Gothamist: Empire State Building "Theft" Prompts Calls for Reform

ANGRYGOD11

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:11:27 -0500

Sam Miller, a bureaucrat at the city Finance Department, and any other bureaucrat with such an attitude about corruption and fraud should get their paychecks "far and few between".

Spiritof76

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:11:39 -0500

I'm not sure that would help. You can get a notary to notarize almost anything, as long as you can prove your identity. It's even pretty easy to fake the notary stamp once you get some kind of document notarized. They really need to check the ownership of the property being transferred. But I wouldn't be surprised if they never moved all that information into computerized databases.

Outter Burrougher

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:57:56 -0500

how hard could it be to check at least whether the notary is real?

MT

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:47:37 -0500

Why didn't they call for reform when some old lady had her house stolen out from under her?!?

abcohen

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:42:21 -0500

so if its not front page news we shouldnt worry about it - hmmmm - can someone please tell me how that logic makes sense (oh wait that guy just doesnt want any more work to actually do!... ahhhh)

edEx

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:00:30 -0500

reform. no shit!