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