The Jersey City Council is contemplating placing a lien on a property owner and developer after a building under construction partially collapsed onto an adjacent building and required the city to step in and demolish it.
At Monday’s caucus, Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security Director Greg Kierce explained a resolution for an emergency contract totaling $114,700 with Eglentowicz Demolition and Environmental Company.
The reason being is that the second story of a multi-story building under construction at 84 Stegman St. sustained significant damage during the July 3rd storm with heavy rain, lightning, and high winds with gusts over 50 miles per hour.
“Repeated attempts to contact the property owner using the information posted at the site were unsuccessful,” Kierce recalled…