193 Mott Street, Manhattan, NY 10012

The six-story, 25-unit tenement building at 193 Mott Street in Nolita, owned by Matthew Lau, has experienced ongoing heat and hot water system challenges over the past few years. Most notably, in May 2025 alone, there were two emergency complaints regarding lack of heat and hot water affecting the entire building, with one complaint closed due to inability to inspect the premises.

This pattern of heating system issues is consistent, with similar complaints documented in January 2024, November 2022, and November 2021, though inspections sometimes encountered access issues. While an electrical problem was reported and resolved in January 2024, and a chemical odor issue was logged in August 2023, the building has maintained a positive rodent inspection record over the past four years, consistently passing inspections from 2021 through 2025, with only two instances of rat activity noted in July and October 2018.

The building has demonstrated compliance with bedbug reporting requirements since 2019, with no recorded infestations or treatment needs in the past six reporting periods, including the most recent filings from 2024 and 2023. Two Department of Building complaints from 2023-2024 regarding a sidewalk shed and street cleaning were investigated, with no violations found. Despite the recurring heating system challenges, which represent the most significant resident impact, the building has maintained generally satisfactory maintenance compliance across other areas, with no significant pattern of violations or emergency conditions in recent years, aside from the heating system issues.