782 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10025

At 782 Amsterdam Avenue, a 5-story old law tenement building in the Upper West Side owned by Angela Franco, several concerning patterns have emerged in recent years. Most notably, in 2024, the building experienced multiple rat sightings, with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) issuing violations that required follow-up inspections. While the building has maintained a zero-reporting status for bedbugs across multiple annual filings from 2021 through 2025, there have been recurring issues with building systems and safety compliance.

In early 2022, there was a significant cluster of heat and hot water complaints, with nine separate incidents reported and verified as corrected between March 13 and March 28. The building faced various maintenance challenges between 2018 and 2025, including three "Work Without a Permit" complaints (2019, 2022, and 2024), a defective boiler violation in 2022, and an environmental violation in 2022 noting issues with wall and ceiling openings, exposed wiring, and a non-self-closing boiler room door. The building's safety compliance history shows a pattern of addressing violations once identified, though with some recurring issues. For example, multiple housing maintenance code violations were documented in 2018 regarding the need for proper safety notices related to smoke detectors, carbon monoxide devices, gas leak procedures, and bedbug reporting.

The Department of Buildings conducted several inspections between 2018 and 2025, with varying results including passed inspections and documented violations, particularly regarding egress concerns in 2019. While recent inspections (2024) have noted rat activity, earlier inspections (2022-2023) had passed. The building's systems receiving attention include the intercom/buzzer system (2022), heat and hot water systems (2022), and boiler systems (defective/inoperative complaint in 2022). The property has consistently submitted annual bedbug reports showing zero infestations from 2019 through 2025, though there was one unsanitary condition complaint in 2022 related to pests that was inspected with no violations issued.