Thank you for your concern, this issue has been received by our department and is under review.

This property has been posted per ordinance section 313-51.1. Please make note that due to numerous complaints we schedule properties accordingly once the five days has passed.

This property has been cited several times in the past, with no corrective action. I think the issue should be left open as the code issues continue - and have for months, to illustrate the time taken for the issues to be abated.

This property has been posted per ordinance section 313-51.1 What does this mean????

http://ecode360.com/7684576#7684576

"All property owners or persons owning, occupying or otherwise having control of property within the City of Albany shall at all times maintain that property and the adjoining public ways free of litter and debris, excessive accumulation of animal waste, water and other hazards. Appropriate ground cover shall be properly established and maintained. Heavy undergrowth, weeds and/or overgrowth of plant material which are noxious or detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare shall be eliminated.

Upon complaint, on his or her own motion and after inspection of the property, the Commissioner of the Department of General Services or his or her designee shall notify the property owner or person occupying or having control of the property, as hereinafter provided, of any conditions on the property or sidewalk violating the provisions of Articles IV and/or V of this chapter and require compliance within five calendar days from the date such notice was mailed or within three calendar days of personal service of such notice if said notice is personally served upon the property owner, authorized agent or person or entity in control of the property."

It means two things:

1) that despite years of neglect to maintaining the property, the owner has done noting to abate the code violations they have been cited for. Don't these go to court if not addressed? Is there ANY escalation taking place!

2) Peeling paint, busted windows, a roof shedding shingles, rot and decay - these code violations - despite being repeatedly reported, are not being cited.

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

i wanted the CITY to define it's own code! and what does Molly Mcguire mean by the scheduling? CIty of albany - what's next?

I believe it means they have 5 days to abate the issue then they are fined. I reported these issues on 9/22/16 and they have yet to be addressed. https://seeclickfix.com/issues/2930162

Once the property has been posted the property owner has 5 business days to address the situation. If the property owner has not taken corrective actions, DGS will then send someone to the property to take care of the overgowth and will bill the property owners accordingly.

The See Click Fix posting are closed once the three step process has begun, and then progress on resolving the situation is tracked internally.

In terms of the code violations pertaining to the physical structure that falls under the jurisdiction of the Department of Building and Regulatory compliance. I will pass along this request to them.

thank you so much for responding - so this property has been scheduled for some cleanup of the overgrowth and trash? and the other violations will be reviewed by codes - just so I understand. this is such a shame - (and a real estate company whose been advised and still doesnt seem to be onsite!)

That is correct, this property is scheduled for cleanup and overgrowth. If you would like to email me directly at mmcguire@albanyny.gov I can keep you posted about the status of both the code violations and the cleanup.