DOB inspectors served a batch of Environmental Control Board violations dated October 13, 2026, with hearings now scheduled for mid-December and early January, according to DOB ECB Violations records. The sweep spans Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island, and the fact pattern across it is familiar: unpermitted work, expired permits, and failure-to-maintain conditions that inspectors found simply by walking the property.

The sharpest safety-adjacent citation in the batch went to 78-37 65th Street in Glendale, Queens (BIN 4091023), where DOB cited 7837 Ridgewood LLC for an open trench in the front yard — described in the violation as roughly 18 inches wide, 2 feet deep, and 15 feet long, left "unprotected and unsecured." The Class 1 violation carries a $10,000 penalty, the largest in this batch, under the administrative code section requiring contractors to safeguard people and property affected by construction operations.

At 1269 47th Street in Brooklyn (BIN 3069731), DOB cited Owners GC NY LLC for failing to protect an adjacent property at 51 Herbert Street, writing that the construction site did not shield a neighboring skylight. That Class 2 violation carries a $5,000 penalty.

One Brooklyn property drew two separate citations from the same inspection date. At 190 Berry Street (BIN 3329977), DOB cited respondent '190 Berry Brooklyn Owner' twice: once for newly installed gas piping with no permit on file, work the violation describes as "100% completed," and separately for gas piping installed without required identifying labeling. Each carries a $1,250 penalty, per DOB ECB records.

A second repeat case appears at 2833 Briggs Avenue in the Bronx (BIN 4623116), where respondent Begum Fatema was cited both for an unmaintained, raised driveway apron — a standing condition DOB says traces to an uncorrected May 2025 request for corrective action — and for a front fence exceeding the city's 4-foot residential height limit, built to roughly 6.5 feet. Combined penalties on the two violations total $1,450.

Elsewhere in the batch: a Williamsburg commercial corner at 2071 Flatbush Avenue (BIN 3114644) was cited for an illegal roll-down security gate lacking the required 70% open-viewing panels; a Flushing building at 129-10 Atlantic Avenue in Queens drew a crane-and-derricks citation for failure to notify DOB before using C-hook-supported suspended scaffolds; and a Bayview Avenue property in Staten Island (BIN 4301174) was cited for an expired sidewalk-shed permit on a proposed six-story building, a condition DOB's violation describes as creating unsafe conditions for the public.

Separately, DOB's complaint intake shows roughly 100 new complaints entered October 14–15 across the five boroughs, spanning categories from boiler and elevator issues to illegal conversions — volume that gives context for how many leads inspectors are working, but each remains an unverified complaint unless and until DOB issues a violation.

None of the violations in this batch are marked aggravated, and all remain in pending hearing status; respondents can contest at OATH or pay the stated penalty. Addresses and BINs above are drawn directly from DOB ECB Violations records for cross-reference against other filings at the same locations.