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    Comptroller Audit Reveals that DOF Misclassified Staten Island Properties

    Comptroller's Office  •  Comptroller Audit  •  Staten Island

    NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer. Image credit: Office of the New York City Comptroller

    Comptroller’s audit finds that the DOF misclassified for tax purposes at least twelve Class 1 properties on Staten Island. On February 24, 2017, the Office of the City Comptroller Scott Stringer released a report of an audit of Department of Finance property classifications on Staten Island. The audit sought to evaluate whether payments to Samaritan and the payment rates were reasonable, appropriate, and adequately supported, and whether Samaritan was complying with its contract with DHS. Additionally, the audit sought to determine whether DHS adequately monitored Samaritan to ensure that all payments were made in compliance with the contract. (more…)

    Tags : City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Department of Finance, New York City Property Tax
    Date: 02/28/2017
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    Four Staten Island Properties Designated Individual Landmarks

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Designations  •  Staten Island
    Princes Bay Lighthouse in Staten Island. Image Credit: LPC.

    Princes Bay Lighthouse in Staten Island. Image Credit: LPC.

    Actions taken as part of initiative to address backlog of calendared items; commission intends to dispose of backlog in 2016. On June 28, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission took final dispositive action on four properties in Staten Island, designating them as individual City landmarks. The actions are part of the commission’s initiative to eliminate the backlog of items added to its calendar before 2012 but never brought to a vote. (more…)

    Tags : Adi Shamir-Baron, Commissioner Fred Bland, Meenakshi Srinivasan
    Date: 07/06/2016
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    Staten Island Building Owner Fined $71,900 for Illegal Conversion

    Court Decisions  •  Illegal Conversions  •  Mariner’s Harbor, Staten Island

    Owner converted a two-family house to a four-family. On May 27, 2009, the Department of Buildings issued four notices of violation to Nashat Estafanous. Estafanous owned a residential property at 25 Simonson Avenue in Staten Island, which he converted, without permits, from a two-family residence to a four-family residence by fitting the attic and newly-constructed garage for occupancy. The NOVs imposed a fine totaling $31,100, and ordered Estafanous to remove the illegal conversion construction or to obtain permits for the construction. (more…)

    Tags : Environmental Control Board, Illegal Conversions
    Date: 04/20/2016
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    Special hearing on Backlogged Items Devoted to Staten Island Properties

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Designation Hearings  •  Staten Island
    Landmarks Preservation Commission. Image Credit: LPC

    Image Credit: LPC

    Items at issue included a former retirement community for sailors, a Colonial-era stone farmhouse, a lighthouse, and the Vanderbilt family mausoleum. On October 22, 2015, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held the second of four special hearings to address the backlog of items calendared before 2012 but never brought to a vote on designation. The hearing consisted of three batches, of seven to eleven items each, all located in Staten Island. Twenty-six items in total were considered at the hearing. (more…)

    Tags : Historic Districts Council, Joseph Borelli, Kelly Carroll, Simeon Bankoff
    Date: 10/29/2015
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    BSA Grants Variance for Senior Housing in Staten Island

    Board of Standards & Appeals  •  Variance  •  Midland Beach, Staten Island
    Philip Ramulla testifies before the Board of Standards and Appeals. Image credit: BSA

    Philip Ramulla testifies before the Board of Standards and Appeals. Image credit: BSA

    Existing zoning regulations would not have permitted proposed three-story building.  On March 4, 2015, the Board of Standards and Appeals voted to grant Mangone Developers Corporation a variance for a proposed three-story senior housing building in Midland Beach, Staten Island. The proposed building is located at 1891 Richmond Road in a Special Natural Area District of Staten Island, at the corner of Richmond Road and Adams Avenue.

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    Tags : Board of Standards & Appeals, City Planning Commission, department of buildings, Midland Beach, Rampulla Associates Architects, senior housing
    Date: 03/24/2015
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