What ADMIT/IN-VIO means on a DOB summons at OATH.
A matter recorded ADMIT/IN-VIO is one where the respondent admitted the violation rather than contesting it, and the matter was decided in violation. Every matter on this record carrying this status also carries a recorded payment.
10,907 DOB summonses heard at OATH/ECB were decided Admit/In-Vio, 7.0% of the 155,556 matters on this record carrying an outcome. 100.0% carry a penalty of record, 1,841 dollars per matter across every one of them.
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What each outcome costs
| Hearing outcome | Relative cost | Dollars per matter | Matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Default | 7,313 | 34,907 | |
| Pending | 3,451 | 21,868 | |
| In Violation | 2,194 | 46,309 | |
| Pop/In-Vio | 1,916 | 11,788 | |
| Admit/In-Vio | 1,841 | 10,907 | |
| Stipulation/In-Vio | 783 | 2,514 | |
| Cured/In-Vio | 2 | 11,947 | |
| Dismissed | none | 15,316 |
Penalty of record divided by every matter in that outcome, rounded to the dollar, over 155,556 matters carrying a recorded outcome, issued September 16, 2023 through September 10, 2026. A penalty of record is the amount a decision set on the day it was decided, not a running figure and not what the city’s books show today. Matters the city leaves unclassified carry no outcome and are not counted here.
What the record shows next
The charge is answered and the penalty of record is set. Admitting settles the summons; it does not correct the condition, which is closed out separately with the Department of Buildings.
What to do
Compare what an admission costs against the other outcomes on the ladder above before treating it as the cheap way out. On this record it is not the cheapest, and it is not far below the cost of contesting a matter and losing.
Is admitting cheaper than fighting?
Not on this record, at the median. The admitted median and the contested-and-lost median are both on the ladder above, and they sit close together. What separates the expensive outcomes from the cheap ones here is not admitting or contesting; it is appearing at all, and whether the matter was cured.
Does admitting end the matter?
It decides the summons. Every matter with this status on our copy of the record carries a recorded payment, which is the highest share of any outcome here.
If this is on your building, the correction is filed with HPD directly. Read how it works, and check your own record on the city's sites.
Check your buildingAggregates only. No building and no respondent is named on this page, and nothing here is legal advice: confirm a matter on the city’s own record by summons number before acting on it. Figures queried at this deploy from our own copy of the DOB ECB Violations dataset. Source: NYC Open Data. All status codes, how a DOB violation reaches OATH, what a default costs.