The Rivington House. Image credit: Flickr/edenpictures
The Department of Investigation’s Report found that the City’s deed-modification procedure lacks safeguards required to ensure the removal of restrictions on formerly City-owned property is in the City’s best interest. On July 14, 2016, the Department of Investigation issued a Report finding that the actions and inactions of City officials, specifically within the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS), the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services (MOCS), the Law Department, and Mayor’s Office, facilitated the sale of the Rivington House, a non-profit nursing home located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, to private condominium developers. The Report was issued less than one week after Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed several reformations to procedures used in modifying deeds of formerly City-owned property. For CityLand’s previous coverage on the proposed reformations, click here.
