Illegal Ad Finally Removed on Broadway

phpul4MXPPM.jpg Some residents on Broadway will finally see the light! The NY Times reports that after several years of illegal wrap-around billboards that have covered windows in the19th-century Cushman Building at 174 Broadway, the Dept. of Building has finally removed the ads. The agency told the paper, “This is the first time the Department of Buildings has physically removed an illegal sign from a building." The OTR Media Group, who put up the sign, was repeatedly sent violation notices that have been ignored; "The department said that 517 violation notices had been issued to OTR-controlled locations citywide." Now, what about that illegal Snickers storefront ad?

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"The OTR Media Group, who put up the sign, was repeatedly sent violation notices that have been ignored; "

Fine them big time or put a principal of OTR in jail and we wont have this problem much longer.

we have too many prisoners as it is...now we're gonna lock people up for petty crimes? we need to let some people out...not put more in

I have no objection to that. We could spearhead a new movement called
"Put One In -Let One Out".

i agree...put one actual crook in...let one pothead out...sounds like a good plan

If they put that sign up in front of my window, I'd solve the problem in 2 minutes with a pair of scissors. How passive are the people who live/work inside that they didn't just bust through?

Jail the entire PR industry, please.

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