309 East 95th Street, Manhattan, NY 10128

309 East 95th Street is a 6-story, 29-unit New Law Tenement building located in Manhattan's Upper East Side and owned by Vincent Ponte. The building, constructed in 1920, has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues, with multiple emergency complaints documented between 2021 and 2023, including three distinct heat/hot water emergencies in October 2023 alone. The property has active violations for failure to file external low pressure inspections for 2018, 2019, and 2021, as of June 2023.

While the building has generally maintained compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, showing zero infested units in the most recent 2024 report, there have been periodic pest issues, including an open unsanitary condition complaint regarding pests from June 2025. Recent inspections in 2023 revealed multiple issues requiring attention, particularly concerning door functionality and safety, with open violations related to self-closing doors at both the bulkhead to the roof and the first story public hall. The building has maintained good rodent control, passing recent inspections in October 2024 and October 2023, though there were documented rat activity issues in 2019.

Three tenant safety inspections conducted in 2023 resulted in compliance. The property has an active open violation as of 2023 related to a door issue at the bulkhead to the roof, and while most violations from 2023 were addressed, the May 2018 debris complaint was investigated with no violations found at that time. The building's management has generally responded to complaints, as evidenced by multiple cases where heat was reportedly restored following HPD inspections, though access issues have limited some inspections.