Brooklyn

This past Monday, the Department of Buildings and the Department of Finance expanded the Stop Work Order Patrol initiative to that started as a pilot program in Queens at the beginning of the year to Brooklyn. Each Stop Work Order Patrol team includes a DOB inspector and two NYC sheriffs. Their job? To “proactively monitor and inspect sites” where Stop Work Orders have been issued. No word on how many teams Brooklyn is going to have at the start. Does anyone know how effective the program has been in Queens? Speaking of the DOB, the agency just announced the launch of a new document management system that will enable online storage and retrieval of all paper docs associated with the construction permit process.
DOB to Travel with NYC Sheriffs [Queens Ledger]