Staten Island's taller apartment buildings, institutional properties, and commercial structures over six stories all fall under FISP's five-year requirement.
Staten Island has fewer high-rises than the other boroughs, but the Facade Inspection Safety Program applies here just the same to any building taller than six stories. The borough’s taller apartment complexes, institutional and medical buildings, and commercial properties all carry the five-year QEWI critical examination requirement, and the obligation is easy to overlook precisely because these buildings are less common in the borough’s streetscape.
Whatever the construction - masonry apartment blocks, concrete institutional buildings, or mixed commercial structures - the inspection standard is the same: a Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector examines the facade hands-on, classifies conditions as Safe, SWARMP, or Unsafe, and files the report through DOB NOW: Safety within the building’s Cycle 10 sub-cycle window.
We make FISP simple for Staten Island owners. We confirm whether your building is covered and which sub-cycle it falls in, arrange the QEWI critical examination, handle the DOB filing through to acceptance, and provide progress inspections to keep any required repairs on code. One point of contact, from deadline to accepted report.
Send us your address and we will confirm whether FISP applies, which sub-cycle you are in, and when your report is due - at no charge.
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