BAY RIDGE: Gut check: Illegal demolition halted after week of complaints

See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn DailyVigilant Ridgites must watch what they say when reporting illegal home conversions.Watchdogs blew the whistle on contractors gutting the inside of a home between Third and Fourth avenues without a permit on Dec. 11, but the city didn’t get around to issuing a stop-work order for a week, because complainants told 311 the work was “illegal construction” rather than “illegal demolition.” The difference in