Sanchez asks about 222 Broadway stop work order
Sanchez asks what enforcement followed the July 2026 stop work order at 222 Broadway after cracked beams were repaired without notice; Shamash says DOB issued numerous violations including failure to notify to the site safety manager, construction super, general contractor, and special inspection agency, plus a commissioner's order for monitoring, weekly reports, and peer review, and Tigani says the stop work order was later lifted.
So next up, on July 23, 2026, the department issued a
full stop work order at 222 Broadway after learning that two cracked beams on the 32nd floor had been repaired in March 2026 without notice to the department.
What enforcement action has DOB taken for this failure to notify, and is the stop work order still in place?
At 222 Broadway, we issued numerous violations to numerous entities and, as you mentioned, a full stop work order to the site.
We issued a fail to notify.
To all the site safety professionals, the site safety manager, the construction super, the general contractor, and the special inspection agency, in addition to numerous other violations.
We also issued...
commissioners'order to the developer and the general contractor to implement an immediate monitoring protocol,
weekly engineering reports to be submitted to the Department of Buildings, and then a peer review requirement on the structural design and the addition.
And the stop work order, after the peer review was completed and all the necessary reports submitted to the department, we lifted the stop work order.
Thank you.