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Part of Razers Raise Hob; Want City to Pay, August 6, 1974

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Razers Raise Hob; Want City to Pay
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City. officials vowed Monday letter from the Black People's
The - payments problem
which offered volun- outlined by the contractors was
to speed up inspections in order Library
to speed. up demolitions in· Buf- teers to . help the city inspect
that . city Inspections and
falo.
and identify blighted buildings. Licenses inspectors and the
The promise was made jointly The organization is ,ilperated by Comptroller's inspectors were
by Mayor Stanley M. Makowski the Black Student Union and not viewing completed demoliand City Comptroller George D. Third World Veterans Alliance tions in any systematic way.
As a result, the contractors
O'Connell, who were confronted .from the University of Buffalo.
by some 20 independent
Makowski said he was unsure said they sometimes complete a
demolition contractors complain- Monday how the volunteers job, have it approved by the
ing of delayed payments for could be best utilized in his war I&L inspectors but- are told
w ork completed. .
on blight, but . promised a weeks later that the Comptroller's Audit inspectors have
The contractors hinted that if prompt response
thecity did not speed up Its
inspections and subsequent payments, they . would look else
t where for work.
At the same time Monday,

MayorMaltowski
received
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found problems and would not
approve payment.
The contractors say the prob.
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lems, such as illegal dumping
and abandoned cars, occur '.on
the graded lots after the I&L
inspectors have approved the
job
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The mayor and the comptroller said .they would cooperate to improve the inspections
and payments system.

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