I am not saying nothing fishy went on with this building, but this report is garbage..
The Developer attempted to bribe someone to get a permit so they could get a property (not this one) up to code.
That’s not an indication of anything other than how screwed up the government is.
There is no indication or even accusation that this bribe had anything to do with this building, or anything to do with getting away with shoddy workmanship...
The story is they bribed someone to get a PERMIT so they could do work to bring a project up to code.... How messed up is the world if you need to bribe someone just to get a permit to do the work you need to do to fix somehting?
Non story
You are right.