. read the pice in the wall st. journal
6/9
whose hand is being greased to allow this illegal work to continue...cherie tredanari
joe of west 103 (Guest)
that have endangered the lives of citizens/ tenants living there. What is being done to punish the culprits?
Something must be done!! And this made an example of to those who would violate the laws. Why has nothing been done about this. The whole neighborhood suffers as result. Also, the debris & garbage in front of the building is fast becoming a breeding ground for vermin and affecting other residents in nearby building. Paint and restore this property as well as have all the debris in front of it removed. see the wall street journal article.
joe of west 103 (Guest)
the results of this atrocity,,,, Why does this linger for yet another year???????
Anonymous (Guest)
Another stop work order has been issued! Why are there people working there? Please keep on calling 311 and what about the Office of our Mayor and DA!
Concerned neighbor
Anonymous (Guest)
Jim (Guest)
Anonymous (Guest)
attention neighbors
Is it true that the landlord of 315 W103 st wants to turn the building into some type of hotel. WE need to stop this crazyness. Pleasecall Assemblyman O'Donnell at 212 866-8970 or Scott Stringer 212-669-8300.
Anonymous (Guest)
attention neighbors
Is it true that the landlord of 315 W103 st wants to turn the building into some type of hotel. WE need to stop this crazyness. Pleasecall Assemblyman O'Donnell at 212 866-8970 or Scott Stringer 212-669-8300.
another concerned neighbor (Guest)
does anyone have contacts with the new york state
attorney general's office to investigate as to how falsified information led to construction with tenants in this building as the article in Wall St Journal states??
now there are cameras.......
and spying on the neighbors and tenants.... wow! and wanting to create a hotel on our block ???
what is happening to our nice neighborhood... we need to stop this and support the tenants there who
also protecting us in the neighborhood from this
continued callousness; arrogance and disregard for
our community.
Anonymous (Guest)
What's wrong with that picture? Am I being spied on when I walk by that building now?
across the street (Guest)
the link to the other article about this building appears below. take a look.
http://westsidespirit.com/2009/11/25/construction-in-‘vacant’-building/
this is fast becoming an example of greedy landlords going too far. very obvious this guy has total disregard
for laws.
Anonymous (Guest)
Anonymous (Guest)
Anonymous (Guest)
across the street & having to look at this mess (Guest)
the city needs to force that owner to take that crap down... and those tenants should get ample monetary redress for putting up with this very dangerous inconvenience to their lives. no wonder the press has picked up on this story.
we need to rally the block associations around this
blight. And take that scaffold down!!
across the street & having to look at this mess (Guest)
Harlem (Registered User)
We're developing a link to our hwmagazine.ning.com member site to www.seeclickfix.com (widget is not working) so our Harlem members can get and take action.
Any ideas let us know?
Daniel
HW
West 103rd Street Residents (Registered User)
Please also sign the online petition -- http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/illegaluwsconstruction.
Help spread the word!!
Harlem (Registered User)
Anonymous (Guest)
Anonymous (Guest)
Anonymous (Guest)
West 103rd Street residents & surrounding streets
we do not want transient hotels and rooms rented out in our neighborhood. It diminishes the quality of life & creates crime!! Think of your children and your own safety! Contact the mayor's office and the governor. Also, Attny. General Andrew Cuomo.
See the NY Times article.
Stop this from happening!
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2010/07/10/opinion/10sat4.xml
West 103rd Street Residents (Guest)
West 103rd Street Residents --
The bill to curb illegal hotels in NY is in jeopardy. It has passed the State Assembly and Senate but Governor Paterson might veto the bill.
See today's article in the New York Times -- http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/19/nyregion/19hotel.html?ref=nyregion. This article quotes Ronnie Oved, who we believe to be the brother of the owner of 315 West 103rd Street Jacob Avid (aka Oved).
We believe these two brothers own at least 10 buildings throughout Manhattan that they are using to rent seemingly illegal hotel rooms. (See www.hotel99.com, www.centralparkhostel.com, http://www.korerealtyny.com/property.htm.)
A search of the DOB and HPD websites for these buildings shows numerous ECB and other violations and tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid fines. We have all experienced the damage that they have done to residents of their buildings and neighbors.
Please do the following:
- Call Governor Paterson's office (518-474-8390) to express your support for the bill.
- Write letters to the editor saying why this bill is so important.
- Attend the rally on Wednesday morning at 11am at 1 Center Street (see http://stuytownluxliving.com/).
NYer (Guest)
AT (Guest)
One Neighborhood 4 All (Registered User)
As neighbors on the block? It does affect us all. Sign the petition