1429 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10128

The 11-story New Law Tenement building at 1429 Lexington Avenue, owned by Magdalena Kosz and constructed in 1928, has faced several significant maintenance and compliance issues over recent years. Most notably, there has been ongoing non-compliance with required safety inspections, with active violations for failure to file the 2023 Internal High Pressure Inspection and the 2018 External High Pressure Inspection as of September 2024.

The building has a documented history of door safety issues, with April 2023 violations for devices preventing doors from self-closing at both the building entrance and vestibule doors. In 2020, multiple housing maintenance code violations were recorded, including the need to post various required safety notices in common areas, though many of these were subsequently closed. A significant plumbing issue was reported in 2021 for a leaking waste drain pipe in Apartment 3F, which became an open violation.

The building's systems and health indicators show some positive aspects, including consistent passing results for rodent inspections from 2016 through 2025, and a clean record for bedbug infestations over the past several years, with all recent reports (2022-2025) indicating zero infested units. Two Environmental Control Board violations from 2020 and 2018 remain relevant, the former regarding a Cycle 8C exterior wall inspection report and the latter concerning a material false statement in a job application. The property has actively filed bedbug reports showing proper management practices, and while there have been multiple violations related to energy efficiency reporting and signage requirements between 2018 and 2024, many of these were dismissed or resolved.