Landlord Who Transferred Ownership to LLC Still Responsible for Violations

May 31, 2008

LVT Number: #20468

DOB issued two violation notices to landlord for failing to provide at least two means of egress from a third-floor apartment. Landlord claimed that she didn't own the building on the dates of the violations, June 29 and Aug. 30, 2001. The ALJ ruled against landlord and fined her $1,680. Landlord appealed and lost. Before the violation dates, the building deed was transferred from landlord and a co-owner to a limited liability company. But landlord was a principal of the LLC and worked in the building's ground-floor pharmacy.

DOB issued two violation notices to landlord for failing to provide at least two means of egress from a third-floor apartment. Landlord claimed that she didn't own the building on the dates of the violations, June 29 and Aug. 30, 2001. The ALJ ruled against landlord and fined her $1,680. Landlord appealed and lost. Before the violation dates, the building deed was transferred from landlord and a co-owner to a limited liability company. But landlord was a principal of the LLC and worked in the building's ground-floor pharmacy. The new deed showed that the address of the LLC was in care of the pharmacy. Landlord therefore owned or had control of the building on the dates of the violations.

Cantillano: ECB App. Nos. 41550, 41551 (5/1/08) [2-pg. doc.]

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