New Building Code and Zoning Violations Penalty Enforcement Rules

- New York, September 17, 2018 is the official deadline to submit a comment against or in favor of Department of Buildings newly proposed increase for penalties to a number of violations, and add some more violation types to their list.

The proposed rule will amend chapter 1 of Rules of City of New York, paragraph §102-01 by adding fifteen new infractions and updating penalties for several others. The new violations relate to:

• Illegal residential conversions;
• Monitoring occupied multiple dwellings with permits for alteration or addition;
• Inspections of tenant protection plans
• Pre-shift safety meetings for workers at construction sites;
• Site-specific safety orientations for workers at construction sites
• Construction site safety training

According to Building Violation Committee at Building Violation LLC, that monitors NYC rules, illegal residential conversions had already experienced a penalty increase in January of 2018. Back than violations for work without a permit, which typically create the illegal conversion, had risen to $6,000 for three or more family homes, and $600 for single and two family homes, respectively. With this new proposal the cost of resolving an illegal conversion, for example, are likely to go even higher than it was in January, and greatly higher than during previous years.

Would You like to comment on the proposed rules?

You can submit comments to the DOB through the NYC rules website at http://rules.cityofnewyork.us.
Or You can email comments to dobrules@buildings.nyc.gov.
You can also mail comments to the New York City Department of Buildings, Office of the General Counsel, 280 Broadway, 7th floor, New York, NY 10007; Or by Fax. You can fax comments to the New York City Department of Buildings, Office of the General Counsel, at 212-566-3843.

If you would like to speak at the hearing, You can sign up in the hearing room before the hearing begins on 9/17/18. You can speak for up to three minutes.