NYC building violations, caught before they become fines.
DOB Scan checks your building's DOB, HPD, ECB/OATH and 311 records every day - and emails your board the moment something changes: a new violation, a hearing date, a judgment you can still settle for less.
DAILY CHECKS • NYC OPEN DATA • NO LOGIN FOR YOUR BOARD
Coverage
Every record that can turn into a fine
One daily sweep across the city datasets that matter to a residential building - including tickets other monitors miss because they only look at one agency.
DOB violations
Open Department of Buildings violations and civil penalties - boiler filings, benchmarking (LL84), energy grades and more.
HPD violations
Housing violations by class - including Class C, immediately hazardous, where the correction clock runs fastest.
ECB / OATH fines & hearings
Tickets, balances and hearing dates. We flag upcoming hearings - a defaulted hearing usually means the maximum penalty.
FDNY-issued tickets
Fire Department summonses live inside the ECB/OATH data. We track them as their own category, so they never hide in the pile.
311 complaints - early warning
A tenant complaint today is often an inspection next week. We watch 311 activity so the board hears about it first.
Local Law deadlinesADD-ON
LL97, LL84, LL87, LL88, LL126, LL152 - the filing calendar computed for your building, not a generic checklist. In development.
How it works
Set it up once. It watches every day.
No software to install, no portal logins to share with the whole board, nothing for your manager to remember.
Tell us the building
Send an address. We resolve it to the city's building identifiers and start the daily checks - no forms, no site visit.
Get alerted on change
When a check finds something new - a violation, a balance change, a hearing date - your board gets an email alert with the details, plus a weekly status digest.
See it all on one page
Every open item lives on your building's private page: counts, balances in penalties, deadlines. One link, no login, always current to the last check.
Sample report
A real building, real city data
This is a live report for an actual Ridgewood condominium monitored by DOB Scan - not a mock-up.
1980 Starr St, Ridgewood, NY
High View Estates Condominium - 32 units. The board sees every open item on one page, including five OATH judgments covered by the city's Debt Demolisher amnesty: balances $1,600 in penalties; pays $650 in base fines by January 10, 2027; full exposure about $2,379 incl. interest.
Named public sources
The report is built from NYC Open Data datasets - DOB NOW, HPD, ECB/OATH and 311 - the same public records the agencies publish.
Daily comparison
Each day's records are compared with the previous snapshot. An alert goes out only when something actually changed; a weekly digest confirms the quiet weeks.
Check it yourself
Items on the report link to the official city lookups, so any figure can be verified at the source. DOB Scan is independent and is not affiliated with the City of New York or any municipal agency.
Sample figures on this page checked November 11, 2026.
Pricing
One price per building. Everything included.
No per-user fees, no setup fee, no contract. The first building check is free - email us the address and we will send the first report before you pay anything.
Core
$9 /month
or $99 /year - per building
- Daily DOB NOW, HPD, ECB/OATH and 311 checks
- Email alerts on any change
- Weekly status digest
- Private building page - no login
- Amnesty & settlement-deadline tracking
- OATH hearing-date alerts
- Cancel anytime
Board Shield & Local Law
$24 /month
or $249 /year - per building
- Everything in Core
- Local Law Tracker - in development
- Local Law filing calendar for your building - in development
Portfolio
10+ buildings
managers & multi-building boards
- Everything in Core
- One digest per portfolio
- Per-building alert routing
Document Vault
Building documents, pulled for you
One-time document services. Boards lose archival paperwork - and without it, a wrong city figure (a gross floor area, an old filing) is hard to fight. We pull the source documents from city and state archives and deliver them organized. Availability varies by building; we confirm the pull before you pay.
Single Document Pull
$49
one-time, per document
- One official document: a Certificate of Occupancy, a stamped DOF tax map, or a historical I-Card
- Delivered as a PDF
Building Foundation Vault
$149
one-time, per building - $99 with an annual plan
- Final and temporary Certificates of Occupancy
- Stamped DOF tax maps - the gross floor area on record, for LL97 and assessment questions
- The condo Declaration from ACRIS, with the unit-interest schedule
Complete Offering Plan Pack
$249
one-time, per building
- The full Offering Plan from the NY Attorney General archive
- All filed amendments, assembled as one pack
Field services - J Seal Group LLC
When a violation needs hands, not just alerts
Field services are provided by J Seal Group LLC, separate from DOB Scan monitoring.
LL126 annual parapet observations - 1 RCNY 103-15
Annual parapet observations for buildings with a parapet fronting a public area, with the observation report your building keeps on file. To ask about an observation for your building, contact J Seal Group LLC at contact@dobscan.com.
Field documentation by J Seal Group LLC. Photos show observation work in progress; buildings are not identified.
Violation repairs - maintenance and HPD Class C
Professional sealing, waterproofing and masonry repairs for failure-to-maintain and Class C conditions, with documentation prepared for the Certificate of Correction (AEU-2). Contact contact@dobscan.com.
FAQ
Questions boards ask us
Where does the data come from?
NYC Open Data (DOB NOW, HPD, ECB/OATH and 311) - the same public records the agencies publish. We check them daily and compare against yesterday's snapshot, so an alert always means something actually changed. City data can lag the agencies' own systems; our page shows the date of the last check.
Do board members need accounts or logins?
No. Your building gets a private link - anyone with the link sees the report page. Alerts and the weekly digest go out by email.
What exactly triggers an alert?
A new violation or ticket, a status or balance change, a newly scheduled hearing, or a judgment becoming eligible for a settlement program. Quiet weeks get one short digest: checked daily, no changes.
Can DOB Scan fix or dismiss our violations?
No - we monitor and alert. Your expeditor, architect or managing agent does the filings and corrections; we make sure the board never learns about a deadline from a penalty notice.
Are document pulls and field services part of the subscription?
No - they are one-time services, ordered separately by email. Document prices are on this page; field services are quoted per building after a short description of the condition.
Which buildings is this for?
NYC residential buildings - condos, co-ops and rentals. Setup needs only an address; we handle the city identifiers (BIN, BBL, HPD ID).