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Schenectady left with nearly $40K bill for demolition
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
By Kathleen Moore (Contact)
Gazette Reporter  


SCHENECTADY — A deal the city accepted to help out a developer has backfired, leaving the city holding a $39,500 bill.

In a typical year, that might be a minor problem. But now, the financially strapped city only has enough money to pay half of the bill.

The City Council met with the mayor in a Schenectady Urban Renewal Agency meeting to discuss the bill, which is nearly double the amount of money in SURA’s bank account.

SURA has just $20,000. But it owes $39,500 to a company that demolished the former Luigi’s Restaurant this summer on Barrett Street.

The problem started last year, when developer Anthony D’Adamo said he would build condos at the site after he had demolished the deteriorating restaurant and a building next door. The city owned the buildings, and if D’Adamo bought them, he’d have to immediately start paying property taxes while funding the construction project.

D’Adamo instead signed a contract with the city, promising to do the work by a certain date before taking title. City officials agreed to keep title to the buildings until then so D’Adamo wouldn’t have to pay the taxes.

The titles were held by SURA, which keeps buildings off the city and school district tax rolls.

D’Adamo said he would demolish the buildings by November 2011. But the buildings were still standing nine months later when a fire broke out, destroying Luigi’s.

City officials said D’Adamo was responsible for demolishing the burned-out structure. But there was a dispute, and city officials ended up hiring a company to do the work.

They directed D’Adamo to pay for it. City officials said he refused because he had hired his own company, which might have done the work for less money. D’Adamo couldn’t be reached for comment.

As both sides argued, the demolition company waited. Payment is now four months late.

After some discussion behind closed doors to discuss the legalities in the case, SURA agreed to pay the company $19,500 — nearly every cent in the agency’s bank account.

SURA staff member Steven Strichman said the city will keep pressuring D’Adamo to pay the full bill.

“We do have control of the property. If he wants to get it back … ” Strichman said. “I was trying to make the contractor happy while we go through this argument.”

But he said SURA shouldn’t have to pay anything. “We shouldn’t. It’s his responsibility to be paying it,” he said.............................>>>>..........................>>>>...........................http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2012/nov/06/1106_demo/

If D'Adamo signed a contract saying the work would be done by a certain time I don't see the problem, the city could take him to court for breach of
contract.

Why the city is making deals like this, oh wait they do it all the time then they I mean we get screwed.

Quoted from rpforpres

If D'Adamo signed a contract saying the work would be done by a certain time I don't see the problem, the city could take him to court for breach of
contract.

Why the city is making deals like this, oh wait they do it all the time then they I mean we get screwed.

The fire happened before his deadline.

SURA owns all of the following properties:

