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Council member highlights disconnect between DOB explanation and district experiences
3:38:45
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Council Member Eric Dinowitz expresses confusion and concern about the disconnect between the DOB's explanation of the inspection process and the experiences reported by buildings in his district.
- Dinowitz reports that buildings in his district are waiting for DOB inspectors to come, contrary to the official process explained
- He describes a pattern of repeated inspections finding different issues, causing delays and extended scaffolding periods
- Deputy Commissioner Shamash clarifies that DOB inspections occur when a building is filed as unsafe or when an amended report is submitted
Eric Dinowitz
3:38:45
Okay.
3:38:46
That is so I'm not sure what it is in my district then because I have building after building telling me that they are awaiting a DOB inspector to come.
3:38:56
And building after building is telling me that a DOB inspector will come and notice one thing, the repairs will be done, and a DOB inspector will come back and notice a different thing where the work has to be done.
3:39:12
So I'm not sure what the disconnect is if someone's impersonating a DOB inspector or the DOB inspectors are doing spot checks and just doing it in the Northwest Bronx.
3:39:24
But there is a problem happening in the buildings in my district where they're not getting the they are waiting for something to happen on the DOB end before the sheds come Again, if
Yigal Shamash
3:39:36
building owner does file it unsafe and they submit what's called an amended report to us which is they're changing the status of that unsafe, changing the status of that building from unsafe to safe or swamp, then we will do an inspection.
3:39:52
But because they filed the building unsafe, we'll follow-up and make sure that the repairs were done and repairs were done correctly.
James "Jimmy" S. Oddo
3:39:59
Council member, why don't you take a sampling pick pick five or six locations.