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DOB lifts stop-work order at controversial Rivington House Nursing Home

45 Rivington Street
45 Rivington Street

Fearing that a Lower East Side nursing home could soon give way to luxury condos, activists and politicians are on the move. This week, the Buildings Department lift portions of a stop-work order on the Rivington House Nursing Home issued some 14 months ago, according to the New York Post.

The DOB ordered a full stop-order at 45 Rivington Street following its controversial sale and a political probe.

In 2015, Allure Group bought the building and got the city to lift two deed restrictions on the property, despite having promised that it would remain a health care facility. Allure then flipped the building to Slate Group at a profit of as much as $72 million, according to the Post.

The deal resulted into a probe regarding the city’s handling of the sale and its lifting of the deed restrictions. However, the probe found no illegal conduct.

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“This ‘exploratory work’ allows for the ‘miscellaneous removal of areas of flooring, walls and ceiling finishes throughout the existing building in order to expose the existing structure and masonry elements … for future renovations,’” advocates Tessa Huxley and Harriet Cohen wrote in a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio on June 6 following the partial end to the stop-work order. “We believe that this could well do permanent damage to the property as well as foreclose options that may yet result from outstanding investigations.”

However, a DOB spokesperson insists that the owners are not being allowed to convert the property into condos.

“It does not allow [the owners] to make any alterations and the stop-work order for the condo conversion project remains in effect,” Buildings Department spokesman Joe Soldevere said.

[NYP] —Christopher Cameron