Fourteen Manhattan properties are scheduled for OATH/ECB hearings on October 1 at the Manhattan 9 tribunal, according to Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings case-status records. All fourteen have already been decided "IN VIOLATION" with hearings marked completed — meaning the October 1 date reflects the record's scheduled hearing field even though the matter has closed.
The largest cluster is elevator access. DOB cited 723 St Nicholas Holdings LLC at 723 St Nicholas Avenue and HP Washington Heights Portfolio at 590 West 172nd Street — both for blocking inspector access to elevator machine rooms, a violation of ASME A17.1 standards and NYC Administrative Code 28-304. A third elevator citation, against Progressive Associates Proto P at 581 West 161st Street, lists a longer list of problems: an inoperative emergency phone, a dirty pit, and hoistway doors that slam shut on the fourth floor. Each carries a $625 penalty.
Sidewalk sheds and construction fencing account for four more tickets. RADB Services Inc. at 1 Maiden Lane and Core Scaffold Systems Inc. at 349 East 86th Street were both cited for keeping sidewalk sheds up after their permits expired — $1,250 each. Safetech Enterprises Corp drew the same charge for a construction fence left standing on West 179th Street on an expired permit, and Benchmark Real Estate Group was cited at 109 St Marks Place for a sidewalk shed missing its required information panel; Benchmark's $1,250 penalty remains unpaid, per the record.
Two tickets involve work DOB says didn't match approved plans. At 740 Third Avenue, New Line Structures Dev was cited after inspectors found structural steel columns on the 11th floor of a 34-story alteration that didn't conform to the approved drawings — permit M01292103. At 49 Chambers Street, Prat Enterprises Corp was cited for an extension platform and roof access stairwell that didn't match submitted drawings. Separately, Omni Build Inc. was cited at 156 East 71st Street for a supported scaffold installed on a sidewalk shed without an engineer's letter verifying the shed could bear the load.
The most unusual citation on the calendar: Biltmore Owner LLC, cited at 271 West 47th Street after an inspector found apartment 42A on the 42nd floor configured as a four-room unit, where DOB's last-issued permit shows the approved layout as a legal two-bedroom. And at 139 East 13th Street, 139 East 13 LLC was cited over a four-foot crack running from ceiling to wall in a third-floor apartment bedroom; compliance status shows the matter has since been resolved.
Separately, a six-count case against Luz Munoz at 915 Bruckner Boulevard in the Bronx remains open with hearings rescheduled after the respondent defaulted. DOB's December 2025 inspection there found a legal one-family home converted into what inspectors described as four SRO units with deadbolted bedroom doors, plus a cellar converted to retail space DOB said was being used for untaxed tobacco sales. Total penalties assessed across the six tickets run past $65,000, per OATH records, with the full balance still listed as due.
None of these matters involve injuries. All figures and descriptions are drawn from OATH/ECB Hearings case-status records (dataset jz4z-kudi) as made available through NYC Open Data; dollar amounts and violation details are quoted from the agency's own record.
For contractors and owners working these addresses, the pattern worth watching is procedural: expired permits on sidewalk sheds and fences are now drawing the same $1,250 fine regardless of whether the underlying work is finished, and elevator-access denials are being charged even when the inspection otherwise found no equipment defect. Renewing a shed or fence permit before expiration, and keeping machine rooms unlocked and accessible on inspection day, are the two cheapest ways off this list.