Lawsuit alleges Brooklyn officials left building open to thieves.
Bumbling city Buildings Department workers marked the wrong Brooklyn house for demolition, ordering the lock snapped and allowing thieves free rein, a lawsuit alleges.
“They left the premises unsecured, for all the druggies and homeless to just walk in and help themselves, and they did,” fumed Martin Senzer, 66, who lived in the house at 3044 Brighton 1st St.
Senzer’s nightmare began in January 2008, when the house immediately next door to his, No. 3048, went up in flames. The city decided it had to come down. “The inspector . . . who is either legally blind or an imbecile, put my address down,” said Senzer.
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