Building Codes
Cry Wolf Quotes
Not only is this against the principal of home rule, but such legislation transfers the enforcement of the law to an unknown and untried body of men and takes it out of the hands of the Fire Department….one of the most efficient departments of the City of New York.
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Charles F. Noyes “who represents owners of many store and loft buildings in Manhattan”.
Excited persons rarely accomplish anything…No new laws are needed.
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The New York Times tended to be very pro-business during this period. After the fire, but before the launch of the Factory Investigating Commission. Only date available: 1911.
We have laws that in a crisis we find are no laws and we have enforcement that when the hour of trial comes we find is no enforcement.
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Rabbi Stephen Wise, 1911
This condition is depreciating the value of real estate, restricting its marketability, and driving manufacturers out of the City and State of New York.
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Resolution adopted by The Board of Governors of the Real Estate Board of New York.
