Buildings news update - October 7, 2021

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October 7, 2021

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Code Revision Gets Green
Light From City Council

Earlier today,
the New York City Council voted to approve

proposed major updates to the New York City Construction
Codes. This comprehensive revision to the Codes contains over
600 major updates, and thousands of smaller changes, intended to
improve safety for our fellow New Yorkers, and incorporate the
latest in building materials, technologies and strategies for
increased resiliency.

"These updated
Codes provide a solid foundation on which the future of our city
will be built," said Buildings Commissioner Melanie E. La
Rocca about the vote. "I want to thank my colleagues at DOB,
along with the hundreds of government and industry experts that
volunteered their time on our Code Revision Committees, who
worked tirelessly to advance these Codes."

The code
revisions approved today are the first holistic update to the
entire set of NYC Administrative, Plumbing, Building, Mechanical
and Fuel Gas Codes since 2014. The revisions were drafted by

technical committees comprised of engineers, architects,
attorneys, planners, tradespeople, representatives of the
construction industry, labor, real estate industry, utility
companies, as well as DOB and interagency stakeholders.

Read our press release to see what industry
and government experts are saying about the new Codes.

New Home For
Manhattan Borough Office Services

Beginning
tomorrow, October 8th, many of the window and drop-off
services at the DOB Manhattan Borough Office will be
moving to their new home at our Customer Service Atrium
located on the first floor of DOB's headquarters
building at 280 Broadway, in Lower Manhattan.

Certain
services at the Manhattan Borough Office will remain on
the 3rd floor of 280 Broadway, Manhattan, including the
Manhattan Records Room, the Manhattan Plan Examination
Unit, and the Manhattan Borough Commissioner's Office.

The
Department of Buildings' offices are open to the public
from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for in-person and drop off
transactions.

Read our

Service Notice for more information about the
move.

More Transparency
For Online Facade Filings

Beginning
tomorrow, October 8th, supporting documents that are
submitted with an accepted Facade Inspection Safety
Program (FISP) compliance filing in DOB NOW: Safety
will be publicly accessible in the
DOB
NOW Public Portal. These supporting documents
that will now be available on the portal include
photographs, plot plans, technical reports and other
forms.

This
update is in keeping with our ongoing efforts to add new
improvements and functionalities to the DOB NOW online
system, bringing new levels of transparency to the
public.

Read our

Service Notice for more information about the
upcoming change.

Apply to Our
Innovation Competition

Even as
we celebrate the passage of a comprehensive update to
the NYC Construction Codes, we know that the goal of
moving towards an even safer, more sustainable, and more
innovative city continues. That is why we are asking
industry professionals and the public to "Hack The
Building Code" by letting us know their best ideas on
ways we can improve how we can design, construct and
maintain our city of over 1.1 million buildings.

If you
have a system, product, technology or idea on how to
improve our city's built environment, we want to hear
about it.

Apply Today

The
deadline to submit your application for the DOB "Hack
the Building Code" Innovation Challenge is November 3rd,
2021.

Reduce Your OATH/ECB
Judgments With FAIRER Program

New
Yorkers! The City wants to help you take care of unpaid
OATH/ECB judgments.

If you
still owe OATH/ECB judgments related to resolved
DOB-issued violations, you may be able to reduce those
fines by up to 75% through the NYC Department of
Finance's

FAIRER (Fine and Interest Reduction Enabling Recovery)
Program.

Running
through December 20, 2021, this program allows you to
pay a reduced amount for eligible Environmental Control
Board judgments, if the violations are

certified as corrected with DOB.

The
FAIRER Program is open to any individual or business
named on a city-issued OATH/ECB violation. For questions
about a DOB-issued violation, contact the Department's
Administrative Enforcement Unit at (212) 393-2405 or

online.

Melanie E.
La Rocca Commissioner

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