DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for failing to maintain the required number of exits. DOB's inspector stated that the building's exit doors weren't self-closing at the first-floor and cellar...
DOB issued a violation notice to a condominium unit owner for illegally using a Class "A" multiple dwelling unit for transient use. The unit owner testified that he didn't own Apartment A1R, which was...
DOB issued four violation notices to landlord based on illegal conversion of dwelling units from permanent residences to transient use. At a hearing, DOB's inspector testified that he interviewed four occupants...
DOB issued violation notices to landlord for using a two-family dwelling containing Class "A" apartments for transient use. DOB relied on HPD records showing that an inspector interviewed occupants who said...
DOB issued a violation notice to a building's commercial storefront tenant for making a false statement on a premises alteration application. Tenant checked a box indicating that there was no occupied housing for...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for creating and operating a laundry room with four washers and four dryers in a cellar gas meter room. Landlord argued that the laundry room was an allowable accessory use...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for creating two illegal Class A apartments in the cellar of a house without a permit. Landlord claimed that the violation notice wasn't properly served. She had to...
DOB issued violation notices to landlord for altering a a one-family dwelling into a three-family and for performing work without a permit. Landlord claimed that the conditions preexisted his ownership of the...
DOB issued a violation notice to a building's construction super because he and his logbook weren't on site when unsafe excavation work was performed. This caused a section of the building's foundation...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for failing to ground electrical conductive materials in a fully operational sidewalk shed outside a residential building. DOB found that this created a severe hazard to...
DOB issued violations notices to landlord for use of a Class "A" multiple dwelling for other than permanent residential use. Landlord argued that apartment tenant created the violation, that landlord didn...
DOB issued two violation notices to landlord for failing to test and inspect a new or altered gas line attached to a boiler, and for not having a DOB-certified gas line inspected and authorized for use in the...
