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The New York City Department of Buildings ( DOB) is the department of the New York City government that enforces the city's building codes and zoning regulations, issues building permits, licenses, registers and disciplines certain construction trades, responds to structural emergencies and inspects over 1,000,000 new and existing buildings.
- 1,722 (2020[update])
- James Oddo, Commissioner, Kazimir Vilenchik, First Deputy Commissioner
- 1892
- New York City
New Schedule for Buildings After Hours. DOB borough offices will be open the first and third Tuesday of the month from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm for staff to answer questions and provide needed information to homeowners, tenants, building managers, and small business owners. See the 2024 schedule.
Welcome to DOB. Construction and real estate are the backbone of New York City, a built environment unlike any other. As the primary regulator of these vital industries, the NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) helps provide housing and commercial space for our growing City, while promoting safety on construction sites and in the City's nearly 1.1 million buildings.
James (Jimmy) S. Oddo serves as the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB), where he leads the City’s efforts to regulate and promote safety at approximately 40,000 active construction sites and 1.1 million buildings. A dedicated public servant with more than two decades of elected, legal, and academic experience ...
Navigating DOB. The Department of Buildings juggles the responsibilities of being staunch enforcers of the New York City Construction Codes and advocates for growth – keeping projects moving, the economy expanding, people employed, and businesses opening. Development is crucial to our great City and DOB provides the foundation for the future ...
Find Building Data. Using tools like the Building Information System (BIS) and the DOB NOW Public Portal, you can review the history of any building in New York City. You can find violations, permits and complaints that were reported. The building history also shows the current status of the information as active or resolved.
However, since 2007 the State has allowed the DOB to refuse to accept plans filed by individuals who have been found to abuse the Self Certification process (or other regulations). [7] [8] The Department of Buildings used this law for the first time in January 2008, banning engineer Leon St. Clair Nation from filing any work in the City for at ...
