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DOB Issues Monthly Enforcement Bulletin

Friday, January 3, 2020   (0 Comments)

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


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 November, including:

  • - 18 violations and $316,000 in penalties, including daily penalties, issued for illegal building alterations at four separate locations.
  • - 28 violations and $243,000 in penalties, including daily penalties, issued for illegal transient use of buildings at six different locations.
  • - 37 violations and $415,000 in penalties issued for failure to safeguard construction sites on 35 separate occasions.

  • - 15 violations and $165,000 in penalties issued to 15 different individuals for failure to carry out duties of construction superintendents.

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