32 Taft Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10301

32 Taft Avenue is a 3-unit, 3-story old law tenement building located in the St. George neighborhood, built in 1901 and currently owned by Maria Lopez. The building has experienced recurring issues that suggest attention to pest management is required, particularly in relation to bedbugs and rodents.

Housing Maintenance Code violations have been consistently documented between 2021 and 2023, all related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports as required by HPD regulations, though these violations have subsequently been closed. The building's rodent history shows some concerning patterns: while a 2021 DOHMH rodent sighting resulted in violations, a follow-up inspection a month later passed compliance. The building has maintained a clean bedbug record from 2019 through 2025, with all recent reports showing zero infested, eradicated, or re-infested units.

The property has undergone regular rodent inspections over the years, with mixed results between initial and compliance inspections. Recent rodent inspections (2012 through 2021) show a generally improving situation, with the most recent inspection in May 2021 passing compliance after a March 2021 initial inspection noted rat activity. The building's maintenance history reflects ongoing attention to regulatory requirements, with violations being addressed and closed, though the pattern of bedbug report violations prior to 2023 suggests some administrative lapses in documentation procedures, which appear to have been resolved based on subsequent filings showing compliance.