A lavish Hamptons city demolished a millionaire house owner’s personal walkway after waging a authorized battle to guard the sand dune it lined.
The City of East Hampton destroyed the picket construction that related 88 South Emerson Avenue in Montauk to the seashore after successful a courtroom order to take action.
Attorneys for the city argued the property proprietor, Myfour Realty, a restricted legal responsibility firm managed by Roy Tuccillo Sr., constructed the walkway with out a allow after an environmental company had cleared an accessway.
In a drastic transfer, the glitzy New York hamlet took their case to the the Suffolk County Supreme Courtroom and acquired an order to tear down the picket construction he had constructed after claiming they issued a number of warnings to Tuccillo.
‘Within the three years I have been out right here, we have by no means demolished a construction. That is unusual. Normally, we get compliance in some unspecified time in the future,’ Kevin Cooper, the city’s director of code enforcement, advised The East Hampton Star.
The City of East Hampton destroyed the picket construction that related the $2 million residence (pictured) at 88 South Emerson Avenue, owned by Roy Tuccillo Sr., to the seashore
‘They made a path for him,’ mentioned Cooper. ‘He disregarded it and did his personal factor.’
Tuccillo constructed the sturdy walkway at his almost $2 million beachfront mansion after the federal Military Corps of Engineers created out a sand pathway with seashore grass alongside the dune as a part of the Hearth Island to Montauk Level seashore replenishment challenge.
Solely the city, county, New York State Division of Environmental Conservation and the Military Corps are permitted to make modifications to the dune.
‘We’ve got made each effort to work with the property proprietor to resolve this matter amicably,’ City Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez mentioned.
‘Nevertheless, the integrity of our dunes is essential to our neighborhood’s security and environmental well being. We won’t hesitate to implement our legal guidelines to make sure the well-being of our residents and the safety of our shoreline.’
Cooper mentioned Marine Patrol caught Tuccillo constructing the walkway and he advised them he had permission. By the point the city realized of his challenge, it was already constructed.
The city obtained a courtroom order from the Suffolk County Supreme Courtroom to demolish the walkway after Tuccillo constructed it with out a allow and ignored their orders
This prompted the city to go to the Suffolk County Supreme Courtroom to get a courtroom order which granted the city board permission problem a decision to destroy the construction.
‘The City Board’s decision, and the easement itself, provides the City the authority to take motion,’ City Lawyer Robert Connelly advised Lengthy Island Life & Politics.
‘The City has proceeded with the elimination of the unlawful construction to uphold the situations set forth within the settlement easement. That is important to sustaining the effectiveness of the City’s storm harm discount measures.’
The seashore replenishment challenge is aimed toward preserving the sane dunes and stopping erosion.
‘Preserving our dunes and seashore techniques is significant for safeguarding Montauk’s shoreline from erosion and storm harm,’ mentioned City Councilmember David Lys.
‘The Easement space performs an important function in these efforts, and any unauthorized constructions compromise its perform. The City’s motion is a crucial step to safeguard our pure assets.’
DailyMail.com reached out to Tuccillo for remark.
Tuccillo constructed the construction after an accredited environmental company cleared an accessway alongside the dune with seashore grass
Tuccillo has a monitor document of ignoring orders from the city and even earlier run-ins with the legislation.
Property information present Tuccillo purchased the beachfront property in 2014 for $1.2 million.
In February 2022 the house owner was caught constructing retaining partitions, a primary story addition, a second story addition and a second story deck with out a allow, in accordance with information obtained by The Star.
On three separate events he was present in violation of a stop-work order and one time refused to establish himself to authorities after being caught by city enforcement.
In 2019, Tuccillo and his son Roy Tuccillo Jr. pleaded responsible to federal fraud prices for falsely labeling large squid from Peru as octopus and promoting it to grocery shops throughout the nation.
