NYC ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD

Landlord Fined $500 for Not Filing Timely BPD Test Report

June 23, 2019    

DEP issued a violation notice to landlord in 2018 for failing to submit an annual test report for a backflow prevention device within 12 months from the last submission in 2014. At a hearing, DEP acknowledged that...

Landlord Responsible for Clearing Litter from Sidewalk

June 23, 2019    

DOS issued a violation notice to landlord when an inspector found a large accumulation of pieces of paper and wrappers scattered in front of landlord's building at 8 a.m. one morning. Landlord argued that the MTA...

Landlord Fined for Evidence of Rats in Garbage Area

June 23, 2019    

DOHMH issued a violation notice to landlord for failing to keep a premises free of pests. The inspector found active rat signs around the building. There were fresh droppings at the garbage storage area at the left...

Landlord Fined $7,500 for Facade Violations

June 23, 2019    

DOB issued violation notices to landlord for failing to maintain a building in a safe and code-compliant manner. The violations concerned a missing drain spout, defective coping stone on the parapet, missing mortar,...

Landlord Rented Single-Family House for Transient Use

April 28, 2019    

DOB issued five violation notices to landlord of a single-family home for illegally renting the house for transient use, along with related fire code violations. Landlord opposed the violations, but the ALJ ruled...

Landlord Fined for Short-Term Apartment Rental Violations

April 28, 2019    

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for illegally converting an apartment in a Class A multiple dwelling to transient use, as well as three related violations for failing to maintain a code-compliant building...

Landlord Didn't Indicate Rent-Regulated Apartments on PW1 Application

April 28, 2019    

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for making material false statements in a Plan/Work Application (PW1) filed with DOB. The PW1 indicated that the building contained: (a) no occupied housing units; and (b) no...

Landlord Didn't Indicate in PW1 That Building Contained Rent-Regulated Units

April 28, 2019    

DOB issued violation notices to landlord for making material false statements on a PW1 Plan/Work Application (PW1) filed with DOB, by indicating that the property contained no occupied housing units and no occupied...

DOB Violations for Transient Occupancy Dismissed for Insufficient Proof

April 26, 2019    

(Decision submitted by Sarah Fiona Phillips, Esq., of the Manhattan law firm of Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C., attorneys for the landlord.)

Landlord Made Sufficient Efforts to Keep Trash Cans Covered

October 27, 2018    

DOS issued a violation notice to landlord after observing two cans uncovered, exposing household waste and spilling garbage around the cans. Landlord testified at a hearing that the building was on a busy street...

DOB Can't Prove Condo Owner Engaged in Short-Term Rental of Unit

October 27, 2018    

DOB issued violation notices to a condominium unit owner based on the illegal transient rental of an apartment in a Class "A" multiple dwelling. At a hearing, DOB's inspector showed a photograph showing...

Landlord Fined for Performing Electrical Work Without a Permit

October 27, 2018    

DOB issued three violation notices to landlord for performing electrical work without a permit. DOB's inspector testified that he observed new electrical wiring installed in several apartments that didn't...