DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for converting a one-family dwelling into a "bed and breakfast" for transient use. DOB's inspector observed three bedrooms with locked doors on the second floor...
DOB issued violation notices to landlord for illegally altering a two-family house into SRO units. Landlord claimed that there were no alterations and that tenants occupied the floors as roommates. The ALJ ruled for...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord's contractor for failing to have a fire extinguisher at a building during demolition. The contractor argued that, on the date of the violation, demolition work hadn't...
DOB issued violation notices to landlord for doing work without a permit and for using a cellar, legally approved for storage, as a Class "B" apartment with a bedroom and three-piece bathroom. There also...
The Fire Department issued three violation notices to landlord for failing to produce Certificates of Occupancy (C of Os) for three adjoining buildings. Landlord claimed that the buildings were lofts registered as...
DOB issued 11 violations to landlord for, among other things, using five apartments for transient occupancy, failing to provide inadequate exits from those apartments, erecting partitions to create rooms in those...
DOB issued four violation notices to landlord for renting Class "A" apartments for transient use, and for failing to provide proper egress and a fire alarm system for a building used for transient occupancy...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for failing to maintain a building's exterior walls and appurtenances in a safe condition. On March 11, 2014, DOB's inspector saw spalled stonework at the fifth-floor...
The Fire Department issued violation notices to landlord for failing to produce records for its sprinkler system, failing to maintain the sprinkler system, and failing to have the person inspecting the system obtain...
DOS issued a violation notice to landlord for placing recyclables out for collection in an improper curbside container. Landlord objected, claiming that its long-term building super placed the glass and plastic...
DOB issued three violation notices to landlord based on unauthorized heating units found suspended from the ceilings of three loft apartments in the building. Landlord argued that the illegal units were in place when...
The Fire Department issued a violation notice to landlord for failing to maintain required signs and postings, painted pipes and valves, and combination fire protection system. Landlord claimed all violations had...
