The New York City Department of Buildings rescinded several COVID enforcement measures.

The Department of Buildings is delaying a requirement to upload a Property Ownership Certificate Form until August. In August, in order to proceed with a permit request for New Building and Alteration-CO in DOB NOW: Build, the ownership form will be required. Government-owned properties are exempt from this requirement. Learn more Read DOB’s Service Notice. DOB will publish a new Service Notice with the revised launch date and additional details about the form. For DOB NOW q

The Department of Buildings is launching a new façade violations search portal on Monday, July 12 in DOB NOW: Safety. The new portal also allows users to submit civil penalty payments or requests to waive civil penalty payments, for Cycle 6 or later, resulting from: Failure to File or Late Filing of TR6/FISP Report FISP Failure to Correct SWARMP Conditions FISP Failure to Correct Unsafe Condition The last day to submit payments or waiver requests in person, by email, or mail