Top Stories 2012: Mount Vernon Declares Homes Unsafe

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. - The Mount Vernon Daily Voice heads into the new year by counting down, in no particular order, the Top 10 headlines from 2012.

Four houses were declared unsafe in Mount Vernon but so far only one of them has been demolished.
Photo Credit: *Greg Maker*

by Greg Maker

12/28/2012 2:00 a.m.

At the end of July, the Mount Vernon City Council declared four houses on the south side of the city unsafe. The battle to knock them down has lasted nearly a decade.

Though discussions arose about the legality of knocking the houses down, complaints from residents living in the immediate area led to one house being razed. The other three houses that were declared unsafe still stand.

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