The Department of Buildings is increasing its education and outreach efforts to help New Yorkers resolve open DOB-issued summonses related to their properties through our new Get Summonses Corrected (GSC) campaign.

DOB’s Administrative Enforcement Unit (AEU) is hosting online Q&A sessions for property owners, registered design professionals, filing representatives, and other licensees/registrants, providing a space for attendees to ask job-specific questions for filings in DOB NOW, the Buildings Information System (BIS), or general questions about permits, construction Codes, Zoning Regulations, sign offs, certificates of occupancy, place of assembly, equipment installations, violations and civil penalties, etc.

The goal of the campaign is to get more summonses certified as corrected by increasing the public’s awareness of the need to certify correction and educating them on the process of certifying correction. Open violations on a property can be a serious impediment to selling a property or qualifying for a mortgage, and can even result in additional follow up enforcement actions from DOB. Some open violations are indicative of ongoing hazardous conditions at a building. By resolving DOB-issued summonses and violations, owners can ensure their property has a clean bill of health.

Use this link to register for a session for Brooklyn; you will receive login information via email on the morning of the event.