The ABC's of Housing is HPD's guide to housing rules and regulations for owners and tenants.This booklet is designed to help owners and tenants gain an understanding of the rules and regulations affecting housing and provide you with information about where you can receive assistance.
Reporting on education and outreach regarding single-occupant toilet room requirements
LL 190/2018
• Education and outreach (description and # of business owners reached)
• # of complaints
• # of violations issued
• Total penalties imposed
• Follow-up inspections
Today, Department of Buildings Acting Commissioner Thomas Fariello, R.A. announced the deployment of more than 90 DOB inspectors throughout New York City to perform safety sweeps of construction sites, and educate workers about the importance of construction site safety.
According to Section 3005 of the Rules of the City of New York (RCNY), DOB Elevator Unit is responsible for performing inspections on Amusement Devices. This is an audit to determine whether DOB has proper controls over these inspections.
Office of Tenant Advocate activity report, LL 161/2017
• # of complaints received by OTA and description of complaint
• Average response time to complaints
• Description of efforts to communicate with tenants
• # of recommendations made to DOB commissioner
Report defines the scope of the problem by listing conditions at all homeless shelter facilities and tracks progress made by the expanded repair program. Includes total number of inspections conducted, new problems found, and violations and other conditions resolved.
In the matter of an application submitted by 12 Franklin Property Co LLC, 12 Franklin 230 LLC and 12 Franklin 197 LLC pursuant to Sections 197-c and 201 of the NYC Charter for the grant of a special permit pursuant to Section 74-962 of Zoning Resolution to increase the maximum permitted floor ratio
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today that Rick D. Chandler, PE, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Buildings, will be retiring from city service after 31 years with the city.