Is the Buildings Department Getting Its Act Together?
In a Brooklyn speech, the commissioner says the agency is now speedier and more citizen-friendly, without cutting corners on safety
- Stephen Koepp for The Bridge
- January 16th, 2018
- Source: https://thebridgebk.com/buildings-department-getting-act-together/
The previous year, the city got a new DOB commissioner, Rick Chandler, a civil engineer who had been managing about 10 million sq. ft. of facilities at Hunter College. For Chandler, who had earlier headed borough-level offices for the DOB, it was a big step up in scope. New York City has about 1 million buildings and 85,000 elevators to inspect, along with boilers, building facades and other facilities, said Chandler. He spoke last week to members of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce gathered at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, where he made a case for the DOB beginning to emerge as a speedier, more efficient and more citizen-friendly agency.
