155 East 88th Street, Manhattan, NY 10128

155 East 88th Street is a 7-story, 50-unit residential building constructed in 1976 on the Upper East Side, currently owned by Charlie Portelli. The building has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues, particularly notable during late 2021 when multiple complaints were filed between November 15 and December 21 regarding the entire building's heating system. While most of these complaints were ultimately closed with indications that heat and hot water were restored, the pattern suggests some instability in this critical building system.

More recently, in early 2024, there was a smoking violation addressed by the Department of Health. The building's safety regulations were scrutinized in late 2020 when multiple violations were recorded, including the need to post proper notices for carbon monoxide detectors, smoke detector requirements, gas leak procedures, and bedbug reporting. These violations were subsequently certified as corrected by April 2021. In terms of maintenance and inspections, the building has generally passed recent rodent inspections, achieving "Passed" results in 2023, 2024, and 2025, though there were reports of rat activity documented in 2022.

The Department of Buildings issued several permits in 2023, 2024, and most recently in June 2025, indicating ongoing maintenance or improvement work. An illegal hotel room complaint from late 2021 was investigated and found to have no violations warranting action. The building's bedbug reporting history from 2020 to 2024 indicates no infestation issues during the annual reporting periods, and while there was a violation regarding inadequate heating in unit 2D recorded in December 2020, this was addressed and closed in January 2021. An active environmental violation from 2018 related to the boiler room and backflow system appears to have been resolved based on information suggesting correction and dismissal of subsequent violations.