5 East 78th Street, Manhattan, NY 10075

Built in 1904, 5 East 78th Street is a 6-story, 7-unit residential building located in Manhattan's Upper East Side and currently owned by Tsion Bensusan. The building has experienced persistent issues with regulatory compliance in recent years, most notably regarding bedbug reporting, with open violations documented in 2022, 2023, and 2024 for failure to file the required annual bedbug report as mandated by the Housing Maintenance Code.

More significantly, there is an active pattern of non-compliance with external safety inspections, with multiple open violations for failing to file the annual External Low-Pressure Inspection reports from 2018 through 2023, as well as a violation issued in 2019 for not filing the 2017 Boiler Inspection report, and another for the elevator's Category 1 2017 Inspection/Testing. While the building has maintained a generally good record in terms of pest control, passing multiple rodent inspections between 2010 and 2019, the current focus of concern appears to be the repeated failure to meet both bedbug reporting and safety inspection requirements.

The property, classified as a HERETOFORE CONVERTED CLASS A building, has had these violations remain unresolved for extended periods, particularly the External Low-Pressure Inspection requirements which span multiple years, with the most recent violation issued as recently as September 2024. The consistent pattern of violations over multiple years suggests an ongoing challenge with maintaining up-to-date compliance with city regulations, particularly regarding safety inspections and pest control reporting requirements.