Five OATH/ECB hearings closed this week with findings of "in violation" against four separate properties, according to city hearing records — and two of the five tickets trace back to the same address and the same respondent.
At 200 East 27th Street in Manhattan, the sidewalk shed outside the building drew two tickets on the same August 4 inspection, both against Kings Group NY Corp, the respondent listed at a Queens address on 183-02 in the 11412 zip code. The first citation, under Building Code section 105, says the shed's permit — M01368045-S1-SH — had expired on July 14, 2026, and no new permit had been issued, per DOB records. The second citation says the shed's as-built dimensions didn't match the approved plans: the filed detail called for a 3-foot gap between the wall and the vertical posts on the East 27th Street side, but the actual gap measured 6 feet 6 inches. Both tickets carried $1,250 penalties and both show "All Terms Met" in the compliance field, with hearings scheduled for October 8.
Three more properties drew separate violations this period, all elevator- or building-maintenance related. At 2526 Broadway in Manhattan, an elevator was cited under Administrative Code 28-304 for a damaged top-of-car light and a counterweight runby sign missing a required numerical designation, per DOB records — a $625 penalty, paid in full. At 593 Fort Washington Avenue, an inspector found a roughly 6-by-3-inch hole in a commercial space ceiling that was actively leaking water, with visible water damage around it, cited under 28-301 for failure to maintain the building in a code-compliant manner — a $1,250 penalty. And at 9 West 73rd Street, an elevator was cited under 28-304 for excessive movement at the car guide shoes, which DOB records describe as improper guidance along the rails, in violation of national elevator safety code ASME A17.1 — a $625 penalty.
All five hearings were held at the Manhattan OATH tribunal and all five respondents were found in violation, per OATH/ECB hearing records. None of the five carries an outstanding balance as of this writing.
Separately, DOB's complaints database logged roughly 100 new complaints citywide over the past two days, spanning categories from elevator and boiler issues to illegal work and construction safety — routine volume for the system and not, on its own, evidence of any new incident; none of those complaints has a matching violation record yet and none is reported here as confirmed.