By Cesar Compres During the past decade, New York City agencies have redoubled their efforts to safeguard the public by passing more local laws and aggressively ramping up inspections. Now, with COVID-19 restricting the way we live and work, city agencies have made service modifications to keep businesses and construction moving… View more
By Frank Fortino Last month, the FDNY Bureau of Fire Prevention’s Office of Technology Management released optional guidelines for designing fire alarm systems in high-rise buildings predominantly classified as Group B office. Such buildings often follow a “core and shell” approach, in which the owner designs and constructs the base building,… View more
By Renee Sosnowski Effective October 3, 2020, property owners who fail to certify correction of certain immediately hazardous violations face new penalties. The change has been codified in a new section (Section 102-05) added to Subchapter B of Chapter 100 of Title 1 of the Rules of the City of New… View more
By Tynesha Goode The Department of Buildings (DOB) has extended the amnesty period for the Façade Inspection and Safety Program (FISP) to October 31, 2020. The amnesty program applies only to non-compliant Cycle 8 owners. No further extensions will be granted. The FISP Cycle 8 reporting period ended February 20, 2020…. View more
By Renee Sosnowski Per Local Law 33 of 2018, as amended by Local Law 95 of 2019, owners of buildings on the NYC Benchmarking Covered Building List must post a Building Energy Efficiency Rating Label in a conspicuous location near each public entrance no later than October 31, 2020. Updated labels… View more
This article continues our series on the men and women who make magic happen here at Metropolis Group. If you would like to recommend someone for a future employee spotlight, please email us with your nomination and let us know why you love working with this team member. Peter Hernandez Expeditor Metropolis Team… View more
By Andrew Pisani Do you remember when New York City passed the Climate Mobilization Act? It happened in May 2019, and it was a big deal in the pre-pandemic world. The biggest game-changer in that collection of legislation was Local Law 97 (LL97), which placed carbon emission limits on most buildings… View more
