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By Renee Sosnowski The Environmental Control Board has proposed a new Amendment to the current DOT Penalty Schedule for Failure to Provide Adequate Protection at Work Sites. To promote the safety of pedestrians and vehicles around a worksite, the ECB is proposing a ...
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By Renee Sosnowski The Environmental Control Board (ECB) has proposed a Rule to amend its Department of Transportation (DOT) Penalty Schedule. This rule lowers the penalty for failure to obtain a confirmation number for a street opening permit on a protected street. ...
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By Renee Sosnowski Local Law Number 153 (LL 153) for the year 2013 amended various sections of the Administrative Code of the City of New York, including two sections in the Air Pollution Control Code and one section in the ...
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By Brian Lafferty The DOB has agreed to waive civil penalties assessed for failure to file Affirmation of Correction (AOC) for the 2102 filing period. These penalties were issued on May 30, 2014. Specifically, the waiver will be granted for ...
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By Renee Sosnowski The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has requested that the Environmental Control Board (ECB) amend the Air Asbestos and Air Code Penalty Schedules. Some of these proposed changes have been requested to address evolving industry practices that ...
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By Renee Sosnowski Local Law 141, which goes into effect on October 1, 2014, amended some requirements, added new requirements and renumbered existing sections of the affected codes. The amendments to rule 102-01 address the changes enacted by Local Law 141 ...
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By Renee Sosnowski While he’s no longer in power, Mayor Bloomberg finished his term with an interesting ECB law designed to incentivize action for violators. The law – Local Law 153 of 2013 (LL 153/13) – amended the Administrative Code ...
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By Renee Sosnowski LL141 was signed at the end of 2013, and Rule 103-02 goes into effect next week – on May 5, 2014. Rule 103-02 is being amended to reflect the new provisions enacted by LL141, which changes the ...
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By Renee Sosnowski Last summer, the Mayor signed Local Law 47 of 2013, which required contractors and building owners to consolidate construction signage and permits into a single new standard format. The goal here was two-fold — to provide information ...
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By Brian Lafferty Sometimes, FDNY Violations feel like parking tickets. Try as you might, they just happen. The good news is that it’s relatively straightforward to avoid the FDNY’s ‘low hanging fruit’ – the most obvious violations. 1. Keep all ...
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By Renee Sosnowski Last week, the Rules of the City of New York were updated with help from the DOB. Specifically, the new Rule targeted civil penalties for work without a permit, and stop work order violations. We all know ...
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By Renee Sosnowski The Department’s Buildings Information System (BIS) is updated quarterly to reflect resolved private elevator violations (PVT Violations). When a PVT violation is received, the property owner has to hire a private elevator company to correct the device’s ...
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