126 Mulberry Street, Manhattan, NY 10013

The five-story, four-unit tenement building at 126 Mulberry Street in Little Italy, owned by Al Tse, has been facing ongoing compliance issues and several violations in recent years. The building has consistently failed to file its annual bedbug reports as required by the Housing Maintenance Code, with violations recorded in 2021, 2022, 2023, and most recently in 2024, all of which remain open. There have been multiple safety concerns regarding the building's exterior structures, particularly during 2022-2023, including illegal scaffold and sidewalk shed installations, inadequate lighting, and improper electrical equipment use.

Four active ECB violations from June 2023 are particularly noteworthy, with penalties totaling $9,650 related to unpermitted sidewalk shed and scaffold installations, and unsafe electrical equipment, though one penalty of $7,600 remains unpaid. The building has also experienced violation issues related to construction work, with complaints about unauthorized work in 2023 and 2022, including electrical wiring problems and unapproved construction methods. Despite these ongoing compliance issues, the building has maintained a passing record in rodent inspections, with all inspections from 2019 through 2025 showing no violations.

The most recent Department of Buildings inspection in May 2025 resulted in no violations being recorded, though previous inspections in 2023 and 2024 had flagged various issues. While the property has an issued permit from 2018 for some work (job number 140649056), there have been multiple instances where work appears to have proceeded without proper permits. The building's recurring violations, particularly regarding bedbug report filing and exterior safety compliance, suggest ongoing management challenges, though the successful completion of rodent inspections indicates some level of maintenance in that regard.