Loft buildings in New York City that meet the criteria set forth in the Loft Law (Multiple Dwelling Law Article 7-C) are covered by the law as Interim Multiple Dwellings (IMDs) and are under the Loft Board's jurisdiction.
This document addresses the 246 Spring Street investigation and includes analyses on the issues of the structure. Included in this document are calculations regarding the structure's flaws as well as accompanying diagrams.
Established by Local Law 151 of 2017, the Task Force on Construction in Occupied Multiple Dwellings (The Task Force) addresses issues stemming from construction across different City agency jurisdictions. The Task Force is charged with evaluating the practices of each agency and issuing an annual re
Report including its findings on evaluation of the current practices of the individual agencies represented in the task force with regards to issues tenants face during construction or renovation of residential buildings, and recommendations for improving interagency coordination and sharing of info
Task Force on Construction in Occupied Multiple Dwellings convened in March 2019 under Local Law 151 of 2017. For the assessment, used buildings with active construction, identified by the tenant advocate task force members, as case studies to evaluate the collective response of the agencies and to
Task Force on Construction in Occupied Multiple Dwellings convened in March 2019 under Local Law 151 of 2017. For the assessment, used buildings with active construction, identified by the tenant advocate task force members, as case studies to evaluate the collective response of the agencies and to
This report provides a Façade Inspection Safety Program (FISP) overview, which requires the façades of buildings greater than six stories in height to be inspected periodically [...]
This annual report has been prepared pursuant to Local Law 224 of 2017, which was enacted on December 1, 2017. Pertaining to the number of active Site Safety Managers and Site Safety Coordinators.
Reporting on Site Safety Managers and Site Safety Coordinators
LL 224/2017
• # of active SSM and SSC certificates
• # of sites requiring SSM
• # of applicants
• average processing time
Report on Safety Registration Numbers, LL 8/2009
Recommendations for objective criteria for DOB to begin a "proceeding to suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a safety registration number" and the "data used in the analysis and formulation of such recommendations"
Pursuant Local Law 161 of 2017, 1st quarter 2020, the Office of the Tenant Advocate (OTA) received 582 inquiries, 82 of which were referred to the Office of the Building Marshal (“OBM”) at the Department of Buildings, 38 to other DOB Enforcement Units and 121 to other city and state agencies.
The report describes that in 2020, the Department received 80 complaints. Upon inspection, the Department determined that no enforcement action was necessary with respect to 52 complaints. The Department issued 28 violations where it determined that enforcement action was necessary.
A list of the complaints received, the enforcement actions taken, whether the department of buildings authorized closure of such privately owned public space and if so, the duration of and reason for each such closure.
Report on the education and outreach conducted as required by section 28-103.32 including a description of how such outreach was conducted and the number of business owners reached through the outreach [...].
Report on determinations of material false statement in any certificate, professional certification, form, signed statement, application, report or certification of the correction of a violation that is either submitted directly to the department or that is generated with the intent that the dep[...
Report on determinations of material false statement in any certificate, professional certification, form, signed statement, application, report or certification of the correction of a violation that is either submitted directly to the department or that is generated with the intent that the departm
Report on determinations of material false statement in any certificate, professional certification, form, signed statement, application, report or certification of the correction of a violation that is either submitted directly to the department or that is generated with the intent that the departm
Report including (i) the number of complaints received disaggregated by building; (ii) the average time taken to respond to complaints; (iii) the number of monitored occupied multiple dwellings with valid permits for alteration or addition as described in section 28-103.26.2; (iv) the number of ini