43 Benziger Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10301

The three-story, two-family house at 43 Benziger Avenue in St. George, owned by Thomas Maguire and built in 1999, has experienced a series of concerning maintenance issues over the first quarter of 2023.

The building has been the subject of multiple emergency complaints regarding unsanitary conditions, specifically mold, with five such incidents reported between February 7 and March 4, 2023. While most of these mold complaints were investigated by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) without resulting violations, one heat and hot water complaint from February 28, 2023, did lead to issued violations, marking it as the only documented safety-related concern among the complaints. Remarkably, all documented complaints were resolved relatively quickly, with most being closed within a week of reporting.

The pattern of complaints suggests a persistent moisture control problem within the building during this period, though the lack of violations issued in most cases indicates these issues may not have met the threshold for formal enforcement action. It's worth noting that the complaints were concentrated in February-March 2023, with no subsequent complaints recorded in the available data through October 2023, suggesting an improvement in building conditions or successful mitigation of the reported issues. However, given the nature and frequency of the complaints during this brief period, this pattern of maintenance issues warrants attention in considering the building's recent history.