DOB ISSUES MONTHLY ENFORCEMENT BULLETIN

Report Highlights DOB Enforcement Outcomes from August 2019 to Deter Bad Actors and Keep New Yorkers Safe

New York, NY – Today, the New York City Department of Buildings released its August 2019 enforcement bulletin, which provides highlights of the agency’s actions to sanction and deter bad actors in the construction industry through the enforcement of safety laws and codes of conduct for construction professionals. Today’s bulletin includes summaries of DOB-imposed disciplinary actions, including penalties and license suspensions and revocations.

The actions below represent a portion of DOB’s overall work to enforce the City’s building codes and safety laws, in addition to the thousands of inspections conducted and violations issued by the agency each month for illegal building and construction conditions.

DOB took a number of major enforcement actions in August, including:

• • 30 violations and $320,812 in penalties, including daily penalties, issued for illegal building alterations on four separate occasions.
  • 23 violations and $187,624 in penalties, including daily penalties, issued for illegal transient use of buildings at five different locations.
  • 51 violations and $555,030 in penalties issued for failure to safeguard construction sites on 47 separate occasions.
  • 16 violations and $160,000 in penalties issued to 14 different individuals for failure to carry out duties as construction superintendents.

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