Sheriffs raid Prince Hotel after de Blasio vows action
One night after Mayor Bill de Blasio promised hundreds of residents at a Bay Ridge town hall meeting that he would crack down on the notorious Prince Hotel, sheriffs raided the place, officials said.
Dozens of deputies from the Brooklyn Sheriff’s Office descended on the Prince Hotel at 315 93rd St. Wednesday night, according to Bay Ridge officials who said they were called in to enforce outstanding violations that the building owner had been hit with and never paid.
“The building has over $400,000 in outstanding judgments resulting from this property owner who has failed to satisfy violations from 1995 to the present,” Community Board 10 District Manager Josephine Beckmann told the Brooklyn Eagle on Thursday morning.