The Town of Ramapo has put a stop work order on a house renovation that was supposedly a front for the construction of an all-girls Yeshiva.
Neighbors say the work at the Slinn Avenue home, was supposed to be renovations to a rental property, and that they do not want a religious private school in the neighborhood.
Construction has continued even though the stop work order was issued two weeks ago. Neighbors say a Ramapo fire inspector was at the house today, telling the workers to put down their tools.
Residents want the work to stop until the proper permits are filed, but they say that they’d rather not have the school at all given the increase in traffic it would bring to the already crowded area.
The building inspector says the owners have filed an application to convert the existing house into a 16,000-square-foot Yeshiva for 200 girls.
Officials say fines can be issued for ignoring the stop work order, but no fines were given out today.
(Source: News 12)
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This is a chilul HaShem. No wonder people hate us.
I wouldn’t send my kid to a school whose building was only made possible by deceiving the government…
How does the Town expect to get compliance with the rules if they allow construction to continue for two weeks after issuance of a Stop Work order and then not even issue a fine for willful violation of the order? You have to make it painful to violate the rules if you want people to respect the law. It seems that there is an arrogant mindset that the building codes and occupancy rules are just for the goyim but yidden are excused from compliance.
#1 charliehall — people hate is because we’re Jewish. They will hate us as long as we remain alive and Jewish.
#4 – That view must be very convenient for you to hold. But you know it’s not true. There are a tiny minority of people who will hate us no matter what, but then there’s that huge majority who could go either way, based on our actions, and their circumstances, sources of information, etc.