Hamden developer faces $8K per day fine for blight in Ansonia

By Jean Falbo-Sosnovich
Register Correspondent
ANSONIA >> The city has slapped the Hamden developer who bought some former blighted Farrel Corp. property downtown in 2013 with an $8,000 per day lien for failing to remediate the building, despite several deadline extensions.
At a recent appeals hearing, the city’s hearing officer, Attorney Keith Murray denied “a further extension of time” for Developer Moustapha Diakhate to fix the remaining broken windows on the building at 501 E. Main St. Murray said at the hearing last week, there were still about 80 broken windows plaguing the building, which Diakhate agreed to board up, along with a host of other fixes he and the city previously agreed upon.

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