Board of Estimate & Contract:
RESOLVED, that a resolution adopted by the City Council on September 11, 2024, and signed by the Mayor on September 12, 2024, authorizing the Use of City Funds for the Emergency Demolition of the Property Located at 19 South Terrace Avenue - (funds for this emergency demolition are available through the Emergency and Unsafe Conditions, Budget Code A.3620.443 for $60,000.00, combined with $38,000.00 from Budget Code A3620.405ARP, totaling $98,000.00 for the completion of the project), be and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE
USE OF CITY FUNDS FOR THE EMERGENCY
DEMOLITION OF THE PROPERTY
LOCATED AT 19 SOUTH TERRACE AVENUE
Whereas, by letter dated August 19, 2024, the Commissioner of the Department of Buildings has certified that there was imminent danger that required urgent demolition due to unsafe building conditions at the property located at 19 South Terrace Avenue, which had a high risk of collapsing and needed to be demolished immediately; and
Whereas, the property located at 19 South Terrace Avenue, Mount Vernon, New York, owned by Prime Paradigm Inc. (1358 Hooper Avenue, Ste 408, Toms River, NJ 08753), has been vacant since May 2016 due to structural instability; and
Whereas, between 2016 and the present, the property has experienced multiple fire incidents and has been the subject of numerous complaints from neighbors regarding unsafe conditions, including the partial collapse of the chimney, exterior and interior walls, retaining wall, and falling debris from the building; and
Whereas, on July 23, 2024, the City of Mount Vernon received a Complaint (COM-24-794) regarding the collapsing condition of the building at 19 South Terrace Avenue; and
Whereas, upon inspection, the City confirmed that the building was in imminent danger of collapse, which posed an immediate threat to the adjacent property located at 21 South Terrace Avenue and the li...
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