Two Bronx properties landed before New York City's OATH/ECB tribunal this week, both cited for construction work that didn't match the plans the Department of Buildings had approved, according to OATH/ECB hearing records.

At 2754 Matthews Avenue in the Bronx (10467), a violation issued against Platinum Builders Inc — whose address of record is in Brooklyn — describes a suspended hot water heater installed at the first and second floors, plus a drop ceiling at the basement level, that DOB inspectors found wasn't shown on the plans on site. The violation notice ordered a stop to work at the basement-level hot water heater. The case, ticket 039194450Z, carries a $1,250 fine and a hearing result of 'in violation,' per DOB's OATH/ECB Hearings dataset.

At 41 North Street, also in the Bronx (10468), Revamp NYC Corp — address of record in Brooklyn — was cited over support-of-excavation work that inspectors found undermined a public sidewalk and an adjacent property's retaining wall. The violation notes the approved plans called for backfill at a 45-degree angle at the locations in question. Ticket 039555833R also carries a $1,250 fine and an 'in violation' result. Both tickets list a hearing date of September 4, 2026, and both show compliance status as 'All Terms Met,' meaning the terms of the violation have since been satisfied, per the same dataset.

Both tickets cite the same charge — Code B282, work that does not conform to approved construction documents or amendments — the violation DOB reaches for when field conditions depart from what a builder actually filed and got approved.

For context only: DOB logged roughly 100 new complaints citywide in the same 48-hour window, spanning categories from elevator conditions to construction-safety and illegal-conversion complaints, per DOB's Complaints Received dataset. That volume is routine citywide traffic — none of those complaints are confirmed violations, and none are tied to the two addresses above.

Why it matters: a B282 citation means DOB found the field work ahead of, or different from, the drawings on file — the kind of gap that can freeze a permit, trigger a stop-work order, or force a re-file before work resumes. For GCs and supers, it's a reminder that whatever goes in the ground or the ceiling has to match what's stamped, down to mechanical placement and excavation backfill angles.

What to do next: contractors working near either address, or bonding either firm, can pull the full hearing record by ticket number through NYC Open Data's OATH Hearings Division Case Status dataset (ID jz4z-kudi) at data.cityofnewyork.us, or check current DOB violation status by address through DOB NOW/BIS.