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    Department of Buildings Report Shows Construction Decline in 2018

    Press Release  •  Citywide

    Image Credit: NYC DOB.

    Despite increase in developments, construction in New York City has leveled. On January 22, 2019, Department of Buildings Commissioner, Rick D. Chandler, released a report on the City’s construction in 2018. The most significant finding from the report was that the City’s construction activity has leveled off after its real estate and development boom. The number of construction permits Buildings issued decreased in 2018. In 2018, Buildings issued 165,908 construction permits while in 2017, they issued 168,243. This was the first decline in permits since 2009. Despite the decrease, 2018’s permit totals were the second highest on record. In response to the report’s findings, Commissioner Chandler states that the building boom “may have finally reached its peak.” (read more…)

    Tags : construction, Construction Permits, department of buildings, press release
    Date:02/05/2019
    Category : Department Of Buildings
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    Owner Fined For Tenants’ Illegal Sublets

    Transient Use

    132 East 45th Street in Manhattan. Image credit: CityLaw.

    Tenants rented apartments for transient use without owner’s knowledge. Pamela Equities Corp. owns and operates a building with 94 apartments located at 132 East 45th Street, Manhattan.  On October 23, 2014, the Department of Buildings served Pamela Equities with a notice of violation for illegal conversion of apartments 4G and 9C from permanent residences to transient use.  Following a hearing, the Environmental Control Board imposed a civil penalty of $5,800 and an additional discretionary civil penalty of $45,000 against Pamela Equities. (read more…)

    Tags : Buildings, DOB, illegal conversion, Transient use
    Date:10/03/2018
    Category : CityLaw, Department Of Buildings
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    Dead Vehicle Storage Violation Upheld

    Land Use

    Image credit: Department of Buildings.

    Property owner stored unregistered vehicles in residential area as part of his automotive hobby. On April 7, 2017, the Department of Buildings charged Juan Castillo, a property owner in an area zoned for residential use, with illegally operating an auto body mechanics shop in a garage on his premises, and with permitting the dead storage of vehicles. (read more…)

    Tags : building, DOB, OATH hearing, vehicle storage
    Date:08/16/2018
    Category : CityLaw, Department Of Buildings
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    Vibration Damages Lawsuit To Be Tried

    Pile Driving

    Famous Formaggio Pizzeria. Image credit: Google Maps.

    A building developed cracks in its foundation allegedly caused by pile driving associated with an adjacent construction project. Procida Construction Corp., a general contractor, undertook construction of a new building at 322 West 231st Street in the Bronx adjacent to Famous Formaggio Pizzeria’s building located at 300-318 West 231st Street. During pile driving an enlarged crack appeared in the foundation of Famous Formaggio’s building. Procida halted the pile driving and established a stability plan and remedial measures. (read more…)

    Tags : building code, damages, excavation, foundation work, soil, vibration
    Date:08/14/2018
    Category : CityLaw, Department Of Buildings
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    Summons For Defacing Fence Upheld

    261 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Image credit: CityLaw.

    Individual pasted poster on construction fence. On July 2, 2017, William Acevedo was observed dipping his brush in glue and pasting a poster bill onto a wooden barrier at a construction site located at 261 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan. Acevedo did not have permission or authority from the property owner to paste the poster bill. An NYPD officer charged Acevedo with making graffiti and possession of graffiti instruments.  (read more…)

    Tags : glue, Graffiti, graffiti instruments, poster, poster bill
    Date:08/09/2018
    Category : CityLaw, Department Of Buildings
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