Jul 20
2012
iPost on WBFO: Uncollected Housing Court fines
Eileen Buckley interviews Jim Heaney on City Hall’s failure to collect $22 million in unpaid fines.
Posted 12 years ago
Jul 20
2012
Eileen Buckley interviews Jim Heaney on City Hall’s failure to collect $22 million in unpaid fines.
Jul 20
2012
Jul 19
2012
Investigative Post identifies the biggest scofflaws who have failed to pay fines and why the court came down so heavy in the first place. Featured Thursday on WGRZ.
Jul 19
2012
Jul 18
2012
You can’t get away without paying your property taxes or garbage fee or even a parking ticket without City Hall coming after you. Letting your property go to seed is another matter. Judges in City Housing Court have imposed more than $22 million in fines since 2006 against some 1,470 property owners who ignored orders to repair building and health code violations. A vast majority have ignored the fines and gotten away with it, an Investigative Post inquiry has found. Less than $800,000 in fines have been paid during that period – less than a nickel on the dollar. It’s[...]
Jul 18
2012
Jul 18
2012
That’s how much in fine money City Hall has passed on trying to collect from delinquent property owners. An iPost report co-produced with WGRZ 2 On Your Side.
Jul 16
2012
Margaret Sullivan stepping down after 13 years as editor in chief to become public editor of The New York Times.