It was a major Bloomberg scam last year.
Truth is, the landlord received a fine on the facade and had to restore it. The flaw was probably very minor and at the very top of the the building, something only a building inspector could see with a microscope. Almost every landlord in NYC was hit with this. The daily fines were outrageous. Even if the landlord tried to do everything very fast, the paper pushers took their time.
My mom was hit with this fine (as well as other buildings on her street)even though there was nothing wrong with her brownstone building. The inspector made up something. To prove the inspector wrong, she still had to put up the scaffold or pay the daily $1,000 fine until one is put up. She had to get a 150k loan, hire lawyers, architects, contractors and historians. Historians because Bloomberg all of a sudden decided that her area was a historic section. They also made her 5 story building into a 6 story building on paper. Different laws apply to 6 story buildings. It was insane.
For one year the entire building had a scaffold and covered with a tarp. No sunlight came in through the windows, it was impossible to rent apartments. Now the rents are used to pay back the loan and with the price of fuel nowadays, landlords are suffering. A domino effect is happening.
I'm very sorry The Stage has to close. Blame it on Bloomberg. It's his doing.
Sounds like an organized crime “protection” racket — only it’s legal.
I would be willing to bet Mr. Zolenge is a voting Democrat.
City agencies are out of control in NYC. They are constantly looking for money to scam out of business owners and landlords. Then come the unions trying to drive businesses under.
The Stage Deli was a bit of a tourist trap but it’s OUR tourist trap. I wonder when we will lose Katzes.