The NYC Department of Buildings and the NYC Law Department are requiring the owners “to fix crumbling facades and take down long-neglected sidewalk sheds.”
against Windermere Properties LLC, Windermere Holdings LLC and Mark Tress on the basis of extreme damage to five buildings located in Manhattan’s Upper West Side.
Over the course of 14 years, hundreds of code violations for unsafe façade conditions have accumulated, “the property owners treated their sidewalk sheds as ‘forever’ additions to their buildings, allowing the pipes and plywood to fall into disrepair without making the needed building repairs,” as stated by the Department of Buildings Communications.
Back in 2022, New York City brought a criminal case against the owners of the buildings and Windermere Properties LLC pleaded guilty. “Owners of the Windermere face substantial civil penalties, in the range of tens of thousands of dollars and growing, for their persistent non-compliance,” said Muriel Goode-Trufant, acting corporation counsel.For now, according to the NYC Department of Buildings, the lawsuit asks for the repair and maintenance of a safe, clean and well-lit sidewalk shed that meets the NYC Construction codes.
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