The city's Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) found two separate construction sites in violation on October 22, closing out eight tickets issued by the Department of Buildings — four at an active construction site at 845 Third Avenue in Manhattan and four at a rowhouse at 119-24 202nd Street in St. Albans, Queens.

At 845 Third Avenue, DOB inspectors wrote four tickets against a respondent listed as Northeast Specialist Group, all stemming from an August 18 inspection at 8:15 a.m., per OATH/ECB hearing records. The citations cover a cluster of site-safety issues: a $1,250 penalty for failing to keep sidewalk-shed and supported-scaffold drawings, installation letters and daily inspection logs on site as required under Building Code Chapter 33; a second $1,250 penalty for a sidewalk shed missing required information panels on three exposures, which the violation notice describes as an unsafe condition because first responders would not be able to identify the structure; a $2,500 penalty for inadequate guardrails, missing toe boards and railings not in contact with the deck at several large floor openings; and a $625 penalty for site conditions that did not conform to the approved site safety plan, including conditions at a second-floor terrace and an adjacent property's suspended scaffold. OATH found the site in violation on all four tickets after a hearing held October 22, with the full $5,625 in penalties still listed as due and nothing paid as of the hearing date, according to OATH records.

At 119-24 202nd Street in St. Albans, Queens, DOB cited a respondent listed as Joseph Leovane following a January 7 inspection, with hearings also completed October 22. The violations describe a second-floor apartment the inspector found in what the notice calls "transient use" — language DOB uses for illegal short-term or hotel-style occupancy in a residential building. Citations include a $2,500 penalty for lacking a required automatic sprinkler system under Building Code sections 903.2 and 27-954, a $2,500 penalty for lacking a required Class E fire alarm system, a $2,500 penalty for an insufficient number of required exits on every floor, and a $625 penalty for unpermitted electrical work in the cellar — lights, switches and outlets installed without a permit. OATH's remedy in the occupancy-related tickets directs the respondent to discontinue the illegal occupancy; the electrical ticket directs the respondent to obtain the required permit. All four tickets were decided "in violation," per OATH records, with a combined $8,125 in penalties outstanding.

Both cases were decided by phone hearing, a format OATH has used routinely for ECB matters. Neither ticket set reflects an active stop-work order, and DOB's public record does not indicate any injuries connected to either site.