Mount Vernon building owner issued notice of violation for unsafe buildings
On Nov. 23, a fire broke out damaging 88 apartments and causing more than 1.8 million dollars in damages.
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On Thursday, a notice of violation conference was held between the city and the building owner of 30 Cottage Ave. and 45 Park Ave. three months after the fire that displaced 102 families.
At least five residents showed up to City Hall waiting to hear from officials during a notice of violation conference between the city and the building's owner, Klein Properties, LLC.
The internal meeting was held behind closed doors, but building's commissioner, Patrick Holder, did offer this insight.
"That building was given a similar violation that we normally give when there's a fire like this, and then we usually have meetings and follow up meetings to know the progress on filing, on what they plan to do with the property. So we as the city know that this won't become a blighted property at the end of the day," said Commissioner Holder.
The violation was issued to owner Klein Properties, LLC for an "unsafe building."
The violation could fall under one or more defects, deeming it unsafe.
On Nov. 23, a fire broke out damaging 88 apartments and causing more than 1.8 million dollars in damages.
One resident who is still displaced and asked to remain anonymous has lived on the Park Avenue side of the building on the seventh floor for around 21 years.
She expressed frustrations with lack of communication on what is happening to her home of more than two decades.
"We're trying to get all this information, we're not getting correspondence back, or we're getting the bare minimum that we can get and they're posting about these meetings, so it's like of course we expect to be in on these things because we are residents of this building that we had to be forced out of," she said on Thursday.
Commissioner Holder said the next steps will include additional meetings to see what the property owner plans to do with the building moving forward.
