42 West 75th Street, Manhattan, NY 10023

The five-story, 10-unit apartment building at 42 West 75th Street in the Upper West Side, owned by Zacarias Vazquez, has experienced ongoing maintenance issues, particularly related to heat and hot water systems. Between 2020 and 2021, there were multiple emergency complaints (six in total) regarding lack of heat and hot water affecting the entire building. While HPD inspections generally confirmed restoration of services, problems persisted.

More recently, there was one mouse sighting complaint in 2021, though health inspectors were unable to access the building for verification. The building has maintained a generally good track record in terms of pest management, as evidenced by the regular rodent inspections conducted from 2016 to 2024, with all but one inspection (February 2017) passing. The property also demonstrated compliance with bedbug reporting requirements from 2019 through 2024, consistently reporting zero infested units. In 2021, the building received multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations related to safety and notification requirements, including missing signs for smoke detector requirements, carbon monoxide detecting device requirements, gas leak procedures, and various other safety notices.

These violations were certified as corrected by June 2021. The building's most recent violation, issued in February 2022, pertains to the failure to file the annual bedbug report. Two complaints regarding hanging scaffolds (2023) and adjacent building protections (2021) were investigated but found no violations. The property has demonstrated responsive management to regulatory requirements, as evidenced by timely certifications of violations and regular submission of required reports, though the recurring heat/hot water issues from 2020-2021 and safety requirement violations in 2021 are notable concerns.