DOB issued a violation notice to landlord based on altering a building to create more than the legally approved number of apartments. Landlord had converted a two-family home to a four-family. A second violation was...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for future gas connections existing downstream of an appliance. DOB's inspector stated that he saw the future gas connections in the building cellar and that the gas...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for having future gas connections going downstream from an appliance. DOB's inspector testified that such connections were outlawed in 2008 under Fuel Gas Code Section...
DOB issue a violation notice to landlord for illegal occupancy after its inspector saw partitions erected creating illegal use of rooms for living in the building's cellar, including a bathroom with water closet...
DOB issued six violation notices to landlord, in connection with illegal building alterations contrary to the building's Certificate of Occupancy. DOB's inspector found that, among other things, landlord had...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for installing a new exhaust system and metal ducts at the cellar floor laundry room without a permit, and for relocating the exhaust outlet to a new location in the building...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for installing a gas shut-off valve without a plumbing permit. Landlord claimed that the violation notice was improperly delivered. The ALJ ruled against landlord and fined...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for illegally converting an apartment building to transient use, as well as related egress and fire alarm system violations. The ALJ ruled for DOB and fined landlord $5,400....
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for altering a building for occupancy by more than the legally approved number of families. Landlord claimed that it received insufficient notice that daily penalties would...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for failing to test a new or altered plumbing system. DOB's inspector noted that he saw new gas piping in the building's cellar with gas being supplied and in use but...
DOB issued violation notices, including a vacate order, to landlord for illegally altering a single-family dwelling into four SRO units. At a hearing, DOB's investigator testified that the SRO rooms were locked,...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for failure to file a Cycle 7 technical report for facade work. Landlord said it had DOB permits in place and was in the process of doing the necessary work when the...
