The developer behind the planned Ground Zero mosque already has a lousy record with the city Buildings Department — racking up $24,650 in fines for safety and construction violations at a Washington Heights apartment building that his firm owns.
The violations involve some of the department’s more serious charges, from cracks running the height of the six-story, brick walk-up to blocked exits and fire escapes, falling mortar and an unstable chimney, city records show.
“Every time it rains, I set a pan on my bed and another one on the floor,” said Don McCants, 61, a truck driver and longtime tenant of the building owned by mosque developer Sharif El-Gamal and his firm, Soho Properties.
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