Scale Local is a records and compliance practice for New York City licensed trades firms. Its specialty is Department of Buildings records.
Most engagements start with the Open-Violation File, $399 flat.
Owners of trades firms got into the work to build, not to fight city paperwork. The record sits there either way, and it carries the firm's name. Scale Local handles the record side of it: the pulling together, the ordering, and the preparation.
Every file is prepared from the Department of Buildings' own violation and license records.
The Open-Violation File is the complete open record for one license, prepared from DOB records. Order one file per license record.
| Open ECB summonses under the license | 11 |
|---|---|
| Total balance due | $34,740 |
| Amount paid to date | $0 |
| Class 1 (immediately hazardous) summonses | 5 |
| Summonses in default | 9 |
| Summonses decided in violation after hearing | 2 |
| Certificates of Correction filed | 0 of 11 |
Paying a DOB summons does not close it. A summons closes only when the penalty track is resolved, paid, dismissed at OATH, or settled, and a Certificate of Correction has been filed in DOB NOW: Safety and approved by the Department of Buildings' Administrative Enforcement Unit.
Sample page from a compiled Open-Violation File. Prepared October 21, 2026, from DOB license records and DOB ECB violation records. The firm's name and license number are withheld; the figures are the firm's own.
$399 flat per license record. Ready in 48 hours. See what the file contains
The practice's records work falls into four areas. The DOB violation records work is the specialty, and most engagements start with the Open-Violation File.
Every open ECB summons on a firm's license record, pulled together from DOB violation records into a single file. This is the practice's specialty, and it is the work behind the Open-Violation File.
Each summons carries its own deadline. The file sets the deadlines out in the order they fall due, so the firm sees what is coming instead of finding out late.
For each summons that can be certified, the practice prepares a correction pack for that summons.
The record is screened against the Debt Demolisher amnesty, which waives penalties and interest on eligible summonses.
The Department of Buildings keeps a violation record on every licensed firm, and open ECB summonses stay on that record whether the firm knows about them or not.
Open violations can hold up permits, Certificates of Occupancy, and Letters of Completion.
Each summons carries a deadline, and a deadline that passes leaves the summons open. Paying doesn't close a summons. Only an approved Certificate of Correction does.
A Class 1 summons with no certificate on file can draw a $5,000 penalty.
An engagement runs in three steps.
Send a record review request from the contact page, reply to the email from Scale Local, or order the Open-Violation File for the license record you want put in order.
Every open ECB summons on the license record goes into one file. Every deadline is set out in the order it falls due, and the record is screened against the Debt Demolisher amnesty.
Correction packs are prepared for the summonses that can be certified, and the firm works from a single file that shows what is open and what has been prepared for it.
The firm ends with its record in order and every deadline known ahead of time. No surprises from the city.
Every file is prepared from the Department of Buildings' own records:
Send the firm's license details and what you need looked at. A reply comes within one business day.