DOB

Frustrated councils are left to put up signs begging people not to vandalise trees and to dob in their neighbours.

The annual Mayor’s Management Report supports Kupferman’s observation that gaining access is a considerable impediment to the DOB.

“We make every effort to get inside of buildings with potential violations, visiting properties multiple times to investigate complaints if we can't get inside the first time,” DOB press secretary Adams Rudansky said, adding that his agency has to also be respectful of property owners’ Fourth Amendment rights under the U.S.

When it comes to construction sites, the DOB spokesman told Work-Bites, “If we are denied access to a permitted building construction site under our jurisdiction, it will result in an immediate Stop Work Order and violations.”

“I fall into the camp that believes having expertise and experience of having done the jobs of the people you are overseeing as a commissioner is critical — that’s particularly true for police, fire and agencies like DOB,” he said.