DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for illegally adding a fifth apartment to a building approved as a two- to four-family dwelling. Landlord claimed that he had converted the cellar to add a living space for...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord’s contractor for failing to clear frozen snow from the sidewalk in front of a building that was a demolition site. DOB claimed that there was a very slippery condition...
DOB issued violation notices to landlord for work without a permit based on the installation of an illegal apartment in the cellar, illegal alterations for adding a third apartment to a two-family dwelling, failure...
DOB issued violation notices to landlord for using three residential apartments in a building for transient occupancy. At a hearing, DOB's inspector testified that he gained access to the apartments and spoke...
DOB issued violation notices to landlord of a residential hotel for occupancy contrary to a temporary certificate of occupancy and for use of top-floor apartments for transient occupancy in violation of the C of O....
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for installing a laundry room in the building basement without a permit. Landlord's managing agent testified that he had worked in the building since 1977 and that the...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for having an illegal attic apartment in his two-family house. Landlord's witnesses, who were neighbors, testified that the apartment existed before landlord bought the...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for illegally altering a two-family house into four separate apartments. DOB's inspector saw one apartment in the basement, two on the first floor, and one on the second...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for gas meters and related piping improperly installed in a building's public hallways. Landlord argued that the coin meters were installed in the building before 1938...
