By Renee Sosnowski AEU – the DOB’s Administrative Enforcement Unit – has made some changes to its service and service level agreements, which went into effect on December 5, 2016. AEU will only process same day service Certificates of Correction for Class 1 Immediately Hazardous violations and violations eligible for cure…. View more
By Bruno Caligara There are circumstances when the DOB will allow for a building to have a single means of egress, and these generally depend on the occupancy and building height. Most buildings that fit the profile of such requests were built under the 1968 Code. Most occupancies at the first… View more
By Mario Aurioso All Gas Test and Gas Finish self-certifications will no longer be allowed for work done in the borough of Manhattan. Gas Test and Gas Finish inspections will now require a physical inspection by the DOB. All inspections must be requested using DOB NOW: Inspections. The system will break… View more
By Frank Fortino It amazes me every year how quickly the holiday season rolls around. We look up, and there’s a few weeks left, a final push to finish off the slate of work for 2016. For some people and projects, this is a season to tighten up projects and push… View more
By Brian Lafferty We learned the hard way about the impact of major storms on our City. One of the takeaways of the process was understanding what, exactly FEMA believed to be the flood risks related to NYC. In 2015, Mayor de Blasio filed an appeal to FEMA, to reevaluate their… View more
By Frank Fortino The expiration of the 421-a tax exemption led to a scramble among developers as they completed preliminary work to get their projects filed. Now, legislators have announced that they are extending the 421-a Affordable Housing Program for another forty years. We have been keeping an eye out for… View more
By Garvey Thelemaque Starting on December 5, 2016, After-Hours Variance (AHV) applications will no longer be accepted at borough offices. Instead, applications must be submitted online through the DOB’s eFiling system. To submit an AHV application online, the filer must first register as an eFiling user. AHV applications must be filed… View more