DOB VIOLATIONS

Landlords Arrested for Failing to Make Repairs after Court Held Them in Contempt

August 29, 2023    

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....

Interim Multiple Dwelling Was Lawful on Violation Date Despite No Residential C of O

April 24, 2023    

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...

Landlord Fined $120K for Adding Three Illegal Apartments to Two-Family Dwelling

April 24, 2023    

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 "...

Landlord Fined $2,500 for Work Without Permit, No Proof Emergency Application Was Filed

September 28, 2022    

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 Failed to Prove Reasonable Attempt Made at Personal Service on Landlord

September 28, 2022    

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....

Landlord Fined $800 by DOB for Performing Electric Work Without a Permit

September 28, 2022    

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...

Landlord Fined $2,500 for Tenant's Conversion of Apartment into SRO Units

August 25, 2022    

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...

Landlord Fined for Not Obtaining Certificate of Correction for Work Done Without a Permit

August 25, 2022    

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,...

Landlord Fined $2,500 for Not Removing Padlock on Gate

August 25, 2022    

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...

Landlord Fined $90,000 in Per Diem Penalties for Adding Two Illegal Apartments

July 24, 2022    

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...

Landlord Fined $1,250 for Hazardous Elevator Violation

July 22, 2022    

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...

Landlord Fined $1,250 by DOB for Out-of-Service Elevator

June 27, 2022    

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...