Six tenants sued landlord in a 2019 HP proceeding, seeking correction of building violations. After trial, the court ordered landlord to correct conditions so that vacate orders would be lifted within six months....
DOB issued eight violation notices to landlord based on illegally altering a building as a dwelling without a valid certificate of occupancy (C of O). At a hearing, DOB showed that a 1962 C of O authorized the...
DOB issued six violation notices to landlord for illegal conversion of a two-family house. Each violation imposed daily penalties. DOB's inspector stated that he'd observed two unauthorized Class "...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for performing work at a building without a permit. DOB's inspector observed a vacant, two-story building with the entrance door closed. But he saw a new extended sloped...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for having an altered/changed building occupied without a valid certificate of occupancy (C of O). Landlord argued at a hearing that the notice wasn't properly served....
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for doing electrical work without a permit. DOB's inspector noted that he observed new electrical wiring and piping for lights in the building stairs and hallways of the...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord after its inspector found occupancy in a manner contrary to that allowed by DOB records. DOB's inspector had found that a fifth-floor apartment was created and occupied...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for failing to correct a prior violation and file a certificate of correction in connection with work done in the building's cellar without a permit. At a hearing,...
DOB issued two violation notices to landlord for failing to comply with a DOB order. The underlying violations were for having a padlocked gate on a fence that obstructed a passageway to the street, and for failing...
DOB issued a number of violation notices to landlord for altering a 55-apartment building without approval to add three additional basement apartments. One of these was an SRO unit. Landlord admitted that the work...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for failing to maintain its elevator in a code-compliant manner. DOB's inspector found the only elevator in the five-story apartment building to be out of service. This...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for failing to maintain its building elevator in a code-compliant manner. DOB's inspector found the elevator to be out of service at the time of inspection, creating a...
