Not exact matches
In doing so, staff members discovered numerous
properties that appeared
abandoned, however weren't identified as zombie houses through the
Department of Financial Services (DFS) registry or bank - owned through the Office
of the Assessor for the City
of Mount Vernon.
New Yorkers can report vacant and
abandoned properties in their communities through a new hotline at the state
Department of Financial Services.
The audit said that the city's
Department of Housing Preservation and Development often delays or
abandons development schedules for turning over the
properties, and that «even when H.P.D. moved forward with planned development, it did not meet its stated timelines for nearly half
of its projects.»
The
Department of Housing Preservation and Development has allowed as many as 1,131
properties lie idle, with some sites largely
abandoned, and many others where projects have been severely delayed, according to an audit by the office
of Comptroller Scott Stringer.