Building Codes
Cry Wolf Quotes
We are of the opinion that if the present recommendations are insisted upon…factories will be driven from the city, labor will be compelled to accompany them, factories, tenements, and small houses will become tenantless with the final result of demoralization in tax collections by the city. What is wanted is evolution and not revolution.
You must relieve [New York's] real estate from the terrible yolk of oppression which has been throttling it for some years past…
They pay absolutely no attention to the fire hazard or to the protection of the employees in these buildings. That is their last consideration.
This condition is depreciating the value of real estate, restricting its marketability, and driving manufacturers out of the City and State of New York.
