38 West 70th Street, Manhattan, NY 10023

The four-story, three-unit building at 38 West 70th Street on the Upper West Side, owned by Barbara Horowitz, has experienced several notable maintenance and compliance issues over recent years. Most significantly, the property has had recurring pest-related concerns, with multiple rodent sightings reported between May and October 2019, though recent rodent inspections from 2022 through 2025 have all passed. The building had an unsanitary condition complaint related to pests in May 2021, which was closed without violations being issued.

Between 2021 and 2024, the building received four separate violations for failing to file annual bedbug reports as required by HPD rules, though the most recent filings from 2022-2023 show no infested units. In 2019, there were violations related to construction work conducted without proper tenant protection plan notifications and postings, resulting in penalties which have since been resolved. More recently, the building faced administrative issues regarding external low-pressure inspection filings for 2018, 2019, and 2022, though these violations were dismissed in July 2023.

A gas utility referral in October 2021 was investigated but found no violations. The property underwent several permitted construction works in 2019, as evidenced by multiple issued permits. While the building's rodent problems appear to have been addressed, the recurring nature of both pest-related complaints and compliance violations suggests that monitoring of building conditions and management responsiveness to regulatory requirements has been variable over time. The most recent rodent inspections consistently passing since 2022 indicates improved conditions in this regard, while the resolved bedbug violation issues and recent absence of new complaints suggests better overall pest management in recent years.