Petitioners introduced into evidence the following violations of the New York City
Housing Maintenance Code placed on the subject premises by HPD on July 25, 2018,
February 16, 2019, and June 20, 2019: "C" violations for doors that do not close by
themselves in individual apartments and mice in individual apartments;[FN1]
"B" violations for broken floor tiles, missing smoke detectors, leaky faucets, roaches,
bedbugs, sloping wood floors in Apartment 8 at 219, leak damage in ceilings and walls,
broken or defective wood floors in individual apartments, a broken wood step in the
public hall stairs, loose hand rails, defective wood floors, a defective light fixtures, mice,
and roaches in the common areas, inadequate water in the common bathrooms, and
broken or defective fire retardant material and leak damage at the ceilings in public
hallways of the cellar and the first, second, third, and fourth floors; and an "A" violation
for painting the same ceilings and walls.
The deputy director of the forensic and hearing unit of DOB ("the DOB director")
testified he responds to referrals from other units or requests from DOB regarding
compromised buildings if an inspector sees a building that is compromised that might
require an engineer; that an engineer looks for occupancy issues that might impact public
safety; that he knows the subject premises; that an emergency work order dated February
2, 2018 noted a front wall of the subject premises in a state of disrepair and a deteriorated
cornice; that another order dated February 5, 2018 noted that the subject premises was in
disrepair, with water entering through the roof, requiring Respondents to engage an
engineer to evaluate the entire subject premises; that he went to the subject premises on