Buildings news update - May 10, 2022

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May 10, 2022

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New Borough
Commissioners

The Department is
drawing from its deep bench of Registered Design
Professionals in a staff reorganization of our borough
leadership teams. These moves put talented and effective
leaders in important positions to oversee safe and Code
compliant development throughout our City.

Reda Shehata, R.A. is now Brooklyn and Staten
Island Borough Commissioner. In this expanded role
as the "Verrazzano Commissioner", he will oversee
development and construction in both boroughs. This is a
return to Brooklyn for Reda, who previously served as a
Deputy Borough Commissioner there. Most recently he
served as Queens Borough Commissioner.

Ira Gluckman, R.A. is now Queens Borough
Commissioner. Ira has extensive experience in
leadership roles at the Department, having served as
Borough Commissioner in Brooklyn, Queens and most
recently in Staten Island. In this role in Queens, Ira
will oversee development and construction in our City's
largest and most diverse borough.

Lisa Amoia, R.A. is now Staten Island Deputy
Borough Commissioner. In this new role, Lisa will be
the face of DOB on Staten Island. She already has
significant experience working on projects on Staten
Island for DOB, having led the Department's Build it
Back unit to help New Yorkers rebuild after Superstorm
Sandy, and running point for the agency on interagency
initiatives as an Assistant Commissioner. Lisa most
recently served as Manhattan Deputy Borough
Commissioner.

See here the full list of Borough Office leadership
teams

New Expanded
Customer Service Hours

In order to
deliver the exceptional customer service that New
Yorkers deserve, DOB has new expanded customer service
hours for the public at all of our borough offices. All
of our online services at DOB are still available to the
public.

All DOB customer service locations will be open to the
public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for in-person and
drop off transactions.

Ticket kiosks will now issue service tickets up until at
3:00 p.m. for cashier and record room transactions.

Read our Service Notice for More Information

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