Landlord Didn't Comply with DOB Order Concerning Short-Term Rental Violations

DOB issued four violation notices to landlord based on failure to comply with a 2011 DOB order and to file a certificate of correction. DOB had previously issued violations based on short-term rentals at the building. Landlord argued that an appeals court had ruled that, prior to 2010 amendments of the Multiple Dwelling Law, landlord could lawfully rent units in seven-day increments. The ALJ ruled against landlord, finding that the appeals court ruling didn't directly rule on the violation notices in question. Landlord was fined $3,200.

Landlord appealed and lost. The violations in question were issued in 2011 and affirmed by ECB. And the court case that landlord relied on was specifically applicable to the legality of renting units at the building in seven-day increments between April 2015 to April 2016. So the court decision didn't apply to the 2011 rentals in question.

Grand Imperial LLC: ECB App. No. 1901050 (9/26/19) [3-pg. doc.]