811     Albany St
827     Albany St
810     Arch St
Unlisted address     Ardsley Pl
2483     Augustine Ave
Unlisted address     Avenue A
1120     Barrett St
1125     Barrett St
1127     Barrett St
1134     Barrett St
1135     Barrett St
1151     Barrett St
1159     Barrett St
1166     Barrett St
841     Bridge St
305     Broadway
1459     Broadway
7     Chestnut St
21     Close St
701     Congress St
710     Congress St
Unlisted address     Consaul Rd
704     Craig St
636     Crane St
706     Crane St
924     Crane St
Unlisted address     Crane St
Unlisted address     Crane St
Unlisted address     Davis Terr
Unlisted address     Dearborn Ave
206     Division St
319     Duane Ave
403     Duane Ave
409     Duane Ave
866     Eastern Ave
807     Emmett St
167     Erie Blvd
Unlisted address     First Ave
Unlisted address     First Ave
1589     Foster Ave
1632     Foster Ave
1118     Fourth Ave
1325     Fourth Ave
219     Front St
355     Georgetta Dix Plz
832     Grant Ave
Unlisted address     Green St
12     Grove Pl
603     Hamilton St
610     Hamilton St
11     Hamlin St
459     Hattie St
107     Henry St
1164     Hilderbrandt Ave
1177     Hilderbrandt Ave
203     Hulett St
468     Hulett St
Unlisted address     McClellan St
Unlisted address     McClyman St
18     Moyston St
503     Mumford St
506     Mumford St
14     Myers Aly
Unlisted address     Notre Dame St
Unlisted address     Notre Dame St
288     Paige St
300     Paige St
551     Paige St
Unlisted address     Perry St
Unlisted address     Pinewood Ave
Unlisted address     Ray Ave
302     Schenectady St
414     Schenectady St
504     Schenectady St
506     Schenectady St
527     Schenectady St
Unlisted address     Schenectady St
106     Seminary Pl
108     Seminary Pl
110     Seminary Pl
112     Seminary Pl
Unlisted address     Seneca St
Unlisted address     Sprague St
730     Stanley St
828     Stanley St
238     State St
240     State St
248     State St
319     State St
820     State St
1452     State St
1456     State St
Unlisted address     State St
700     Strong St
701     Strong St
702     Strong St
704     Strong St
706     Strong St
708     Strong St
710     Strong St
714     Strong St
716     Strong St
718     Strong St
720     Strong St
722     Strong St
726     Strong St
727     Strong St
728     Strong St
729     Strong St
736     Strong St
738     Strong St
738 1/2     Strong St
742     Strong St
744     Strong St
746     Strong St
750     Strong St
830     Strong St
921     Strong St
Unlisted address     Strong St
Unlisted address     Strong St
Unlisted address     Strong St
Unlisted address     Strong St
401     Summit Ave
526     Summit Ave
554     Summit Ave
556     Summit Ave
558     Summit Ave
560     Summit Ave
562     Summit Ave
563     Summit Ave
564     Summit Ave
568     Summit Ave
572     Summit Ave
Unlisted address     Summit Ave
1423     Third Ave
1608     Third Ave
Unlisted address     Third Ave
Unlisted address     Utopia St
Unlisted address     Van Guysling
206     Van Voast St
Unlisted address     Veeder Ave
Unlisted address     Victory Ave
23     Waldorf Pl
23     Willow Ave
80     Wyllie St

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D’Adamo said he would demolish the buildings by November 2011. But the buildings were still standing nine months later when a fire broke out, destroying Luigi’s.

  Did I misunderstand this?

Hey McCarthy educated us all with the Union Street property demo saying a burned out structure is cheaper to demo than no fire.  Screw SURA.  Owns 900 properties but has no cash.  

Quoted from rpforpres

  Did I misunderstand this?

No, I thought it was November 2012.

Quoted from TakingItBack

Hey McCarthy educated us all with the Union Street property demo saying a burned out structure is cheaper to demo than no fire.  Screw SURA.  Owns 900 properties but has no cash.  

SURA has been collecting properties for years. Who gets the rent money?

Years ago I thought they were trying to collect the entire Hamilton Hill area for Juryzinski's corporations park he wanted to build, to displace the "hood."

Government malfeasance AGAIN


Hey! It isn't THEIR MONEY so WHO CARES?!?!?!?!?!!


govt agent facial expression when wasting taxpayer's money:  

with SURA no wonder the neighborhoods are going to hell.......slum landlord???....where is his residence.....NYC???

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with SURA no wonder the neighborhoods are going to hell.......slum landlord???....where is his residence.....NYC???

Lol!

SURA is the Schenectady Urban Renewal Agency

Mayor Gary McCarthy is the Chairman and a voting member of the Schenectady Urban Renewal Agency.  Other voting members are the seated City Council members:

    * Barbara Blanchard
    * Denise Brucker
    * Carl Erikson
    * Margaret King
    * Leesa Perazzo
    * Marion Porterfield
    * Vincent Riggi

The Budget:

http://cityofschenectady.com/pdf/development/SURA%202011%20Adopted%20Budget.PDF

No revenue!

http://cityofschenectady.com/sura.htm

Whatever the bill IS -- is WELL worth paying in order for the Renaissance to go ON! Only whining he/she monkeys and nayboobs cry and moan about progress.

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Whatever the bill IS -- is WELL worth paying in order for the Renaissance to go ON! Only whining he/she monkeys and nayboobs cry and moan about progress.

Your dumber than a stump!