DOB ECB Violations: New York City Building Code Summonses and Hearings

Summonses issued by the New York City Department of Buildings and adjudicated by OATH/ECB. The dataset includes columns for violation numbers, hearing dates, penalties, and respondent details. It is published by data.cityofnewyork.us and was last updated on 2026-04-03.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal patterns of violations using ISSUE_DATE, SERVED_DATE, and HEARING_DATE from 30 available columns.
• Predicting penalty outcomes (PENALITY_IMPOSED, BALANCE_DUE) based on infraction codes (INFRACTION_CODE1-9) and section law descriptions.
• Geospatial analysis of violation density by borough using BORO, BLOCK, and LOT columns.
• Profiling frequent respondents by aggregating data on RESPONDENT_NAME, RESPONDENT_CITY, and RESPONDENT_STREET.

Strengths

• Includes detailed adjudication timeline with SERVED_DATE, ISSUE_DATE, HEARING_DATE, and HEARING_TIME.
• Provides granular infraction data with up to 9 distinct INFRACTION_CODE and SECTION_LAW_DESCRIPTION columns.
• Contains financial enforcement details via AMOUNT_PAID, PENALITY_IMPOSED, and BALANCE_DUE.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofnewyork.us

Collection Method

Summonses issued by the New York City Department of Buildings and adjudicated by OATH/ECB.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-03 17:04:19; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York City, indicated by BORO column and originating organization.