405 East 90th Street, Manhattan, NY 10128

The 5-story, 15-unit old-law tenement building at 405 East 90th Street, owned by Stephanie Zile, has experienced significant heating system issues in recent months, with multiple complaints recorded between December 4 and December 29, 2023, regarding lack of heat and hot water throughout the entire building. These emergency complaints, totaling at least ten separate incidents, frequently resulted in Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) being unable to gain access for inspections, though some were marked as duplicates of existing complaints.

In addition to these pressing heating system problems, the building has several open housing maintenance code violations as of late 2023, including issues with fire retardant materials and electrical outlet covers in the first-story public hall that were documented in October 2023, as well as ongoing problems with self-closing doors at the vestibule and building front entrance identified in October 2022. The building's maintenance history shows a mix of compliance and violations over the past several years.

While there have been no bedbug infestations reported since at least 2018, and rodent inspections generally show passing results, there remains an active DOB violation from June 2023 regarding failure to file the 2018 external low-pressure inspection. The building has undergone regular bedbug reporting in recent years, consistently showing zero infested units, and rodent inspections from 2017 through 2024 have mostly passed, with the most recent compliance inspection in November 2024 showing no major issues. Despite this generally clean record regarding pests and vermin, the persistent heating system problems and various open violations regarding building safety features suggest ongoing maintenance challenges.