154 East 71st Street, Manhattan, NY 10021

154 East 71st Street is a 6-story residential building located in Manhattan's Upper East Side neighborhood, constructed in 1871 and currently owned by Stephen Kelly. The building has a significant and concerning pattern of unaddressed violations related to bedbug reporting requirements, with open violations in 2022, 2023, and most recently in April 2024, indicating ongoing non-compliance with Housing Maintenance Code requirements to file annual bedbug reports.

In 2022, there was a notable Environmental Control Board violation regarding occupancy issues, where it was found that the entire building was occupied by "MATCH," contrary to its Certificate of Occupancy which permitted medical offices on the first and second floors and residential use on the third to sixth floors; this violation resulted in an imposed penalty of $1,280. More recently, in September 2024, a DOB violation was issued for failure to file the 2023 external low-pressure inspection.

Despite these concerning violations, the building has shown consistent compliance in rodent inspections, passing all inspections conducted between 2010 and 2019. The building's permit history shows regular maintenance and work being performed, with four electrical work permits issued between 2019 and 2022. While the building has recorded several bedbug reports between 2018 and 2020, all indicated zero infested or eradicated units, suggesting either effective management or potential reporting discrepancies.