Remediating mold in Kingsbridge buildings
When a Kingsbridge building has a mold area over ten square feet, it needs a firm that must hold the state remediation license. We connect you with one.
Signs this job fits a building in Kingsbridge
A plan from an independent assessor is in hand
The remediation firm needs it before starting.
Staff offering to scrub it out
In a building of ten or more apartments, the owner, agent and their employees cannot do the work.
Mold behind a basement wall
Wall cavities fall under the city's definition of a mold hazard.
A building waiting to re-let an apartment
The apartment must be thoroughly cleaned and clear of mold before a new tenant moves in.
Common questions
How far ahead must remediation be filed in Kingsbridge?
The licensed remediator files a notice with the work plan no later than two business days before work starts on a covered building.
Is a building owned by the city housing authority covered?
No. The city's covered-building filing rules leave out buildings that NYCHA owns or operates.
Mold Cleanup in Kingsbridge
In Kingsbridge the paperwork starts before the first plastic sheet goes up. On a covered building the remediator sends the city a notice with the work plan at least two business days before starting, and the assessor files a closing assessment inside a week of finishing. A property manager should budget for that lead time.
One feature of this neighborhood affects scope. Hurricane Ida showed that water reached Bronx basements and cellars by overtopped rivers and streams, street runoff and plumbing backups. A remediation in a garden-level Kingsbridge unit should therefore be tied to a repair of the moisture path, otherwise the same wall will be back in the plan.
Treat the end of the job as seriously as the start. After the remediation the assessor, a different licensed company, carries out a post remediation assessment and issues a written clearance report if it succeeded. Keep that report with the building's records, because it is also what the city expects behind any correction paperwork.
Kingsbridge's large buildings are covered buildings, so licensed remediators file with the city and the same company may not also assess. Source: American Community Survey 2020 to 2024 5-year estimates, US Census Bureau, Local Law 61 of 2018, The City of New York, The New Normal: Combatting Storm-Related Extreme Weather in New York City, City of New York, New York State Senate, Rules of the City of New York title 28 chapter 54, New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development