Under the program, non-compliant owners can administratively close their 8th Cycle filing requirement by filing a 9th Cycle report between July 1, 2020 and September 30, 2020.

Key Points

*The amnesty program is only available to building owners who failed to file their 8th Cycle FISP report.

*Non-compliant owners may file their reports during the June 1 to August 31 2020 amnesty period regardless of their official 9th cycle filing period (which is based on the last digit of the building’s block number).

*The standard filing fee of $265 is required for submission of the 9th Cycle report.There is no filing fee required for the administrative closure of 8th Cycle. 

*The amnesty program does not waive late fees, civil penalties or ECB fines accrued for failure to file a report. 

*All late fees, civil penalties or ECB fines accrued for a failure to file during any previous cycles must be paid prior to or at the time of the amnesty program filing.

New 9th Cycle Rules

It’s important to note that to take advantage of this amnesty program, reports filed must adhere to the new 9th Cycle rules, which were implemented on February 21, 2020. The most significant new requirements include additional hands-on inspections for every 60-foot interval of street- and public right-of-way-facing facades; probe investigations along every 60-foot interval of cavity wall facades; new and increased civil penalties; and the display of facade condition certificates in building lobbies.

Steven Tingir is a partner with New York City-based RAND Engineering & Architecture DPC, and heads the firm's Facade & Roofing team.