DOB PRESS RELEASES 2022
MARCH
March 28, 2022 - DOB Releases Second Annual NYC Construction Safety Report
FEBRUARY
February 28, 2022 - DOB Issues Monthly Enforcement Bulletin - January 2022
JANUARY
January 31, 2021 - DOB Issues Monthly Enforcement Bulletin - December 2021
January 5, 2022 - DOB Issues Monthly Enforcement Bulletin -November 2021
DOB SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS 2022
MARCH
Elevator Technicians and Helpers are Required to be Licensed to Perform Elevator Work
Since January 1, 2022, the New York State Elevator Safety Act requires both a New York City and New York State License to perform elevator work. Two Elevator Agency Technician Licenses and an Elevator Agency Helper Registration Card are available to qualified applicants.
Follow-up #6 - Local Law 152 of 2016: Requests for Due Date Extensions to Complete Gas Piping Inspections
An amendment to Local Law 152 of 2016 allows building owners to receive a 180-day extension of the due date for the inspection of the building’s gas piping system and submission of the GPS2: Gas Piping System Periodic Inspection Certification form to the Department of Buildings. See Local Law 138 of 2021.
Temporary Amusement Device Inspection Requests to be Submitted to the Department of Buildings in DOB NOW: Safety
Beginning March 18, 2022, requests for inspections of temporary amusement devices must be submitted to the NYC Department of Buildings in DOB NOW: Safety. These requests are no longer submitted to the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.
Update #23: Occupancy Submissions
Department of Buildings staff are working to address the high volume of occupancy submissions that have been received since the expansion of DOB NOW: Build on March 1, 2021. A Service Notice will be posted regularly to provide current service levels.
Properties with Board of Standards of Appeals Decisions will be Flagged in the Property Profile
Beginning March 8, 2022, buildings that have been the subject of a decision by the Board of Standards of Appeals (BSA) after 1998, will be flagged in the Buildings Information System (BIS) Property Profile and DOB NOW.
FEBRUARY
Update #22: Occupancy Submissions
Department of Buildings staff are working to address the high volume of occupancy submissions that have been received since the expansion of DOB NOW: Build on March 1, 2021. A Service Notice will be posted regularly to provide current service levels.
JANUARY
Update #21: Occupancy Submissions
Department of Buildings staff are working to address the high volume of occupancy submissions that have been received since the expansion of DOB NOW: Build on March 1, 2021. A Service Notice will be posted weekly to provide current service levels.
LUpdate #20: Occupancy Submissions
Department of Buildings staff are working to address the high volume of occupancy submissions that have been received since the expansion of DOB NOW: Build on March 1, 2021. A Service Notice will be posted weekly to provide current service levels.