159 East 70th Street, Manhattan, NY 10021

The three-story, six-unit building at 159 East 70th Street on the Upper East Side, owned by Nicholas Schorsch, has maintained regular compliance with rodent inspections over the years, consistently passing all inspections between 2010 and 2019. However, the property has experienced persistent Housing Maintenance Code violations since 2021, with open violations related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports as required by HPD regulations, with the most recent citation issued in April 2024.

The building has also been subject to complaints regarding unauthorized work in occupied multiple dwelling units, with two separate incidents in late 2021 (September and November) where inspectors were unable to gain access despite being on their second final attempts. In terms of building improvements and maintenance, there is a record of permit issuance in September 2021 for work classified as "EW" (Emergency Work), with permit sequence number 01 under job number 140906722.

While the consistent passing of rodent inspections through the decades suggests proper pest control management in that regard, the ongoing bedbug report violations represent the most significant current non-compliance issue affecting the building. The building, constructed in 1878, has maintained its Class A status following a conversion from its original classification, with no major structural or safety violations recorded in recent years.