Moinian Group says it cannot explain W stop-work orders

The Moinian Group, developer of the W New York Downtown Hotel at 123 Washington Street, told Community Board 1 that it has no explanation for the string of work-stoppages that have hit the $240 million project. The city has stopped construction at the 58-story project eight times since the beginning of the year. The most recent stop-work order, lifted earlier this month, was issued
after a piece of wood fell from a crane bucket onto a parked pick-up
truck. In April, Oskar Brecher, a vice president of the Moinian Group, agreed to give a monthly report on the project to Community Board 1’s Financial District Committee. Brecher said that safety measures at the site have been strengthened.