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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio says city inspectors are taking advantage of small business owners in the outer boroughs.
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West Hollywood's action comes two years after building inspectors in Los Angeles said 13,500 buildings in that city needed earthquake - readiness retrofits.
Noah T. Bradshaw, the city's housing inspector at the time, said he opposes some parts of the program, but it nevertheless put Crisfield back on its feet.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is typically thought to be Bloomberg's pick, threw her support behind the inspector general legislation last week, and said she was confident she had the support in the council to override a veto by the mayor.
The City of Buffalo needs to empower inspectors to get inside houses to determine whether they are contaminated with chipped or flaking lead paint, a report issued Tuesday said.
In fact, Commissioner of Permits and Inspections James Comerford said it would be «impossible» to regularly inspect the 22,000 one - and two - family homes in the city's rental registry without more money and inspectors.
Former City Comptroller Bill Thompson said that if he were elected mayor, an inspector general would not be necessary because he would personally oversee the NYPD and ensure that stop - and - frisk was curtailed.
Two city building inspectors and an asbestos investigator were among 14 people charged in three alleged construction schemes involving bribery and corruption, authorities said Wednesday.
Marilyn Louie, a Chinatown grandmother whose father opened a newsstand on the Bowery at Pell Street 35 years ago, has been fighting for months against city inspectors who say the stand is 3 inches too close to a neighboring building.
«We came to a very important agreement» on the plan for an inspector general, which would be housed within the city's existing Department of Investigation, Quinn said by phone Tuesday.
Complaints about short - term apartment - rental services such as Airbnb soared in the past year — but there were only 12 inspectors to act on them, a city official said Tuesday.
«There's no reason to have an inspector general office for the NYPD,» Mr. Lhota said at City Hall this morning.
«The court's decision, along with the inspector - general bill I recently passed with my council colleagues, will go a long way to ending the unconstitutional use of stop - and - frisk in New York City,» the Democratic mayoral hopeful said at a press conference.
During a discussion of a proposed city law that would create an inspector general to oversee the police department ---- something that four of the five candidates support ---- Quinn said the Council would be doing all it could in that bill.
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio said Tuesday that what he called the overuse of stop - and - frisk should show that «the inspector general is an idea whose time has come in New York City.»
«The outbreak in The Bronx is the largest in [state] history,» Cuomo said, adding that the federal and state health inspectors will «do a full briefing» on the city's outbreak next week.
«Dozens» of state inspectors will come to the city to ensure compliance with wage and hour laws, Cuomo said.
The state inspector general is probing the disappearance of at least $ 160,000 from the City College bursar's office, sources said Thursday.
The Syracuse lead program was cited for poor management more than a year ago after HUD officials said city lead inspectors did not verify the presence of lead paint on all the windows the city paid contractors to replace.
Disadvantaged children living in rural England are less likely to do well at school than those from the big cities, says Ofsted's chief inspector.
«This is the highest lead I've ever seen,» said Dr. Paul Lo, a certified lead inspector and lead risk assessor with Materials Management Group Inc., who has headed recent remediation efforts at playgrounds around the city.
Let's say you're a home inspector in whatever city and you don't have any reviews.
That's largely due to the bidding wars and fast - paced home sales in cities across the province, including mid-sized centres like Windsor and London, but particularly in the Toronto area, said Len Inkster of the Ontario Association of Certified Home Inspectors.
The city inspector show up 3 days later and says the units without power are condemed, and they have to leave.
The director of operations and construction for the 88 - store shoe chain said he just received the clearance from the city fire inspector to open the store.