How to Handle an ECB Violation Notice An ECB violation is a city summons about a condition on your property. You may find it taped to the door, in a sale file, or still open on the building record years later. Older papers say ECB, for the Environmental Control Board. Newer papers say OATH, the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings. For a Buildings Department case, those are the same kind of summons. The class […]
What is an ECB violation, and how do I check my New York City property? An ECB violation is a city summons about a condition on a property. Owners usually find it taped to the door, in a sale file, or still sitting on the building record years later. This page explains what it is and how to look yours up. S & M Expediting prepares the filings and follows them with the city. We […]
As a property owner in New York City, you run the risk of being in violation of hundreds of zoning, construction, environmental, sanitation, and general safety codes. From failing to clean your side walk to a more serious situation such as an Immediately Hazardous Violation, failing to resolve these violations on the first go-round can get you into some serious hot water with New York’s Department of Buildings and the Environmental Control Board. Not to […]
Expediter or Expeditor? What a NYC Permit Expediter (Class 2 Filing Representative) Does Both spellings are used. “Permit expediter” and “permit expeditor” mean the same job: someone who handles the filing side of a construction project with the city’s agencies, mainly the Department of Buildings (DOB), so the owner, architect or contractor doesn’t have to. DOB itself doesn’t use either word as a license title. It registers people who do this work as filing representatives. […]
When a job doesn’t need a new or amended Certificate of Occupancy, it doesn’t end with a C of O. It ends with a Letter of Completion (LOC). DOB issues an LOC for minor alterations to show the job has been completed and closed out. Without one, the filing stays open on the building’s record. Open filings tend to come up in a title search when the property is sold or refinanced. LOC, C of […]
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