Every building over six storeys must have its exterior walls inspected by a licensed engineer and filed with the city on a five-year cycle. A SWARMP finding means safe for now but with repairs the building has committed to making — and those repairs come due before the next cycle closes.

Buildings over 25,000 sq ft get an ENERGY STAR score and a letter grade that must be posted at every public entrance. The same measurement feeds Local Law 97, which puts a hard carbon cap — and a per-tonne fine for exceeding it — on the building from 2024, tightening sharply in 2030.

Every device carries two clocks: an annual CAT1 no-load test and a five-yearly CAT5 full-load test, each filed with the city. A lapsed filing is a violation with a penalty attached, and the deadline belongs to the building, not the elevator contractor.

Low-pressure boilers get an annual inspection filed with the city. Defects found start a clock — 45 days to correct the ordinary ones, 180 for the ones that need a shutdown — and a late filing fee runs on top.

Violations that carry a monetary penalty and go before the city's hearings tribunal. These are the ones with a dollar figure and a balance — unpaid, they follow the building and surface in every refinancing.

Buildings Department violations without a direct penalty attached, but which must be cured and dismissed before the department will sign off on new work. Open ones quietly block permits.

Housing Preservation & Development violations — heat, hot water, leaks, peeling paint — graded A, B or C by hazard. Class C is immediately hazardous and carries the tightest correction window.

What neighbours, residents and passers-by have reported about this building to the Buildings Department. The early-warning stream: complaints precede inspections, and inspections precede violations.