On Tuesday , City Comptroller William C. Thompson Jr. released an audit finding that the department had repeatedly failed to make sure that hazardous conditions were fixed . ¶ The department failed to reinspect 20 percent of the properties due for reinspection as part of its Hazardous Re-inspection Program , because inspectors could not gain access to the properties . ¶ The department failed to reinspect 5 of 14 buildings with three or more still-open hazardous violations for more than 11 months .