It is the most common misunderstanding on a DOB record. A firm gets a summons, pays it, and files the receipt. The money track is settled. The record still shows the summons as open, because nothing has been filed on the correction track.
Closing takes a Certificate of Correction: filed in DOB NOW: Safety, with the evidence that the cited condition was corrected, and approved by the Department of Buildings' Administrative Enforcement Unit. Approval is the city's act, not the firm's. Until it happens, the violation is active.
The gap is not harmless. An active violation can hold up permits, Certificates of Occupancy, and Letters of Completion. On a Class 1 summons, the gap carries a price: a $5,000 penalty per summons can attach while no certificate is on file, and the site is re-inspected every 60 days.
None of this shows up on the payment receipt. It shows up on the license record, which is the document the next permit application is judged against.
The order of work matters. Correct and certify what can be certified, then settle the balances, including under the Debt Demolisher window while it is open, and verify each summons shows resolved on both tracks.