{"id":47323,"date":"2010-08-10T09:45:06","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T09:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=47323"},"modified":"2010-08-10T17:37:11","modified_gmt":"2010-08-10T17:37:11","slug":"does-it-pay-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/08\/does-it-pay-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Admitting to a Violation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,  <\/p>\n<p>If I, on my own, voluntarily go to the DOB and ask to meet with an Examiner, and tell them the truth \u00e2\u20ac\u201c that my contractor built a front exterior vestibule,e without permit and he lied to me about necessary documentation\/permits (even though I asked him about it) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and that I am coming forward on my own to admit this and ask the DOB to help me seek a resolution where I do not have to tear it down, will it make any difference versus waiting for them to issue me a violation, would it help my case ?  Does being honest and forthcoming make a difference, expecially in an honest mistake from a homeowner who has never had any trouble with the law or buildings depts. ?<br \/>\nreference: <\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum\/archives\/2010\/08\/dob_complaint_v.php<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, If I, on my own, voluntarily go to the DOB and ask to meet with an Examiner, and tell them the truth \u00e2\u20ac\u201c that my contractor built a front exterior vestibule,e without permit and he lied to me about necessary documentation\/permits (even though I asked him about it) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and that I am coming&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64253,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[422],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-47323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dob"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/08\/does-it-pay-to\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Admitting to a Violation?","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/08\/does-it-pay-to\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/08\/does-it-pay-to\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"DOB","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"medman"}],"creator":["medman"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2010-08-10T09:45:06Z","datePublished":"2010-08-10T09:45:06Z","dateModified":"2010-08-10T17:37:11Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Admitting to a Violation?\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.brownstoner.com\\\/forum-archive\\\/2010\\\/08\\\/does-it-pay-to\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.brownstoner.com\\\/forum-archive\\\/2010\\\/08\\\/does-it-pay-to\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"DOB\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"medman\"}],\"creator\":[\"medman\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Forum Archive\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2010-08-10T09:45:06Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-08-10T09:45:06Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-08-10T17:37:11Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/brownstoner.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","print_hed":"","photo_gallery":[],"print_subhed":"","print_slug":"","syndication_thumb":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64253"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47323\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47323"},{"taxonomy":"districts","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/districts?post=47323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}