[ April 19, 2024 ]
I think I am going to send Con Ed an extra few bucks this Christmas. Finally, Gamal was exposed out loud and in public. The lawyer for Con Ed called the grifter Gamal what he is, a "deadbeat slumlord," and argued that Gamal "doesn't have a prayer" of paying the $1.7 million he owes in back rent.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if some angel bought the building after the mosqueteers were evicted, and built a memorial to the well over 270 million victims of jihadi wars, land appropriations, cultural annihilations and enslavements? That's what belongs in a building destroyed in the 911 attacks.
Need I tell Atlas readers how much joy it brought to me to write this post?
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Con Ed wants to evict Ground Zero mosque developer over $1.7M back rent The NY Post
Con Edison wants a judge to give it the green light to evict the would-be developer of a controversial community center and mosque near Ground Zero, arguing he doesn't have a prayer of paying the $1.7 million he owes in back rent.
At a hearing in Manhattan Supreme Court today , Con Ed lawyer Scott Mollen portrayed Sharif el-Gamal as a deadbeat slumlord who's far too cash-strapped to pay back all the money he owes the utility.
"They're $1.7 million in arrears, and they have not come close to demonstrating they have the ability" to pay up on the rent at 51 Park Place, Mollen told Justice Richard Braun. Mollen was trying to convince the judge to lift a restraining order barring Con Ed from giving Gamal the boot from the site.
The lawyer noted that Gamal is currently being sued by four banks for failing to pay loan guarantees, and also owes $230,000 in back real estate taxes – and he also hasn't paid up on a $30,000 power bill.
He said another indication of Gamal's money woes is that three of the buildings he owns currently have 754 building code violations, 80 percent of which are for "extremely hazardous" or "hazardous" conditions. If Gamal had the money, Mollen suggested, he'd simply pay to fix the problems.
"There's a mountain of evidence that shows a person in significant financial distress," Mollen said.
Con Ed owns a former substation on the western half of the property, at 51 Park Place, and the mosque developers own a five-story building on the eastern half. The buildings were connected years ago and used to house a Burlington Coat Factory store. Gamal's Park51, which had been leasing the substation from Con Ed with an eye towards buying it, wants the two buildings so it can knock both down and build a $100 million, 15-story community center.
After years of stalled lease negotiations, Con Ed raised the rent from $2,750 a month, a rate set in 1972, to $47,437 a month, retroactive to July 31, 2008. The judge said he would rule on Con Ed's request at a later date.
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10 Comments
12 years ago
It has got to bring a tear of joy to the eye of any present or former New Yorker to see Con Ed actually make itself useful for a change! And throwing a gang of muslim supremacists out of a substation is just a beautiful thing…
12 years ago
Justice. Sometimes it’s really beautiful.
12 years ago
WILL OWS COME TO GAMAL’S RESCUE?
Perhaps out of desperation Gamal will turn to OWS for help, to it’s anti-eviction wing. Surely he could easily convince them that he’s a 99% victim of the banks and Con Ed greed and that to protest the eviction they can occupy Park 51 and turn it into another downtown camp. As OWSers are sensitive to Moslem victimhood, and are in solidarity with Moslem supremacists across the world, this should be a no brainer for them.
12 years ago
Islamists as Slumlords: Sharif El-Gamal, Feisal Abdul Rauf, and Kenny Gamble.
12 years ago
Con Edison wants a judge to give it the green light to evict the would-be developer of a controversial community center and mosque near Ground Zero, arguing he doesn’t have a prayer of paying the $1.7 million he owes in back rent.
funny that, when lack of OPM finally catches up with you
maybe he can pick up a few extra shifts at the restaurant ristorante
12 years ago
Yeah, that’s karma folks!
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if some angel bought the building after the mosqueteers were evicted, and built a memorial to the well over 270 million victims of jihadi wars, land appropriations, cultural annihilations and enslavements? That’s what belongs in a building destroyed in the 911 attacks.
This has got to be the most impressive and American thing to do with that hallowed ground.
Pam, your American insight and heart still sends patriotic chills down my spine. This nation needs its cheerleaders.
I know you don’t do what you do for compliments or else you would of been a failure from the start. Just from this website alone, is the proof in the pudding. But, as deeply as you’re appreciated for all that you do, at the least, a thank you from America and from her people are only a show of much gratitude from us.
12 years ago
If someone starts a fund-raising campaign to purchase the substation, I will donate. Maybe a project jointly with AFDI/SIOA? Wouldn’t that be delicious, a memorial to victims of jihad and sharia, next-door to a mosque.
12 years ago
CalifGirlInMaine – I’m right with you on that. I think it would be an absolute fitting end for this drama. That low-life Gamal is a total loser, and it’s finally coming out. Fabulous! He is getting what he deserves. I hope he is drowning in his financial distress.
12 years ago
>>> BRAVO TO CON- EDISON ! <<< " WE THE PEOPLE " ENCOURAGE AND CONGRATULATE YOU FOR THIS ACTION AND HOPE FOR YOUR SUCCESS IN EVICTING THE RAGHEADS. MAKAHAYAN HAS SPOKEN
12 years ago
Wait til he loses it over taxes, then buy it. Museum of remembrance of all muslim opressions good idea. Don’t want to buy it from him as would fund further nonsense.
