403 West 48th Street, Manhattan, NY 10036

The five-story, 22-unit tenement building at 403 West 48th Street, owned by Joseph Franco, has experienced recurring maintenance issues over the past two years, with the most significant concerns occurring in late 2023 to early 2024. Between December 2023 and April 2024, multiple tenants reported problems with the building's heat and hot water systems, including three separate complaints about building-wide heat/hot water issues in January 2024, which were noted as duplicates of an original complaint.

The building also experienced various plumbing issues during the same period, including problems with water supply and sewage, though HPD inspections were unable to gain access to verify these conditions. More recent issues include a door-related complaint in April 2024, which was inspected by HPD but resulted in no violations. The building has a history of compliance with rodent inspections, passing all inspections from 2016 through 2024, and has demonstrated effective management of bedbug issues, with no reported infestations in the past five reporting periods from 2020 through January 2025.

Recent Housing Maintenance Code violations from May 2024 include concerns about self-closing doors, an improper lockset, broken glass at the building entrance, and missing safety notices, though most of these violations have been certified as closed by July 2024. The building's owner has faced two complaints regarding illegal hotel rooms in residential buildings (in 2018 and 2020), but in both cases, inspectors were unable to gain access for verification. The property maintains active compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, with zero reported infestations in the past two years.