Bovis Lend Lease is set to hand over $5 million to the city for construction project overcharges, the mayor’s office announced today. The settlement is the result of a New York City Department of Investigation review, which showed Bovis improperly paid overtime to workers when it wasn’t warranted. The DOI investigation showed that Bovis overcharged on more than 100 city-funded projects from 1999 to 2009. In a statement, DOI Commissioner Rose Gill Hearn said the investigation “shines a light on one such practice that drove up costs to the city.” TRD [more]
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Three men who allegedly tried to bribe buildings inspectors at two unrelated construction sites in Brooklyn were arrested by the city’s Department of Investigation, the Brooklyn Eagle reported. Property-owner Shu Ming Li, 46, of Brooklyn, and his associate You Liang, 57, of Manhattan, were charged with allegedly offering $5,000 to a city Department of Buildings inspector in return for allowing construction to go forward without a permit. Li and Liang were charged with third-degree bribery and face up to seven years in prison. In the second incident, contractor German Leybinsky, 42, of Staten Island, allegedly gave $60 to an undercover DOI investigator as part of another bribery attempt. He was charged with third-degree
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Three men who allegedly tried to bribe buildings inspectors at two unrelated construction sites in Brooklyn were arrested by the city’s Department of Investigation, the Brooklyn Eagle reported. Property-owner Shu Ming Li, 46, of Brooklyn, and his associate You Liang, 57, of Manhattan, were charged with allegedly offering $5,000 to a city Department of Buildings inspector in return for allowing construction to go forward without a permit. Li and Liang were charged with third-degree bribery and face up to seven years in prison. In the second incident, contractor German Leybinsky, 42, of Staten Island, allegedly gave $60 to an undercover DOI investigator as part of another bribery attempt. He was charged with third-degree
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The number of residential evictions in Queens rose by more than a
quarter last year while the volume was flat or decreased in other
boroughs, according to the most current city data obtained by The Real Deal. In Queens, 4,401 households were evicted in 2008, a 27 percent increase
from a year earlier when there were 3,467, data from the city
Department of Investigation reveals. By evictions, The Real Deal is
including what are technically called “evictions” as well as “legal
possessions.” The Department of Investigation uses both terms to describe the return
of the property to the control of the landlord, although both are what
are commonly understood to be an eviction.
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Robert Scarano designed 264 CumberlandControversial architect Robert Scarano is fighting back against the city Department of Buildings’ attempt to block him from filing building plans, a move the designer said could ruin his business, court papers said. Scarano asked a Manhattan State Supreme Court judge to rule as unconstitutional a 2007 city construction statute that can be used to bar an architect from filing for permits, as well as halt the administrative proceeding against him that is trying to do just that, according to a lawsuit he filed against the building’s department April 17. The buildings department and the city Department of Investigation announced in June 2008 that they were investigating Scarano for allegedly knowingly or negligently filing false or misleading documents, among other charges. If found guilty, the prolific Brooklyn developer could be barred from filing plans in the city, where he says he conducts 95 percent of his business.
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