DOB VIOLATIONS

Landlord Can't Do Decorative Repairs While Full Stop-Work Order in Effect

August 7, 2013    

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for continuing work despite the issuance of a stop-work order (SWO). The notice described the violation as "work in progress at front; enlargement of dwelling contrary...

Landlord Performed Electrical Work Without a Permit

July 11, 2013    

DOB issued violation notices to landlord for work without a permit, failure to maintain the building in a safe and Code-compliant condition, and failing to comply with a prior DOB order. DOB's inspector found...

Building Illegally Altered from Three-Family to Four-Family Dwelling

July 11, 2013    

DOB issued violation notices to landlord for occupancy by more than the approved number of families and for work without a permit. The first floor, which was legally approved for one apartment, had been subdivided to...

Elevator Violation Was Premature

July 11, 2013    

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for failing to maintain the building's elevator based on her failure to provide access for DOB to perform a periodic inspection of the elevator as required by Code...

Landlord Fined $48,000 for Unlawful Additions to Two-Family Dwelling

June 13, 2013    

DOB issued violation notices to landlord for performing work in the basement and attic without a permit, and for illegally converting a two-family house to a four-family house by adding apartments to the basement and...

Prior Violation for Pre-Existing Deck and Canopy Were Dismissed

June 12, 2013    

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for installing a wood deck behind its building, along with an overhead wooden canopy. Landlord claimed that a prior violation for the same item had been dismissed and that...

Illegal Basement Apartment Found in Two-Family Dwelling

June 12, 2013    

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for converting the cellar of a two-family home into a dwelling, in violation of the building's Certificate of Occupancy (C of O). DOB's inspector observed bedrooms...

Apartment Illegally Partitioned for Transient Use

June 12, 2013    

DOB issued violation notices to landlord for doing work without a permit and unlawful occupancy. DOB's inspector found that two bedrooms had been created by partitions in an apartment without a permit, that the...

Clothes Dryers in Basement Without Automatic Sprinkler

May 16, 2013    

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord after finding four clothes dryers in the basement without any sprinkler system. DOB's inspector observed four washers and four dryers connected by electric wiring to...

Brief Elevator Service Interruption Wasn't Hazardous Condition

May 16, 2013    

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for failing to maintain an elevator in a safe and code-compliant manner. DOB's inspector observed that the building's only elevator was out of service at the time the...

Violation Names Incorrect Landlord

May 16, 2013    

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for failing to secure the public and tenants' safety during balcony construction. DOB noted that this was a recurring violation. Landlord claimed that it didn't own...

Landlord Added Illegal Basement Apartments and Rooms

April 15, 2013    

DOB issued two violation notices to landlord, one for occupancy in a manner contrary to DOB records, and the other for performing work without a permit. The DOB inspector noted that building records authorized 16...