ATTENTION!!!

FOUR major STS bills are being heard on Monday, April 18th at 10am at 250 Broadway, 14th Floor Committee Room.  Please join us for the hearing and testify in support of STS and the four specific bills being heard.

Int. 918: Chin & Menchaca. Require DOB inspection rather than self-certification for buildings with plans for significant amounts of construction or a history of tenant harassment. 

Int. 924: Espinal. Require DOB to issue orders to correct concurrently with vacate orders. 

Int. 934: Levin. Create a Real Time Enforcement Unit within the DOB to respond to emergency-level conditions.

Int. 944: Rosenthal & Johnson. Require construction work permits on DOB’s website to disclose the reported occupancy status of the building and require landlords who have done work without a permit to submit their future construction plans to their borough president, council member, and community board. 

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Please join us in support of the STS legislative package on Monday, April 18th at 10am in the 14th Floor Committee Room at 250 Broadway.  The full names of the four bills that will be heard are:

Int. No. 918 - In relation to professionally certified applications for construction document approval and final inspections of permitted work. (Chin & Menchaca) Require DOB inspection rather than self-certification for buildings with plans for significant amounts of construction or a history of tenant harassment. 

Int. No. 924 - In relation to vacate orders. (Espinal) Require DOB to issue orders to correct concurrently with vacate orders. 

Int. No. 934 - In relation to the creation of a real time enforcement unit in the department of buildings. (Levin) Create a Real Time Enforcement Unit within the DOB to respond to emergency-level conditions

Int. No. 944 - In relation to construction work permits. (Rosenthal & Johnson)  Require construction work permits on DOB’s website to disclose the reported occupancy status of the building and require landlords who have done work without a permit to submit their future construction plans to their borough president, council member, and community board. 

A fifth bill will also be heard on at the Monday hearing (Int. No. 1157 - In relation to exchanging gifts with department of buildings employees) which though not part of our package calls highlights the DOB bribery scandal.  We need to make sure that the incentives for landlords to obey the law and the incentives for DOB to enforce the laws are strong!

We hope to see you there!