City building rises on land it doesn't own Schenectady city officials trying to smooth out title issue at former environmental clean-up site
By LAUREN STANFORTH, Staff writer First published in print: Monday, April 12, 2010 SCHENECTADY -- The city is building its dream $20 million public works campus on Foster Avenue, which officials have wanted for decades.
But there's a problem: The city doesn't own land where the facility is under construction.
A private company that purchases Schenectady's tax liens was supposed to foreclose on the former environmental cleanup site and transfer the deed to the city. But the foreclosure never happened, and no one at City Hall checked to make sure Schenectady had title to the property before construction started last year.
Much of the garage and office space is already built. But the city is still in negotiations with the lien company to buy the land underneath.
Another "working together works" special! A poverty stricken City is building a Taj Mahal garage {which it can't afford} for $20 MILLION on land it doesn't own. Tax water-nobody will say too much.
You can't make this stuff up. Great work Mayor Stratton and the all DEM rubber stamps!
We have a $20 M garage but for paving crews but potholes and piss poor infrastructure everywhere. Who got a brown bag to build this building? And are taxes keep going up!
We have a $20 M garage but for paving crews but potholes and piss poor infrastructure everywhere. Who got a brown bag to build this building? And are taxes keep going up!
The gumbas....
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
Logged
Another "working together works" special! A poverty stricken City is building a Taj Mahal garage {which it can't afford} for $20 MILLION on land it doesn't own. Tax water-nobody will say too much.
