By Brian Redlein On Wednesday, December 16th at 9 am at the National Museum of the American Indian on One Bowling Green, the City Planning Commission shall be having its public hearing for the mandatory inclusionary housing zoning changes. You may have heard rumblings in the news about this recently in… View more
By Brian Lafferty Mayor de Blasio recently announced significant investment in NYC Department of Buildings. The new capital follows years of steady improvement to technology and systems, and will allow for new initiatives to improve service and efficiency across the board. The DOB will receive $120 million over four years. This… View more
By Penny Laughlin The DOB’s Inspection Ready program is off the ground. Building owners licensed professionals should familiarize themselves with the program, as it will save time and effort for all projects. Inspection Ready will allow registrants to receive emails regarding records (aka applications) they are affiliated with. For example, when… View more
By Renee Sosnowski The Environmental Control Board (ECB) has amended its ECB Buildings penalty schedule to enforce Local Law 77 of 2015 for Cooling Towers. ECB has added three new charges: Section of Law 28-317.3 Failure to register cooling tower prior to operation Section of Law 28-317.3.1 Failure to notify of… View more
By Bruno Caligara Many large building owners look to save money on energy cost and explore the use of motion sensor activated lighting for their exit stairwells. These fixtures are permitted but only when approved by the DOB. When the FDNY inspects buildings for Code compliance and observes these types of… View more
By Johan Soltani Mayor de Blasio is working with City Planning to approve the Housing New York program. The program will build 200,000 units of new low income housing by expanding the existing Inclusionary Housing program, Zoning Resolution appendix F, and also a new program called Zoning for Quality and Affordability…. View more
By Garvey Thelemaque The DOB will roll out a new version of the Q-Matic system this week. The system helps manage the flow of customer requests to appropriate customer service windows, and covers everything from Application Processing, Certificate of Occupancy, Property Research, Records, Express Cashier, Fast App, Fee Adjustments, Enforcement and… View more