A New York City comptroller's investigation found that the 35-story Turkish House building was operating without a valid Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (TCO) for over a year.
The 35-story building on East 46th Street and 1st Avenue, known as the “Turkevi Center” or “ Turkish House ,” has been open and in operation without a city-issued Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (TCO), since its last one expired on Oct. 21, Lander’s investigation alleged. That was roughly a month after Adams was hit with his five-count federal indictment, in which Manhattan federal prosecutors charged him with bribery and wire fraud, among other crimes. After granting its initial TCO on Sept.
17, 2021, the comptroller’s audit found, the Buildings Department (DOB) renewed the temporary approval a dozen times between then and Sept. 26 of last year “without change.” But on that most recent date, the DOB objected to the building operator’s application for a new TCO “with changes.” However, the city Department of Buildings told Lander’s office that “apses of time between TCOs do occasionally occur” and that the agency does not have the power to issue vacate orders over buildings lacking a TCO. “We treat the safety of our fellow New Yorkers as a top priority, and if any member of the public has safety concerns about a building, they are strongly encouraged to file an official 311 complaint so that we can investigate the issue,” said DOB spokesperson Andrew Rudansky. The comptroller’s probe also found that Turkish House was the only building of its “size and category” currently operating without a TCO, and that the city allowed it to open without a needed a fire safety plan when it first came online in September 2021. Although the Fire Department rejected the building operator’s Fire Protection Plan, a required step for receiving a temporary occupancy certificate from the city DOB, it allowed DOB to grant the building a TCO anyway.“Turkish House was the only office building of its size and category in our investigation that was allowed to open without an approved Fire Protection Plan, a troubling breach of process,” Lander said in a statemen
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