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Sanchez asks for violations from Local Law 79 proactive inspections

New York City Council · Oct 21, 2026 · starts 0:38:20 · 1 min 47 sec

Sanchez asks how many violations and stop work orders resulted from the proactive inspection program; Tigani reports the Proactive Enforcement Initiative produced 19,847 inspections at 13,092 unique locations and 14,161 violations between January 2025 and 2026.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

I'm going to ask one more question, and then I'll turn it over to Councilmember Zhuang for her questions and any other colleagues before I continue.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Okay, so with respect to Local Law 79 of 2024, thank you for the updates within your testimony regarding the implementation of the Proactive Inspection Program,

Pierina Ana Sanchez

where DOB utilizes predictive analytics to identify potentially problematic buildings, such as buildings with unlicensed or unpermitted work, maintenance issues, or structural issues.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Can you tell us, in addition to the number of proactive inspections that you have been able to do in fiscal 26, 25, and 24, can you tell us the number of violations and stop work orders that have been issued as a result?

Pierina Ana Sanchez

And is the rate of stop work orders issued and the rate of violations found in proactive inspections different from the rate that is found in reactive inspections or otherwise?

Ahmed Tigani

Let me start with the numbers you requested.

Ahmed Tigani

So there have been, just more generally pulling back, between January 2025 and 2026, the Proactive Enforcement Initiative has produced

Ahmed Tigani

19,847 total inspections at 13,092 unique locations.

Ahmed Tigani

There have been 14,161 violations issued during the Proactive Enforcement Initiative.

Ahmed Tigani

So I can ask our first deputy to speak to the inferences and findings.

Ahmed Tigani

the differences between both, but I'll just defer.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Thank you, Commissioner.