Seven Department of Buildings violations closed out at OATH hearings on September 3, according to OATH/ECB Hearings (Case Status) records. Six respondents were found in violation. One case ended in a default judgment that was paid in full.

The biggest number on the docket: $12,500, assessed against LIC 40th Avenue Owner LLC for a garage at 29-13 40th Road in Long Island City, Queens. Per the record, DOB inspectors found that a rear garage on the site had been demolished with no permit on file — a new building, built under a separate permit, now occupies the footprint where the garage stood. The violation is dated June 20, 2025. The hearing result was listed as defaulted, and the $12,500 penalty shows as paid in full.

Six more cases, all in Manhattan, closed the same day at the OATH Manhattan9 tribunal.

At 442 East 119th Street in East Harlem, Hershy Silberstein was cited for failing to post an active permit — permit number M01407629-I1-FN — where an inspector could see it. The permit itself was on file with DOB; the citation was for the posting. Penalty: $300.

At 385 South End Avenue in Battery Park City, the Battery Park City Authority was cited after an inspector found unsafe wiring, receptacles and appliances in apartment 4F, with damage the record attributes to fire and water. Penalty: $800.

At 736 Riverside Drive in Manhattan Valley, LGS Realty Partners LLC was cited for failing to provide boiler room access required under Housing Maintenance Code 27-2033. Per the violation details, the inspector called the phone number posted for the building's designated contact; the building's superintendent said there was no access to the boiler. Penalty: $500.

At 514 West 146th Street in Hamilton Heights, 406 Manhattan LLC was cited for supported scaffolding still standing under a permit — M01025841 — that expired May 29, 2026. The record describes the expired scaffold permit as a hazardous condition. Penalty: $1,250.

At 321 West 94th Street on the Upper West Side, 321 West 94th Street LLC was cited for a damaged, missing section of cornice left open and exposed to the elements. Penalty: $1,250.

At 251 West 34th Street in Midtown, John Venetis was cited for a suspended scaffold outrigger installation that did not conform to the approved construction documents — tiebacks improperly attached to dunnage, the catwalk grill, and parapet clamps. Penalty: $1,250.

Separately, DOB's complaint intake logged three new complaints in the last two days: one near 132-15 79th Street in Ozone Park, Queens, and two at 300 West 13th Street in the West Village, one filed under a general construction category and one under electrical. A complaint is an unverified report, not a finding, and DOB has not posted a violation tied to either address as of this writing.

None of the week's closed cases involve a reported injury or a stop-work order. But the pattern is a reminder of where OATH tickets actually come from: an expired scaffold permit, a boiler room nobody could unlock, a permit that was on file but not posted where an inspector could see it. Every one of those is fixable before an inspector shows up, and cheaper to fix than to litigate at $500 to $1,250 a ticket.

Owners and GCs with open work at any of these addresses, or with a hearing pending at OATH's Manhattan9 tribunal, can check case status and payment history through NYC's ECB Online Hearing lookup. Anyone running an active DOB permit should confirm it's both current and posted in plain view — that single gap accounts for most of the citations above.

Full case records are searchable through NYC Open Data's OATH/ECB Hearings (Case Status) dataset and the DOB Complaints Received dataset, both at data.cityofnewyork.us.