The permanent Secretariat building was completed and occupied in 1951 52.
The building providing accommodations for the General Assembly and the councils was completed and occupied in 1952.
The first to be completed and occupied is 80 Bruckner, on the north side.
(Many apartment buildings and commercial structures, by contrast, were built to sell to investors after they were completed and occupied).
Four days after The Post's report, HUD said on its Web site that hundreds of the projects were completed and occupied.
Thousands of rental units have yet to be restored, and not a single one of 500 planned "Katrina cottages" has been completed and occupied.
When the last element is completed and occupied there will be about 400 people living in the area, said Christopher J. Paladino, president of the nonprofit New Brunswick Development Corporation, which is developing the new rentals with the Applied Companies of Hoboken.
Not only that, he contended that the development's tenants do not qualify for rent stabilization because not all four towers had been completed and occupied before the Jan . 1 , 1974utoff date.
In 1978, after the building was completed and occupied, Mr. LeMessurier discovered that it had a flaw: If hurricane-force winds — 70 miles an hour or more — hit it at a 45-degree angle, the building could weaken and possibly topple.
And, in the prime stretch of Bayard Street flanking McCarren Park, where buildings were completed and occupied, the idea of finding a bargain by "getting in early was out the window," he said.
