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Resident says DOB is defying OAH orders, urges Mayor's Office to act
Summary
David Maloff told the Committee on Executive Administration and Labor he holds three OAH orders that the Department of Buildings has not complied with and asked the Mayor's Office of Legal Counsel to enforce the rulings and deliver soil and engineering reports to affected neighbors.
David Maloff, a Washington resident and former president of the DC Federation of Citizens Associations, testified that he holds three Office of Administrative Hearings orders against the Department of Buildings (DOB) that remain unfulfilled and that the agency's silence has harmed his home and neighbors.
"I call upon Molk and EOM to step up and resolve these 3, not 1, judicial orders that I hold, in ranked noncompliance by DOB," Maloff told the council, arguing DOB has not released soil reports and other critical documents ordered by judges. He said judges twice ordered that he and his wife receive a complete engineer's report and other findings, yet the information had not been produced.
Maloff described long delays, non‑responsiveness from DOB, and what he called damage to his house's upper floor tied to neighboring construction. He asked the committee and the Mayor's Office of Legal Counsel (MOLC) to compel compliance and provide affected residents the technical reports they had requested and the court had ordered.
Attorney Edwards, head of MOLC, told the committee he was not previously intimately involved with the case but that his deputy had been in contact with Maloff. Edwards committed to consult with OAH and DOB and to "figure out a way forward" on the witness's behalf, saying he would follow up after conferring with subject‑matter experts.
The committee did not take a formal vote; Edwards promised a follow‑up meeting to provide specifics about the underlying orders and whether and how they should be implemented. The committee asked MOLC to report back within about 10 days and signaled it may press for more detailed documentation if compliance is not quickly established.
