We watch the city's complaint database for your jobsites and text you soon after a new record is published. Built for NYC HVAC, plumbing, and mechanical contractors. Alerts typically reach you within a few hours of a record being published, often before an inspector has arrived on site.
We watch 311 and DOB complaints on your jobsites and send an email or SMS when a new one lands. That usually happens hours to days before an inspector is dispatched, though the inspection timing is controlled by the agency, not by us.
ECB, DOB and FDNY violations matched to your license and BINs, focused on HVAC, plumbing, and mechanical codes. Because NYC public feeds can lag or omit records, FlagHound is a monitoring aid, not a compliance certification.
Expiring, stalled, or missing permits across every job you run. You hear about it before your permit lapses, not after an inspector flags it.
Five years of historical penalty data by violation code. Know what a Class-1 vs Class-2 actually costs you before you decide how to fight it.
Know your hearing dates ahead of time and see the general patterns in how OATH/ECB cases have resolved historically. Roughly half of ECB respondents default by missing their hearing1. This tracker is built so you don't join them.
Free lookup tool. Enter a NYC address and see the violations, permits, complaints, and a FlagHound risk score built from NYC public records. Informational only, not a compliance certification.
1 ECB / OATH default rates have been reported at roughly half of respondents in recent NYC enforcement summaries (see the NYC OATH annual report). Figures are presented as context, not as guarantees.
NYC PE license number on the filing matches one you've enrolled.
Legal name or registered DBA matches, case-insensitive and trimmed.
The 7-digit Building ID matches a job you're running, even if the name doesn't.
Close-but-not-exact name matches. We log them, but we never auto-alert.
In Phase 0 internal testing, 39 of 39 sampled matches were correct (zero false positives). We only auto-alert on signals we can stand behind.
The fastest guide to the NYC Department of Buildings for new contractors. BIS vs DOB NOW, how OATH and HPD fit in, and the 5 things to check before bidding any job.
A step-by-step 72-hour response playbook for contractors who just received an ECB summons, DOB Notice to Correct, or Stop Work Order. Decision tree and cost comparison.
48% of NYC OATH hearings end in default. Penalties up to $25,000 plus interest. How to vacate a default judgment and what it costs contractors.
A single 311 call triggers a DOB inspection within 2-10 days. How the complaint pipeline works, inspection priority tiers, and what contractors can do.
License numbers, company names, job-site BINs. Takes 10 minutes.
Every 2–6 hours across 10 NYC data sources and the Federal Register.
Email, text, or both. Typically within a few hours of a complaint being published for a job you're running.
NYC Open Data (SODA API), DOB NOW, OATH, and the Federal Register. All public-record.
We poll NYC complaint feeds roughly every two hours. Alerts typically reach you within a few hours of a record being published to the source feed, though timing depends on the agency's own publishing cadence and is not a guaranteed SLA.
No. By design, only license number, exact company name, or BIN matches trigger an alert. Fuzzy name matches are logged internally for later review rather than surfaced as alerts.
Three tiers starting at $39/month. During beta, everything is free.
Yes. Every tier includes unlimited job-site monitoring by BIN.
No. Alerts arrive by email and SMS, so you don't have to log in every day. The dashboard is there when you want to dig into a specific jobsite.
14-day money-back on your first paid month. Cancel any time from Settings → Billing. See the full feature list →
Enroll your license and your first job sites today. Paid plans start at $39/month after launch, and you can cancel any time.