NYC Limited Alteration Applications for Plumbing and Repairs

DOB NOW: Build – Limited Alteration Applications dataset contains records for minor construction work in New York City, such as plumbing repairs and oil burner installations. The data includes columns for Filing Status Name, Job Number, Proposed Work Summary, Location BIN, and geographic coordinates. It is published by data.cityofnewyork.us and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Predict Filing Status Name from Filing Date, Work Type Name, and Building Type Name using classification models.
• Analyze spatial clustering of repair work using Latitude, Longitude, and Neighborhood Tabulation Area (NTA) (2020).
• Model time-to-permit-issuance by analyzing intervals between Filing Date and Permit Issued Date.
• Correlate types of Proposed Work Summary with specific Location Borough Name and Council District.

Strengths

• Contains 26 detailed columns per record, including geographic identifiers like BBL, Census Tract, and coordinates.
• Includes temporal fields for key process milestones: Filing Date, Permit Issued Date, Inspection Date, Permit Expiration Date.

Limitations

• Sample size and total row count are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
• Data may have geographic bias, covering only New York City, limiting generalizability.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofnewyork.us

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated in April 2026.

Geography

New York City, based on Location Borough Name, Zip Code, and Community Board columns.