New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is under a Department of Justice mortgage fraud investigation, could be on the hook for $500 in fines for a fence outside of her Brooklyn brownstone that is too high.
James’s residence in the historic Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn is at the center of the federal inquiry into whether she falsified records to secure better home loan terms on the brownstone and a property in Norfolk, Virginia.
The New York City Department of Buildings served James with a violation notice in late July that deemed her front fence exceeded height limitations. The notice said the property’s fence is 5 feet, 5 inches, over a foot higher than NYC’s generally permitted front fence height of 4 feet…