New York City Department of Buildings Service Update

Published: Mon, 03/11/19

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New York City Department of Buildings Service Update

The NYC Department of Buildings has issued a service update regarding the HPD Pilot Program:

Per Local Law 1 of 2018, applications submitted for plan approval, Post Approval Amendments (PAA) Work Permit for Demolition, (DM) or Alteration Types, I, II, III, for an address flagged as a Pilot Program building will be required to submit certain documentation to the Department of Buildings to obtain plan approval or a work permit for covered categories of work.

One of the following documents must be submitted to DOB:

- Certificate of No Harassment (CONH) and a copy of the affidavit submitted to HPD, or

- Certification of Restrictive Declaration; or

- Additional Information (AI1) form signed and sealed by a licensed design professional, that describes the proposed scope of work under the Job application and attests that the proposed work is not within a covered category of work.*

*Note: Per Administrative Code Section 28-211.1, it is unlawful to knowingly or negligently make, or allow to be made, a material false statement in any document filed with the Department, including an AI1 form filing.

Covered Categories of Work:

Covered Categories of Work is defined in Section 28-505.3 of the Administrative Code as:

1. Demolition of all or part of the building.

2. Change of use or occupancy of all or part of a dwelling unit

3. Any alteration resulting in the addition or removal of kitchen or bathrooms, increase or decrease in the number of dwelling units or any change to the layout, configuration, or location of any portion of any dwelling unit.

4. Application for a new or amended certificate of occupancy, except when required for a correction for a typographical error or a correction unrelated to tenant harassment, such as metes and bounds correction.

5. Removal of a central heating system and replacement with individually metered heating systems (on and after September 1, 2019)

The HPD Pilot Program List can be found on the HPD Website.

Since the work we file for our clients is mostly related to heating system replacements, we will be requesting a waiver of this requirement.

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