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Stop-work-order scope and continued activity: NYC DOB 28-207.2.5 / OATH summons 39177325P

Original enforcement allegation, not a proven case outcome. The quotation below is from an inspector-written description in a public-record dataset. Extracts may end mid-sentence. The inspection origin, complete supporting evidence, legal finding, and disposition have not been independently verified. Interpretive explanations below are explicitly analytical possibilities.
Law citation: 28-207.2.5OATH infraction: 1F8Summons: 39177325P

Original inspector allegation — verbatim available export

ATOI SWO STICKER HAS BEEN REMOVED. VIOLATION # 3917615Y IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PSWO ISSUED ON O2/02/2026., COMPLY WITH CODE

Source limit: Source reference: NYC OATH/DOB summons 39177325P; BIN 3072976; export issue date 02/13/2026. The earlier export status was ACTIVE; obtain current status from DOB or OATH. The CSV contains a respondent mailing address, which is not presumed to identify the inspected property. This is the entire description available in the supplied export, not a certified full summons, inspector notes or evidentiary exhibits. The export field may still omit pages, attachments or context contained in the actual summons.

Get the complete, authentic notice: search summons 39177325P in OATH Summons Finder instructions (download actual summons) and download the actual summons; review DOB records in NYC DOB records search. Never substitute the editorial discussion below for the inspector’s words.

Charge classification: law controls; keywords do not

Recorded citation: 28-207.2.5; recorded infraction: 1F8. Primary legal issue: specific cited provision requiring manual cross-check. Interpretive issue: Posted stop-work-order tampering. This charge concerns alleged removal, tampering with or defacement of a posted Stop Work Order and is distinct from carrying out work after one is issued.

What must be tested: Determine the actual order identity, posting and service, inspected location and whether the order had been rescinded when the alleged tampering occurred.

Possible exceptions and legal limitations: A missing sign in a recent photograph is not necessarily proof of who removed it or whether rescission had occurred. Eligibility is not established merely because the excerpt uses a word such as “repair”, “permit”, “cellar”, or “occupied”. Refer to DOB Stop Work Orders.

Specific conditions mentioned in this inspector wording

1. Stop-work-order scope and continued activity

Investigative test: Map the limits of the order and the precise trade/operation allegedly continuing after effective notice.

Evidence matched to this issue: Actual posted/order document, service/notice history, contemporaneous activity photos, job logs and rescission status.

Boundary / potential counterexample: A permit does not lift the SWO; evaluate narrow authorization for emergency protection separately.

Inspector wording mapped to testable facts

Passage 1 — ATOI SWO STICKER HAS BEEN REMOVED.

This recorded passage identifies a question about stop-work-order scope and continued activity, not a proven final determination. Map the limits of the order and the precise trade/operation allegedly continuing after effective notice. A permit does not lift the SWO; evaluate narrow authorization for emergency protection separately.

Passage 2 — VIOLATION # 3917615Y IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PSWO ISSUED ON O2/02/2026., COMPLY WITH CODE

Treat this passage as an asserted observation or reference. Check the named location, actor, object and time against contemporaneous photos and official filing records before drawing a regulatory conclusion.

Identifiers, locations, measurements and chronology to verify

Previous summons or violation: 3917615Y
Retrieve the earlier violation/order and compare its issuance date, required correction and AEU filing status.

Case-specific correction decision tree

Branch A — physical or documentary defect persists: evaluate risk and the controlling technical text, then select correction. Branch B — it was already compliant on the cited date: marshal contemporaneous approved records and site evidence. Branch C — scope, code edition or identification is wrong: prepare a fact-by-fact comparison to the actual summons and cited regulation before advancing a defense or revised filing.

First targeted evidence collection: Actual posted/order document, service/notice history, contemporaneous activity photos, job logs and rescission status. This is an investigative request, not a claim that the work or evidence already exists.

Editorial closure of the shortened allegation — NOT source text

The visible description does not show the same clear character-limit truncation flag, but additional pages or attachments may still exist. No editorial sentence is treated as part of the inspector’s wording.

Response, certification and closing evidence

A hearing defense, correction of the underlying condition, a DOB AEU Certificate of Correction and payment of an imposed penalty are distinct questions. Retrieve the summons and confirm the OATH hearing or outcome and DOB violation status. Under current DOB guidance, Certificate of Correction review requests are made in DOB NOW: Safety → Violations & Notices of Deficiency; submitter/certifier signatures and evidence requirements are case-specific. Refer to Certificate of Correction instructions.

Source record limitations: The dataset does not authenticate who inspected the property, why inspection started, whether a defense succeeded, which contractor made repairs or whether AEU later accepted a correction. Do not turn this example into a claimed client success story or an invented inspection history.

Primary authority and fact-check links

Related library and official records

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