279 East Houston Street, Manhattan, NY 10002

The five-story, 18-unit tenement building at 279 East Houston Street in the Lower East Side, built in 1920 and currently owned by Rafael Sassouni, has maintained a generally positive maintenance record over recent years. The building has consistently demonstrated compliance with bedbug reporting requirements from 2019 through 2024, with no reported infestations in any of the annual reports.

Similarly, the property has passed multiple rodent inspections between 2019 and 2025, indicating effective pest management. The building's violation history shows attention to maintenance issues, particularly in 2021 when there were notable violations regarding fire escape maintenance and balcony painting requirements, both of which were subsequently certified as resolved. More recently, there have been two Housing Maintenance Code violations in 2023 and 2024 specifically related to the filing of annual bedbug reports, though these appear to be administrative in nature rather than indicative of an infestation problem.

A food poisoning complaint was recorded in February 2020, which the Health Department investigated and determined to be an isolated incident, with the Bureau of Food Safety conducting an annual review as part of standard procedures. Most significantly, records indicate that the building was issued an alteration permit in August 2018, though the specific nature of the work was not detailed in the provided data. The property appears to be under regular inspection and oversight, with recent rodent inspection results consistently passing, indicating effective management of common maintenance and safety requirements.