City Hall of New York mistakenly fined a resident of Brooklyn for $ 260 thousand: violations were committed by her neighbor

Nina Pineda and 7 On Your Side stepped in to help resolve this nightmare. Margaret Wilson inherited the house from her late father, Rubert, 20 years ago. Since then, she has also inherited a ton of infringement notices from the city. ABC 7 NY.

The heaps of fines range from minor (unpaid sanitary fines) to serious ones, such as a $60 fine for illegal housing and a partial release order. Fines for violations amounted to $259. But the problem was that each violation actually involved a neighboring house: 000 Linwood Avenue.

Wilson only owns the house at 466 Linwood Avenue, but the city says 470 Lynwood Avenue also belongs to her.

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The title deed does not list the name, but the block and lot numbers are identical on both deeds.

The block numbers must be the same, but the section numbers must be different. Wilson's only hope is to change the lot number, separating the two properties. So she hired an architect.

The Department of Construction and the Department of Finance do not communicate, so they continue to condemn it,” she said.

7 On Your Side alerted both the construction and finance departments, who began working with Wilson to split the lots.

And finally, after two months, she managed to get rid of her neighbor's property, which she never owned - $ 259 in violations also disappeared.