519 East 81st Street, Manhattan, NY 10028

The 20-unit, 5-story tenement building at 519 East 81st Street on the Upper East Side, built in 1910 and owned by Emmanuel Saliba, has faced persistent pest-related challenges in recent years. Between 2024 and 2025, there have been multiple rodent complaints, with the most recent inspection in May 2025 passing, though an inspection in January 2025 failed for other reasons.

The building has had several rodent-related incidents, with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene finding violations in December 2024 and May 2024, despite some inspections showing no violations. The property also experienced mold issues in April 2024, which were reportedly corrected, and a heat/hot water complaint in October 2022 where inspectors were unable to gain access to verify the problem. The building's history includes two bedbug-related violations in 2022 and 2023, though the most recent bedbug reports from 2024 show no infested units.

The Department of Buildings has conducted various inspections, including a sweep in September 2023 and a report of building shaking in 2018, though no violations were warranted in these cases. Multiple work permits have been issued for the building between 2019 and 2021, primarily related to plumbing and electrical work. While the building has passed several recent inspections and maintained records of no bedbug infestations, the recurring rodent complaints and occasional violations indicate ongoing maintenance challenges that require monitoring.