The 36-story Turkevi Center was greenlit to open in 2021 only after Mayor Eric Adams called FDNY brass, who overrode inspectors who had ruled the fire safety plan unsafe.
NEW YORK — The Turkish House — the building ... without a valid certificate of occupancy. Previously, the Turkish consulate had been operating with the temporary occupancy certificates despite ...
The Turkish Consulate was the only building of its size ... The businessman, Erden Arkan, has close ties to New York’s Turkish community. Emma G. Fitzsimmons is the City Hall bureau chief ...
“The scheme was planned in consultation with a Turkish consulate official,” Celia Cohen, an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York said in court Friday. The allegations ...
NEW YORK CITY (WABC ... luxury travel gifts from Turkey in exchange for help with the opening of the Turkish consulate in Manhattan. He has pleaded not guilty. The Associated Press contributed ...
Mayor Eric Adams (right) visits the Turkish Consulate General building, background, after it was vandalized, in New York, May 22, 2023. Others are unidentified. (Michael Appleton/Mayoral ...