227 East 88th Street, Manhattan, NY 10128

227 East 88th Street is a historic 5-story, 10-unit old law tenement building constructed in 1920, currently owned by Romeo Cojocaru. The property has experienced recurring issues with bedbug report compliance, having received class A Housing Maintenance Code violations in 2022, 2023, and 2024 for failure to file required annual bedbug reports with HPD, though inspections did not reveal any bedbug infestations.

The building underwent rodent inspections from 2019 through 2025, with most recent inspections consistently passing except for 2019 when there was noted rat activity and a failed inspection for "Other Reasons." Several Department of Buildings (DOB) complaints have been filed against the property, including multiple Local Law 188/17 Compliance Inspections in January 2021, though these inspections either found no violations or were unable to gain access. There were also two illegal activity complaints in 2019, one involving electrical wiring issues, but inspections did not find any violations.

The building's permit history shows several issued permits between 2018 and 2019 for electrical work and plumbing, with active ECB violations related to unposted construction permits for a sidewalk shed from October 2018 with a $625 penalty. Despite these various issues, the property has maintained a generally good record of passing rodent inspections in recent years, with the most recent inspection in May 2025 showing compliance. While there are multiple open violations in the housing maintenance code related to bedbug report filing requirements, these appear to be administrative in nature rather than indicative of active infestations.