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Tag Archives: #Department of Buildings and Inspections
How Not to Run a First-Rate City (Grandfathering Providence)
The Providence Department of Inspections and Standards, under the direction of Jeffrey Lykins, exempts properties from the city’s zoning laws with no legal basis. Abusing a little-known provision in the city’s zoning ordinance that allows him to grandfather a specific … Continue reading
Posted in Access, Investigations
Tagged #1001 Narragansett Boulevad, #1070 North Main Street, #110 Bowdoin Street, #15 Kelley Street, #15 Social Street, #174 Almy Street, #19 Arnold Street, #1923 zoning map, #1923 zoning ordinance, #1937 atlas, #29 Ogden Street, #334 Carpenter Street, #88 Meeting Street, #Alexis Thompson, #Cigarrilhas, #Department of Buildings and Inspections, #grandfathering, #Jeffrey Lykins, #Jorge Elorza, #Kevin Mahoney, #non-conforming use, #Providence City Council, #Providence Law Department, #Rhode Island Supreme Court, #Zoning Board of Review, #Zoning Ordinance
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The City That Endangers the People It is Supposed to Protect
This is a story about dereliction of duty. It is a story of how the mayor, the commissioner of public safety, the city solicitor, the board of licenses and the board’s legal counsel have systematically created a serious public hazard. … Continue reading
Posted in Access, Investigations, Providence Board of Licenses
Tagged #Board of Elections, #Board of Licenses, #car show, #Charles Newton, #Delia Rodriguez-Masjoan, #Department of Buildings and Inspections, #DePasquale Plaza, #Dylan Conley, #Happy Beats, #Hugh Clements, #Jeffery Williams, #Jesus Titin, #Jorge Elorza, #Juan Pichardo, #Louis DeSimone, #Mario Martone, #Mi Sueno, #noise ordinance, #Providence, #Steven Pare, #Vernell Perry, #Wandalys Santiago
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Secret Life of Jorge Elorza: A Deeper Look
Now we know why Jorge Elorza’s lawyers wanted to charge me $4,980 back in March 2016 to see the first fifteen months of his daily schedules. Now we know why his lawyer’s blacked out over 500 entries in the daily … Continue reading
Posted in Access, Ethics, Investigations
Tagged #Acqua Lounge, #Andrea Curi, #Bentley Builders, #Cesin Curi, #Christopher Maher, #City Council, #Darrow Everett, #David Hirsch, #Department of Buildings and Inspections, #Eduardo Curi, #Jesus Titin, #JM Painting & Plumbing, #Jorge Elorza, #Jose Marcano, #Judith Perez, #Los Andes, #Mark Huang, #Mark Santow, #Mi Sueno Disco, #Muyideen Ibiyemi, #Nicholas Hemond, #Omar Curi, #Providence, #Providence Business Loan Fund, #Rhode Island Attorney General, #Roger Williams Park Zoo, #The Dorrance, #Tony Carvalho
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Doing the Suboxone Shuffle
This is a serious policy piece on the failure of the leadership of the City of Providence to squarely confront critical issues that affect our neighborhoods. It’s all about the Suboxone Shuffle, a new song-and-dance combo developed and performed by … Continue reading
Posted in Access, Investigations
Tagged #College Hill Neighborhood Association, #Deborah Zaki, #Department of Buildings and Inspections, #Department of Inspections and Standards, #Historic District Commission, #Jeffrey Lykins, #Josh Eisen, #Kevin Mahoney, #non-fonforming use, #Oxford Investments, #Ricky Dion, #Sam Zurier, #special-use permit, #Suboxone, #Ted Isabella, #variance, #Zoning Board of Review
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