ALBANY — The city has reported a significant decrease in the number of expired residential occupancy permits for rental properties over the last two months.
The number of expired residential occupancy permits, or ROPs, on the Department of Buildings and Regulatory Compliance database has dropped from 3,576 to 2,684 since mid-December, a decrease of 892 expired permits, according to a news release from the city.
The department has been releasing updated ROP figures over the last two months as it works through the backlog of delinquent properties. Former Mayor Kathy Sheehan ordered a review of the city’s permitting system and, in response to a Freedom of Information Law request, released figures that showed that nearly half of the permits in the city’s database had expired or otherwise lapsed…