250 Riverside Drive, Manhattan, NY 10025

The 9-story, 71-unit residential building at 250 Riverside Drive, owned by Moria Sokol and classified as a New Law Tenement, has experienced several recurring maintenance issues since 2022, with the most pressing concerns being heat/hot water outages affecting the entire building. Most recently, in early 2025, multiple complaints regarding heat and hot water issues were filed, though inspectors were unable to gain access to verify the conditions.

Between 2022 and 2024, there have been five documented instances of building-wide heat/hot water problems, with similar access issues preventing proper inspections in some cases. The building has also faced challenges with fire safety, including multiple violations in 2023 relating to defective self-closing doors in public hallways, particularly on the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 9th stories. Additional maintenance concerns have included a documented mold issue (June 2023), problems with cooking gas supply (October 2022 and May 2023), and various repairs needed in apartment 95 involving water leaks, gas supply issues, and floor tile problems (March 2023).

The building's elevator system has been the subject of multiple complaints between 2019 and 2022, though inspections generally found no violations. While the building has maintained good rodent control with multiple inspections passing from 2017 to 2024, there have been some concerning patterns in pest management, with three documented cases of bedbug infestations in the 2022-2023 period, though none in the most recent 2023-2024 reporting period. The building has two active violations related to its FISP (Facade Inspection Safety Program) reporting from 2024, including a $1,250 penalty for failure to file an acceptable amended report.