Tony Avella for Mayor

Yesterday, Tony walked out of the City Council’s Housing and Buildings Committee public hearing on a slate of proposals to
reform the Department of Buildings. These reforms were introduced in the aftermath of several fatal construction accidents.

“These so-called reforms do absolutely nothing,” he said. “I can no longer stand idly by in a hearing on legislation that enables the Mayor and the City Council Speaker to delude the public into believing that City government is addressing illegal and unsafe construction practices throughout the City,”

Tony walked out during Speaker Quinn’s comments on the legislation at the start of the hearing.

“For too long, Speaker Quinn has held up building/construction/zoning reforms in the City Council because of politics, real estate interests, and her own political agenda. Now that the cameras are focused on these issues, all of a sudden she seems to be interested. Unfortunately, no real reform has been forthcoming.”

Tony has already announced a series of reforms to the Department of Buildings that he will act on immediately, as Mayor. You can learn more about these reforms by clicking here.