NYC Real Estate

Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management Firm EBMG sits down with William T. Payne, PE of engineering firm O & S Associates on the ever-expanding FISP (formerly Local Law 10 and Local Law 11) in New York City.

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For buildings taller than 6 1/2 stories, FISP is an every-five year review of the facade. NYC law dictates when each building is to be inspected, how they're inspected and what the requirements to file as SAFE, Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program (SWARMP) or UNSAFE. Bill and Mark walk you through why the law came into place, the various degrees of inspections and how this present cycle (9) has changed to be more stringent on the inspection side and also on the job experience of those inspecting (plus why it's about to get more expensive).

When does your building need to file in NYC?

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Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management company EBMG sits down with Ian Dahlberg, the founder of Dahlcore Security to talk about his Coast Guard experience and path to opening up a security company in NYC. Dahlcore provides licensed security guards, fire watch and other services while maintaining the professionalism you'd expect from a former Coast Guard member.

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Topics covered in this podcast are general building security, key fobs, doorman vs. security professional, camera systems, resident proactivity and more.

Dahlcore can be reached via phone at 646-531-6324 and Ian himself can be reached directly at [email protected].

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Host Mark Levine of property management firm EBMG sits down with Jim Bullock of NY Fire Consultants to talk about all things fire safety related, including emergency preparedness, fire extinguishers, sprinkler systems, fire watch, log books and more. 

This is a must listen to episode with a former FDNY member giving great advice. 

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Host Mark Levine of Property Management firm EBMG discusses Local Law 69 of 2017, dealing with yearly bed bug filings for all residential buildings with three or more units in New York City. Yearly reports are required to be filed with HPD between 12/1 - 12/31 of any given year. This is utilizing information that was compiled during the period of October 1 - November 31st, prior.

For those buildings with building registrations that are not presently valid with HPD (these were due by 8/30), you will need to update that registration before being able to file  your bed bug form. NYC will not allow any building with a lapsed registration to file the form.

Once the form is properly filed online, the manager can choose to post the filings in a public place in the building or distribute the form with all new and renewal leases.

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Host Mark Levine of EBMG, a New York City property management firm sits down with Greg Quattlander, Master Plumber and President of NY Plumbing to discuss the process and implications of Local Law 152 of 2016; Periodic Gas Testing in the City of New York.

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When a building needs to file is predicated on its Community Board Number (irregardless of their borough). The 4 categories of Community Board #'s and the years that they will need to test and file their gas leak reports (for those buildings classified in occupancy R-3).

Now that we know the groupings, it is clear to us that buildings that fall within this Community Board Number, no matter their borough will be required to file in the year that is noted. Filings start in calendar year 2020 and are in 4-year groupings, as noted above.

Inspections of gas piping systems must be conducted by a qualified gas piping system inspector on behalf of the building owner, usually a licensed master plumber or an individual who is specifically certified for this testing and has taken the required education to do so.

The inspection report must be certified by the licensed master plumber who performed or exercised direct and continuing supervision over the inspection and, if applicable, by any individual who performed the inspection under such supervision. Such inspection report shall include, for each gas piping system inspected the following information:

(A) A list of conditions requiring correction, including instances where one or more parts of such system is worn to an extent that the safe and reliable operation of the system may be affected:

(B) Gas leaks;

(C) Observed non-code compliant installations or illegal connections;

(D) Observed conditions described in Section 28-318.3.4 of the Administrative Code; and.

(E) Any additional information required by the Department.

At each inspection all exposed gas lines from point of entry of gas piping into a building, including building service meters, up to individual tenant spaces shall be inspected for evidence of excessive atmospheric corrosion or piping deterioration that has resulted in a dangerous condition, illegal connections, and non-code compliant installations.

The inspection entity shall also test public spaces, hallways, corridors, and mechanical and boiler rooms with a portable combustible gas detector to determine if there is any gas leak, provided that such testing need only include public spaces, hallways and corridors on floors that contain gas piping or gas utilization equipment.

A positive to the way that this law is written is that it is not requiring a pressure test in common areas, which would likely fail most older buildings due to the age of the pipes and number of painted pipes in New York City. We have routinely seen buildings that are required to pressure test due to a gas issue spend north of $130,000 when they are as small as 20-units (not counting the downtime for heat and hot water that will be experienced by residents).

Presented by EBMG: Host Mark Levine from NYC property Management firm EBMG sits with Chris Donnellan of Marathon Energy to talk about a variety of topics relating to oil and gas in residential apartment buildings. 

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Topics covered include heat and hot water requirements, oil vs. gas, interruptible vs. firm, lock-ins, ESCO'a, bio-fuels and more.

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Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management firm EBMG goes over two interesting topics for buildings in NYC on this episode. The first topic is Yearly Board Disclosures, which are required to be sent to all shareholders or unit owners in accordance with NYS Business Corporation Law, Section 727. These disclosures note if there were or weren't conflicts of interest with the Board of Directors / Managers in the prior year.

The second topic covered is Local Law 103, which requires buildings in Evacuation Zones to post information regarding their zone at all times. To find out if your building is in an Evacuation Zone, you can review the map at the following link: https://maps.nyc.gov/hurricane/.

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Host Mark Levine of property management firm EBMG gives a very quick overview of the new Local Law 115 of 2019 pertaining to new signage requirements for the hallway side of stairway doors. 

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This new law goes into effect on 11/15/19 and notes that the following text must be displayed on a sign:

In a Fire, Close All doors Behind You!

Keep Fire and Smoke Out of Building Hallways and Stairs.

Keep Apartment and Stairwell Doors Closed at All Other Times.

Protect Your Neighbors and Your Home!

In addition to the text above, a picture depicting a door open with flames behind it must also be displayed. If the signage is missing or damaged, it also must be replaced.

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This episode of NYC Real Estate is presented by EBMG, a NYC Property Management Firm specializing in the management of residential and mixed-use buildings. Host Mark Levine sits with Edward Taylor, Esq. of New York law firm Taylor, Eldridge & Endres, P.C. to talk about Emotional Support Animals (ESA's) in Cooperatives, Condominium and HOA communities. ESA's are not considered to be pets and the request for an ESA from a resident and the application / proof from a medical professional are important parts to the discussion and the procedure for properly running a building.

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Host Mark Levine, of NYC Property Management firm EBMG sits down with Carol Ott, Publisher of Habitat Magazine, among other NYC real estate publications.

Carol has been publishing Habitat Magazine since 1982 and they have an online archive digitized from 2002 on. Carol opens up about the Coop / Condo market and how things have shifted in the last 20 or so years. Definitely an interesting listen.

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