DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
88 MADISON HOTEL FEE OWNER LLC
Head officer
JOEL ROSEN
Managing agent
GFI MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC.
No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.
This building and the landlord's others
This building
City debt & tax-lien sale
Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 3 stabilized units with New York State for 2023.
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23
2022 — 3 units registered2023 — 3
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.
Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.
Posted at the entrance of buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Local Law 33). It rates energy efficiency — a proxy for comfort and utility cost — not the landlord's upkeep.
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
Ownership & money
No recorded sales or mortgages found in ACRIS for this lot.
Bedbug history
No bedbugs reported
The owner filed 11 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
45
Open now
182
On record
3
Open Class C
40
Open Class B
2
Open Class A
Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed.
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-02-05
§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES AT DOOR LEADING TO STORAGE CLOSET AT WEST AT PUBLIC HALL, 6th STORY
Status: Certification rejected by HPD
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 414Issued 2019-09-255+ YRS OLD
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE LOCATED AT B-ROOM 414, 4th STORY, 1st B-ROOM FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2002-04-225+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING
§ 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES WASHBASIN 2 ROOM FROM NORTH 2 STY EAST ROOM CENTER SECTION 102.
Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 414Issued 2017-10-125+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 414, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
DOB building violations
1
Active
39
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
ACTIVE · ES-ELECTRIC SIGNS NONE1990-03-22
Housing court
4
Cases on record
0
Open now
3
Tenant-brought
0
Harassment found
0
With a judgment
Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.
CLOSEDOpened 2016-12-29
Harassment case
CLOSEDOpened 2015-12-04
CONH
CLOSEDOpened 2012-10-23
Tenant action
CLOSEDOpened 2008-12-30
Tenant action
Concern level3 of 4
High
013 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous)
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
034 open rent-impairing violation(s)
041 active DOB violation(s)
How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid DOB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.
311 complaints from tenants
6
All time
0
Last 12 months
Heat/Hot Water2
Unsanitary Condition2
Elevator1
Paint/Plaster1
Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2025-02-02 · closed
Paint/PlasterWall2024-08-06 · closed
Unsanitary ConditionPests2023-08-11 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Neighborhood crime
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
544
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
45
≈ per month
Felony188
Misdemeanor254
Violation102
NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.
Neighborhood noise
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
805
Noise reports · last 12 mo
67
≈ per month
26
% from neighbors
Street/Sidewalk267
Residential208
Unspecified140
Commercial119
Vehicle67
Helicopter4
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly street/sidewalk) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.