OBC Settles With Rockland County Over Country Village Towers Lawsuit
Rockland County and the owners of the Country Village Towers Apartment Complex in Spring Valley report that they have reached a resolution of their dispute.
By way of background, the County after assuming oversight of the Village of Spring Valley Code Enforcement functions charged the owners and managers of the Country Village Towers including Village Towers Corp., NBM Management, LLC, and Weinreb Management, LLC., owned by Jacob Weinreb, with numerous alleged violations of the NYS Uniform Code. During the course of the ensuing hearing the parties were able to reach a resolution of the remaining alleged violations. Many of the open violations have been cured and under the settlement, the buildings’ owners will cure all remaining violations and pay a fine of $25,000.00.
The lawsuit challenged the administrative court Rockland County uses to prosecute fire and building code violations and determine the fines issued against property owners. Administrative tribunals are utilized statewide to expedite the legal process compared to the traditional court system and are used by the Department of Motor Vehicles, Department of Environmental Conservation, and many other state agencies.
OBC will conduct follow-up inspections to confirm any outstanding violations have been cured.
“We are working with ownership parties, including Weinreb Management, LLC to resolve any outstanding issues and they have diligently responded to the Notice of Violations. We’re pleased that we were able to reach a resolution of this matter and ensure continued compliance with health and safety measures, including the Uniform Code within the borders of the Village of Spring Valley,” 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐄. 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐡, 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲.
“We’ve said countless times that compliance is our number one priority,” 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐄𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐬, 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬. “Reaching this agreement is a positive step forward in achieving that on behalf of the health and safety of residents, visitors and first responders.”
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝟖𝟒𝟓-𝟑𝟔𝟒-𝟑𝟕𝟎𝟎 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐲 𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬@𝐜𝐨.𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝.𝐧𝐲.𝐮𝐬.
