Top Gun PR Firm Hired by Balcony Landlord
VIDEO: TOP GUN PR FIRM HIRED BY BALCONY LANDLORD
The midtown real estate firm that's under investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney's office, after a young tenant fell from a "high rise" balcony and died at one of its properties, has retained a prominent, public relations firm to combat the bad press.
Bill Cunningham, who works for the Dan Klores firm, is now the spokesman for "Pan Am Equities"--which owns the building at 330 East 39th Street--where 24 year old Conor Donohue fell to his death from a 24th floor balcony on March 14th. Cunningham once served as Director of Communications, in the early years of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration.
Cunningham told PIX INVESTIGATES that Pan Am Equities hired an engineer to do an inspection at the East 39th Street building in 2008, but the Department of Buildings had a dispute with the engineer over how the report was filed. And Cunningham provided PIX INVESTIGATES with "Notices of Violation" sent to Pan Am Equities at an OLD address downtown, which the company moved from in 2007. Pan Am Equities is now located at 18 East 50th Street, across the block from St. Patrick's Cathedral.
PIX INVESTIGATES reported this week the real estate firm has =at least= ten buildings that received violations from the Department of Buildings, for not filing timely "inspection" reports with the city agency.
One tenant at a property at 153 East 32nd Street told us a company representative showed up at his apartment last week, asking to check the window railings. And another tenant, Marcelo Santos, defended Pan Am Equities, saying someone always turned up every spring...to check his balcony.
Mary Murphy
4/8/10
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