Hagaon Hacham Mordechai Eliyahu z.s.l.

By: Jack Cohen

The Department of Buildings is trying to encourage porch and deck inspections by assuring apartment-building owners that nofines will be issued – no matter how bad the conditions.  Commissioner Robert LiMandri hopes the program will get building owners to have porches and decks, which are heavily used during the summer months, checked for cracking, rotting, failed connections and other indications that a collapse is possible. The no-penalty program does not cover balconies in high-rises, but residents of those buildings can call 311 to request inspections.