CBS New York has been digging into the history of the Bronx building that partially collapsed on Monday afternoon, and the past violations at the property.
The property has seven open violations, according to the Department of Buildings. One of those is from March of 2021, related to a hazardous conditions on the facade.
The building is 96 years old and from a black-and-white picture obtained by CBS New York, which was taken between 1939 and 1941, not much has been updated on the exterior.
Investigative reporter Tim McNicholas found Google Street View images from November of last year that clearly show cracks in the corner of the building where the collapse happened.
So, nobody followed up on those violations?
Can’t have that when developers and landlords are the biggest contributors to campaigns.
Yep… My city just had a building collapse last year that made national news that had all the same signs and symptoms as this one. People died from the collapse and the landlord cried victim as criminal investigations were launched against him. And guess what? Turns out the landlord is a huge piece of shit with multiple properties in an abysmal state and he paid off city inspectors to turn a blind eye. He got a few hundred dollar fine and continues to not be in jail. This country is just rotten all over the place.
They were working on the building at the time. The problem is, none of the violations were structural. So clearly the building inspector didn’t get it right.