The city's Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings closed out 24 Department of Buildings tickets on September 1, all against Queens properties, and found every respondent in violation. Per OATH/ECB Hearings (Case Status) records, the tickets stem from inspections between June 23 and June 26, 2026, and range from a $200 fence-height citation to $1,250 code-compliance findings.

The one with real jobsite risk: at 47-15 49th Street in Woodside, an inspector found scaffold frames stored on an unenclosed roof at a property tied to Spidos Realty LLC. The violation notice, per OATH records, calls it a hazard to the public from a strike from above in the event of inclement weather. Ticket 039194003R carries a $1,250 finding.

At 20-11 35th Street in Astoria, Joanne's Construction Co drew two separate violations from the same June 25 inspection. One ticket (039193880Y) says the ongoing work under General Construction application Q01354398 does not reflect the approved plans, citing front-yard excavation. The second (039193881X) cites a hole roughly four feet deep dug at the front of the premises, exposing the foundation wall. Both carried $1,250 findings.

Two more tickets involve fences built off the approved drawings. At 125-02 Ocean Promenade in Rockaway Park, Chai Bonim LLC was cited for a construction fence installed under Permit 440201906-01-FN — a permit DOB records show had already expired at the time of the June 25 inspection. At 22-23 147th Street in Whitestone, Song Chen CS Renovation Inc was cited because a fence erected on the 23rd Avenue side did not match approved plan Q01329893-S1-FN. Each carried a $1,250 finding.

At 170-06 88th Avenue in Jamaica, the co-op board known in DOB records as Tyler Towers Owners C was cited for blocked fire-escape egress: air conditioners installed in windows leading to fire escapes at two exposures, with flowerpots and clothing stored along the path. That ticket, 039193864Y, also drew a $1,250 finding.

The remaining tickets in the batch are lower-stakes but still on the record: illegal curb cuts, dead-storage parking violations, planting-requirement removals, and debris complaints across addresses in Astoria, Flushing, Far Rockaway, Ridgewood, Middle Village, and Jamaica. None of the 24 hearing records show a penalty as yet imposed or paid — all list compliance status as 'All Terms Met' with the case closed at the finding stage.

Separately, DOB's complaint intake shows five new complaints entered August 31 at addresses in Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens, including a boiler/heat complaint at 820 Colgate Avenue in the Bronx and a construction-related complaint at 234 Powers Street in Brooklyn. Per DOB Complaints Received, all five are listed ACTIVE and unverified — a complaint is not a finding, and none of these five connect to the OATH tickets above.

None of the September 1 tickets carry M/WBE program relevance; these are code-compliance and zoning enforcement actions, not procurement records.

For a GC or property manager working in Queens, the pattern is the lesson: expired fencing permits and as-built work that drifts from the approved drawing are two of the easiest ways to walk into an OATH finding. If your firm holds an open DOB permit, check the expiration date before the fence or shed stays up past it, and if field conditions change from the approved plan, file the amendment before the inspector does the comparing for you. Property owners named above can review their case files and any appeal rights through OATH's online portal.

Source: NYC Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, OATH Hearings Division Case Status dataset (Socrata ID jz4z-kudi), https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/OATH-Hearings-Division-Case-Status/jz4z-kudi; NYC DOB Complaints Received dataset, https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Housing-Development/DOB-Complaints-Received/eabe-havv.