Buildings officials could not say how many of those projects did not receive final inspections from engineers and architects.
In Fairbanks, two marijuana retail stores are planning to open next week after final inspections are completed, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported.
It was not clear whether those architects and engineers did not do final inspections, as was the case with the Bronx discount store, or simply failed to file paperwork, she said.
Tens of thousands of such projects are approved each year, and in a significant number there is no evidence that the engineers do final inspections to ensure that work meets city building codes, officials say.
He said that for a variety of reasons it is not unusual for engineers to fail to complete final inspections on jobs they certify: the owner stops paying the engineer, the contractor walks off the job or the contractor does not abide by the plans filed with the Buildings Department.
During the news conference, Dr. ElBaradei, a former Egyptian diplomat who last year directed the final inspections in Iraq along with his colleague Hans Blix, said it was his "gut feeling" that Libya was three to seven years away from producing a nuclear weapon.
