permits

[dscnyc]

Hello,
Besides going to the department of building website (http://www.nyc.gov/html/dob/html/home/home.shtml, where can I find out if the landlord who recently bought my apartment building is getting building permits?

[Cranky Tenant]

Landlord's required to post any work permits in plain view.

[lofter1]

Posting permits, while required, is hardly enforced (in my experience with LL who failed to post: both DOB + Judge found this to be no big deal).

Plus posting "in plain view" is open to wide interpretation.

If you don't find a record of Permits on DOB website (which is updated very frequently -- new applications / permits appear within days of action at DOB) then this is a clear indication that LL has not applied / does not have permits.

You can call DOB (via 311) and register a complaint of "work without permits" if the work being performed requires permits.