DOB VIOLATIONS

DOB Properly Delivered Violation Notice to Landlord

March 24, 2014    

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for performing work without a permit. The notice stated that an entire building, except for its rear wall, had been demolished and an eight-foot construction fence had been...

Landlord Used Two-Family House for Illegal Tourist Hostel

February 19, 2014    

DOB issued several violation notices to landlord based on the illegal conversion of a two-family dwelling into a transient hostel with multiple rooms and beds. Among other things, violations were issued for failure...

Landlord Changed Gas Valve on Hot Water Heater Without Permit

February 18, 2014    

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for performing work without a permit based on an inspector's observation that a new hot water heater had been installed in the cellar. The inspector later testified that...

Landlord Fined for Using Unlicensed Elevator Repair Company

January 15, 2014    

DOB issued violation notices to landlord, its managing agent, and its elevator company contractor based on the elevator company's unlicensed operation. DOB charged landlord for failing to comply with a prior DOB...

Illegal Construction of SRO Units in Building Basement

January 15, 2014    

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for work without a permit. DOB's inspector observed construction of Sheetrock, gas, electrical, water, and waste line connections in the building basement. This was set...

Apartment Used as Illegal Flophouse

January 15, 2014    

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for illegal occupancy in violation of the building's Certificate of Occupancy. DOB's inspector observed that a Class "A" apartment in the building was being...

New Hearing Needed on Whether Building Is Illegal Transient Hotel

December 13, 2013    

DOB issued three violation notices to landlord based on: (a) improper fire doors on upper building floors; (b) illegal occupancy of the building as a transient hotel; and (c) use of illegal egress door hardware. The...

Landlord Violated Vacate Order by Letting Sandy Relief Contractor Use Space

December 13, 2013    

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for failing to comply with a prior vacate order issued in connection with the illegal conversion of a building cellar into two apartments with insufficient egress and...

Landlord Falsely Certified that Basement Flooding Was Corrected

December 13, 2013    

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for falsely certifying that conditions cited in a prior violation had been corrected. The three basement conditions were the accumulation of water in the elevator pit, the...

Violation Dismissed Where New Landlord Correcting Illegal Conversion

December 13, 2013    

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for altering a residence for occupancy by more than the legally approved number of families. DOB's inspector stated that he saw two Class "A" apartments in the...

Landlord Didn't Add Handicap Ramp During Alterations

November 15, 2013    

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for failing to provide building access to people with disabilities. The violation stated that there was no ramp at the front entrance of the building. Landlord claimed that...

Insufficient Proof of Pre-Existing Work Without a Permit

November 15, 2013    

DOB issued three violation notices to landlord for work without a permit and later for failing to comply with a DOB order to correct the conditions. Inspection showed that landlord had put up partition walls, water...