214 West 20th Street, Manhattan, NY 10011

This 16-unit, 3-story residential building in Chelsea, owned by Larry Tauber, has experienced recurring heat and hot water system issues over the past few years, with the most recent cluster of complaints occurring in late 2024. Between November and December 2024, there were multiple heat and hot water complaints affecting both individual apartments and the entire building, prompting multiple HPD inspections, including a December 2024 violation issued for inadequate heat supply specifically affecting Apartment 14.

The building, constructed in 1930 and classified as a HERETOFORE CONVERTED CLASS B structure, has also been cited for not filing required external low pressure inspections for both 2020 and 2021, with these violations remaining active as of June 2023. The property has demonstrated generally good pest management, with no reported bedbug infestations in the past three years (2022-2025), and recent rodent inspections have shown improvement, with the most recent inspection in June 2025 passing.

However, there have been some concerning safety issues in the past, including violations documented in December 2021 related to carbon monoxide and smoke detection systems in Apartment 14, as well as problems with self-closing doors in various locations including the bulkhead to the roof. Between 2019 and 2021, there were periods of documented rat activity, with bait applied during inspections in 2019, and inspections in 2021 showing both rat activity and compliance failures. Monthly filings of bedbug reports have consistently shown zero infested units from 2020 through 2025, indicating effective pest management practices.