DOB VIOLATIONS

Tenant Padlocked Security Gate on Second Apartment Door

June 16, 2014    

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for failing to maintain his building in a code-compliant manner. DOB found a padlock on a security gate on the rear bedroom door obstructing a second means of egress for...

Electrical Wire Connected to Gas Pipe in Tenant's Apartment

May 18, 2014    

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord based on illegal electrical conditions found in the building. DOB's inspection said that an electrical wire was connected from a bathroom light fixture in Apartment No. 5...

Temporary Conversion of Two-Family Dwelling After Hurricane Was Improper

May 18, 2014    

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for illegally converting a two-family dwelling into a three-family dwelling by converting the first floor into a Class A apartment. Under the building's Certificate of...

Landlord Claims Gas Meters in Hallways Were Grandfathered

May 18, 2014    

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for failing to maintain a building in a safe and code-compliant manner after DOB's inspector saw gas meters and gas piping installed in the building's public area...

Tenant's Rental to Tourists Violated Building Code

April 18, 2014    

DOB issued violation notices to landlord for operating an apartment building for transient use, as well as related violations of sprinkler, egress, and fire alarm regulations based on the building's use for...

Inoperable Elevator Was Dangerous Condition

April 18, 2014    

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for failing to maintain the building's elevator in a safe and code-compliant manner. The notice described the condition in the six-story multiple dwelling as dangerous....

Use of Attic as Bedroom Violated C of O

April 18, 2014    

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for occupancy contrary to the building's Certificate of Occupancy (C of O). The building was a legal two-family house. DOB's inspector found an additional dwelling...

Must Landlord Remove Gas Meters in Hallways?

April 18, 2014    

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for failing to maintain a building in a safe and code-compliant condition. DOB's inspector noted that there were gas meters and gas piping installed in the public...

Landlord Illegally Altered Two-Family House

April 18, 2014    

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for altering a residence as a dwelling for occupancy by more than the legally approved number of families. DOB's inspector noted that the legal two-family dwelling had...

Illegal Basement Super Apartment

April 15, 2014    

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord, citing a basement-level Class “A”...

Residential Loft Building Not Registered as IMD

April 15, 2014    

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for occupancy of an altered building without a...

Landlord Fined for Illegal Attic Renovations

March 24, 2014    

DOB issued two violation notices to landlord. One was for occupancy contrary to the building's Certificate of Occupancy, the other was for work without a permit. DOB's inspector saw an illegal attic level...