(re: “Adams moves to remove sidewalk sheds,” Aug. 17)
We all want sidewalk sheds down, including building owners. What neither the recent Riverdale Press story nor the letter published by Mayor Eric Adams the week before mentions is that owners pay for shedding, including a rental fee every month that shedding is up. There may be a very small number of owners who deliberately keep sheds up to avoid repair costs, but for most owners, it is the process that takes time.
The threat of a gas shutdown affecting 827 units at Amalgamated Housing Corp. has seemingly dissolved overnight. Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz and state Sen. Robert Jackson succeeded in nudging state housing officials to the table Friday, May 5 for a meeting with cooperators, Con Edison, and representatives from the city’s buildings department.
To the editor:
(re: “Moving backward in real estate,” March 23)
In viewing compliance with Local Law 97 as an expense, Lou DeHolczer is not alone. However, LL97 compliance can be better seen as an investment.
Nearly 1,500 households across a dozen buildings in Van Cortlandt Village are struggling to come to grips with the costly implications of the city’s stringent new gas piping inspection requirements.