
1610 Sedgwick Avenue, Bronx. Image Credit: Google Maps
City issued summons for hazardous cracked windowsill on sixth floor of building. On March 26, 2019, a Department of Buildings officer observed a cracked exterior windowsill on the sixth floor of a building owned by Aspen Companies on Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx. The officer testified that if water were to enter the crack and freeze, a piece of the windowsill would break off, fall six stories, and injure a pedestrian below. Buildings issued Aspen Companies a Class 1 violation pursuant to §28-302.1 of the Administrative Code for failure to maintain a building’s exterior wall and appurtenances. (read more…)

Loeb Boat House at East 73rd Street in Central Park. Image credit: CityLaw.
Unlicensed owner left pedicab in the “No Standing” area of Central Park. Shakhboz Muzafforov left his pedicab unattended in front of the Loeb Boat House at East 73rd Street in Central Park at 12:22 p.m. on May 16, 2017. A Parks officer served Muzafforov a summons for unlawfully leaving a pedicab in a prohibited location. Later that day at 2:05 p.m., a Parks officer asked Muzafforov for his license and upon review of the license learned that Muzafforov was not included on the list of valid pedicab drivers maintained by the Department of Consumer Affairs. The Parks officer issued a second summons to Muzafforov for operating a pedicab without a valid license. At the OATH hearing, both violations were upheld. (read more…)