COVID-19 NYC SERVICE UPDATES

On Monday, June 8th New York CIty moved into Phase 1 of reopening and the DOB released new COVID-19 safety guidance for property owners and contractors of all permitted construction sites across the City. Employers are required to develop a plan for each construction site, submit an affirmation to the State and display it at their job site.

To ensure compliance with employer safety plans, the DOB is conducting a safety sweep of every permitted construction site in NYC and, beginning on July 8th, the DOB will be issuing violations that carry a financial penalty of $5,000 for construction sites found out of compliance. The DOB will also be issuing Stop Work Orders if a site does not have a Safety Plan and State Affirmation conspicuously posted and/or is lacking proper hand hygiene stations. Stop Work Orders will also be issued if five or more violating conditions are observed on the site. 

Refer to our article on How to meet the DOB's new guidelines for construction site safety to avoid receiving violation fees and Stop Work Orders.


HELPFUL RESOURCES

Please visit the NYC DOB COVID-19 Response Page for the following COVID-19 Service Updates:

AUGUST

JULY
  • The Benchmarking Deadline for building owners to submit their energy and water consumption data is August 1st (extended from May 1st due to COVID-19). In compliance with LL 95, owners must obtain their Building Energy Efficiency Rating on October 1st and display it within 30 days.
  • On July 8th the DOB launched a new Stop Work Orders Rescission Portal to rescind COVID-19 safety guidance SWOs
  • Beginning July 3rd, the NYC DOT's Open Restaurants program will expand weekend seating options for restaurants on select corridors by temporarily closing streets to traffic to create outdoor dining space. 
  • The Landmarks Preservation Commission has launched a new Recovery Team to support business recovery and make it easier to apply for permits necessary to reopen businesses. Certain work types qualify for Expedited Recovery Review. Learn more here 

JUNE

MAY

APRIL

MARCH

  • Effective Sat., April 4, Weekly Safety Inspection Reports must be submitted online and DOB offices will close at 2:00 p.m. for drop offs and in-person transactions.
Place of Assembly/Temporary Place of Assembly Permits: The approval process for PA and TPA requests is suspended for the duration of this state of emergency.
 
FIRE DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK (FDNY)
 

Effective May 26th 2020, Fire Alarm Applications and Amendments will be available for online filing under Technology Management services on FDNY Business

NOTE:  Fire Alarm Applications and Amendments will no longer be accepted in person or via US Mail after Friday May 22nd, 2020.  

Effective May 11th all of the below applications MUST be filed ONLINE through the FDNY Business Portal (not via email). 

-Auxiliary Radio Communications Systems
-ARCS Commissioning Test Reports
-Tech Mgt Plan Examination - Fire Suppression/ New Technology (TM-1)
-Tech Mgt Technical Assistance/ Fire Alarm Variance (TM-4)
-Fire Code Variance (BFP-MOD)
-Rooftop Access Variance (TM-5)
-Rangehood Applications (TM-R2)
 
Note: The above-stated applications will no longer be accepted via email after Friday, May 8th, 2020.
The Public Records Unit will no longer accept in-person record requests.  Requests can be made via online or mail:

FDNY Public Records Unit
9 Metrotech Center- First Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION

NYC DOT Office of Permit Management & Office of Construction Control & Mitigation:
Effective 3/18/20, the DOT instructs for insurance, account updates and new permittee registrations - please send all documentation via email to constructionpermits@dot.nyc.gov and forward original signed/sealed/notarized documents in the mail to:

NYCDOT – Permit Management
55 Water Street, Concourse
New York, NY 10041
Attn: Insurance Department
 
  • On March 19th, the state of New York issued an executive order permitting documents to be notarized utilizing audio-video technology through April 18, 2020. Read the guidelines for executing virtual notarizations here

 

OUR CONTINUED SERVICES UNDER COVID-19 

Dear Valued Clients,
 
In response to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, Milrose has implemented the following actions in order to continue to best serve our clients during this time period: 
 
1. All Milrose employees have an option to and can work from home.
 
2. Milrose Consultants continues to provide consulting and advisory service with little to no impact.  For all compliance business, we interact with clients and agencies through technology platforms, however, no staff are permitted in any of our offices. 
 
3. All traditional paper-based projects are being converted to digital format and transactions at agencies are being performed on various platforms.  All services that require in-person presence have been suspended until further notice. 
 
To best fulfill your project needs under these circumstances, we ask that you and your team supply project-related items in digital format. The more we can digitize the project components, the further along we can move the project in the face of recent changes.
 
Please click here to view our full letter to clients (sent 3.17.20) regarding our continued services during COVID-19