New York City is not enforcing a 2009 state law that requires owners of foreclosed properties maintain them, according to the state senator who wrote the law.
State Senator Jeff Klein, who represents portions of Westchester and the Bronx, came to the scene of a fatal Bronx fire that killed a twelve year old and his parents last April to make his point that the tragedy could have been averted if the City had invoked his legislation.
"Three people were killed in this home on Prospect Avenue and it is unfortunate because the legislation I fought very hard to pass could have saved these lives," Klein asserted Monday.
Today, 2321 Prospect Avenue is boarded up and garbage is strewn all over the sidewalk. Two adjacent residential properties also damaged in the fire do not appear to be inhabited. The April fire is being investigated by the Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson.
Klein said under the terms of his legislation, which was signed into law by Governor Paterson, after seven days notice any municipal government has the right to enter a foreclosed premise and make an inspection and make sure all violations are quickly remediated.
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"Three people were killed in this home on Prospect Avenue and it is unfortunate because the legislation I fought very hard to pass could have saved these lives," Klein asserted Monday.
Today, 2321 Prospect Avenue is boarded up and garbage is strewn all over the sidewalk. Two adjacent residential properties also damaged in the fire do not appear to be inhabited. The April fire is being investigated by the Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson.
Klein said under the terms of his legislation, which was signed into law by Governor Paterson, after seven days notice any municipal government has the right to enter a foreclosed premise and make an inspection and make sure all violations are quickly remediated.
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