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Presented By: Jonathan Fertel, Vice President – Client Services, SiteCompli Bradley Green, Senior Attorney, Cohen Hochman & Allen Paul Volodarsky, Senior Litigation Associate, Cohen Hochman & Allen
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Top Regulatory Compliance Challenges in 2013: Staying Ahead of Violations, Fines, Hearings,
Equipment Inspections, Permits and More
Presented By:Jonathan Fertel, Vice President – Client Services, SiteCompliBradley Green, Senior Attorney, Cohen Hochman & Allen
Paul Volodarsky, Senior Litigation Associate, Cohen Hochman & Allen
Text your questions: 937-675-0203
Located in downtown Manhattan, CHA is a leading Administrative law firm focusing on NYC regulatory law. CHA’s attorneys represent clients in violation hearings as well as a variety of other NYC property matters: Environmental Control Board, Health Department, Housing Court, Consumer Affairs, Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings and Criminal Court.
The firm has more than 25 years of experience in challenging New York City violations. Robert Hochman is a former director of administrative enforcement at the New York City Department of Building. The firm’s attorneys include several former prosecutors from the Department of Buildings and a former administrative law judge of the ECB.
SITECOMPLI
SiteCompli provides a breakthrough technology that automatically and continuously updates and aggregates data on violations, complaints, inspections, fines, hearings, jobs, permits and more across various city agencies (DOB, ECB, HPD, DEP, DSNY, FDNY, etc.)
SiteCompli does this in a fraction of the time that property managers take to do the same tasks manually, enabling owners and property management firms to save time and money by avoiding unnecessary fines while focusing on solving problems rather than identifying them.
AGENDA
THE CHANGING REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
Escalating Penalties: The AEUHAZ1 violation
New Inspection Violations: Elevators & Boilers
Energy & Electrical Code: Enhanced Enforcement
STAYING AHEAD OF THE VIOLATION CURVE
Communication & Documentation: Managing Your Relationships
Being Proactive: Challenging Your Violations
Awareness: Knowing Your Issues and Opportunities
COMPLIANCE IN 2013
Additional Inspection Violations and Penalties
Backflow Installation & Inspections
Transient Use Penalty Exposure
What To Expect Post-Sandy
SUMMARY AND Q&A
REAL ESTATE COMPLIANCE IN NYC
DOB HPD
FDNY DSNY DEPOTHER
ELEV
ATO
RS
BO
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S
FAC
AD
ES
CO
NS
TR
UC
TIO
N
OTH
ER
VIO
LA
TIO
NS
EM
ER
GEN
CY
R
EPA
IRS
LIT
IGA
TIO
N
REG
ISTR
ATIO
NS
VIO
LA
TIO
NS
CER
TS
. T
O
OP
ER
ATE /
IN
SP
EC
TIO
NS
VIO
LA
TIO
NS
REG
ISTR
ATIO
NS
VIO
LA
TIO
NS
VIO
LA
TIO
NS
INS
PEC
TO
NS
VIO
LA
TIO
NS
INS
PEC
TO
NS
VIO
LA
TIO
NS
VIO
LA
TIO
NS
INS
PEC
TO
NS
VIO
LA
TIO
NS
INS
PEC
TO
NS
LANDMARKS
HEALTH
DOT
ETC.
NO
Vs
VO
s
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD
CHALLENGING THE CLASSIFICATIONS
There are three classes of Department of Buildings ECB Violations:
CLASS 1 (IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS) Examples: installing a water line without a permit, structural cracks in the façade, failure to provide unobstructed exit passageway
CLASS 2 (MAJOR VIOLATIONS) Examples: broken walkway steps, failure to register the boiler
CLASS 3 (LESSER VIOLATIONS) Examples: parking a commercial vehicle in a residential district, dead storage of vehicles
