Double check the letter from HPD. I've never heard of certifying violations w/out a fee being involved. It's usually $300 for an inspection - HPD will generally not remove any violation w/out the inspection.
HPD has sent these notices out to all property owners w/ violations on record. In many instances the violations were previously corrected & HPD failed to properly record them as such. This is just a revenue generating scheme for the city. I rec'd a notice re a violation for not having a C of O. Was told by HPD that the bldg must be inspected even though i have the C of O certified & signed by the DOB in 1975!

owner12 - you should be able to get the signs at your local hardware store.

StuyMom - i strongly suggest you do not have an inspection while your renovations are in progress. the inspectors have been known to look for new violations while clearing old ones. just send in the required paperwork by the deadline & postpone indefinitely or not be home for any scheduled inspections.

Posted by: BK Slumlord at July 16, 2008 8:38 PM in response to HPD Self Certified Violations

Try a local real estate managment company - or the super of an apt building they may be able to help you out with the signage you need or point you in the right direction.

Posted by: couldashouldawoulda at July 16, 2008 9:33 PM in response to HPD Self Certified Violations

We got the notice last fall. If you certify the repair, have it notarized, and submit everything on time, they really do remove the 20-yr old violation, or at least they did for us. They didn't come out and inspect.

Unfortunately they only give you a week to correct the one type of violation (i.e. Boiler room notice) - we received the notice after the deadline had passed, had it notarized immediately, sent it in with a letter, and they still didn't accept it.

It does have to have the yellow copy included in the package for it to qualify for the no-fee program. New violations aren't included.

Posted by: Heatherie at July 17, 2008 4:02 PM in response to HPD Self Certified Violations

OP here.

to answer above, my cover page gave me Until Sept 1 to clear these

thanks everyone for your advice/ experience. I am wondering if anyone has gone through this process and had it backfire ( i.e. an inspector came out and found a bunch of NEW violations). I just found out some of the backfiling will cost me $3k and some of the work around $2K. Having just finished a major renovation and received a new C/O I am tempted to not address these issues until a later date or sale ( at least 8-10 years away) and pay the fee for the clearing of the violations then( all are class A and B so the penalty woud not be huge). Thoughts? Advice?

FYI, I bought the building with owner financing and then refi through a bank with no issue.... I am wondering whether these HPD violations would block a sale or prevent financing.

Posted by: owner12 at July 18, 2008 11:27 AM in response to HPD Self Certified Violations

you can get the signs from Sids hardware in brooklyn
They have all 4 Notices Metal frames and Inspection certificate frame.

345 Jay Street
they open 7 days
718-875-2259

They are not expensive. I paid the CO metal plate $5.41 with Tax.

In the yellow sheet, it states that you will be subject to the penalties described below unless you correct and certify the correction of violations by the dates indicated on the front of this Notice of Violation(s).

However , the white sheet said if you do not want to participate the program , we can discard the yellow and white sheets. My question is if I discard them, do I get the penalties?

Posted by: yc2008 at July 31, 2008 7:41 PM in response to HPD Self Certified Violations