Residents of an apartment building in College Point have been virtually homeless since July. The three−story Victorian home on 123rd Street looks nice enough, but the city found the electrical system posed a hazard and ordered the residents to leave their apartments.
The city Department of Buildings and the Environmental Control Board say they have 17 violations against the building dating back to 1997. The building’s tenants are caught in the middle.
It’s time to tell the owners to fish or cut bait. The city has given them much more time than they deserve. If they can’t or won’t make the necessary repairs to the electrical and heating systems, the city should to make the emergency repairs and send the owners a bill. For the families involved, this is a miserable situation that cannot be allowed to go on for one more month.
