You’ve heard the line: “Inspections are luck; fines are a cost of doing business.” What if that belief keeps the hits coming? What if most DOHMH violations start as preventable patterns—and you can...
Short-term rentals look like easy money—until the violations start stacking up. A listing goes live. Bookings pour in. Rent checks roll through like clockwork. Then the letter shows up. Maybe it’s...
Stop Work Orders don’t come with a warning. They hit hard, then stall everything. One violation. One uninspected scaffold. One unfiled permit. That’s all it takes to shut down an entire job site or...
Think filing a 311 complaint will solve your building problem? It might feel like the right move, but it could cause more harm than good. Here’s what most people don’t realize: 311 isn’t...
Every delay costs money. Every violation risks more than a stop-work order. Yet most people still scramble after the fact—Googling acronyms, guessing what triggered the fine, and pulling together...
By the time a complaint gets flagged on your radar, the damage may already be done. Angry tenants, unexpected inspections, potential fines—most people don’t realize that 311 complaints are public and...
Every building has a story. But in New York City, violations tell it louder than the bricks. The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) doesn’t wait for excuses. One late...