Violations

Handling Illegal Conversion Violations, Improving Tenant Safety

December 28, 2009    

According to a report by the Pratt Center for Community Development, there are more than 100,000 units of illegally converted housing in the city. And Queens has the highest concentration of any borough, with 48,000 illegal apartments. An illegal conversion is the creation of one or more...

How to Respond to ECB Violation for Working Without a Permit

November 29, 2008    

If a New York City agency such as the Department of Buildings (DOB) believes that you have violated one of the city's laws, the agency will issue you a Notice of Violation (NOV) that summarizes the charge and tells you what to do next.