The Department of Buildings has filed a stop work order at the sad husk of a building where Sunnyside Cinemas used to be located:

AT TIME OF INSPECTION AT ABOVE PREMISE OBSERVED CONSTRUCTION WORK ON ROOF WITH ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF DEBRIS/GARBAGE BEING STORED. NO PERMIT ON DOB RECORDS FOR SCOPE OF WORK. STOP ALL WORK AT COMMERCIAL SPACE., OBT

Several construction permits for this building expired in 2023. The building’s owner John Ciafone, who in 2022 said that construction would begin within months, is a three-time Democratic primary loser who recently penned an op-ed about how congestion pricing will “kill New York City”.