What an ECB summons dismissed at OATH means.
An ECB summons dismissed at OATH ended without a finding of violation. It is the one outcome where not a single summons was given a penalty.
15,361 DOB summonses at OATH/ECB have the outcome Dismissed: 9.8% of the 156,215 decided or pending. Not one of them was given a penalty.
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What each outcome costs
| Hearing outcome | Relative cost | Dollars per summons | Summonses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Default | 7,320 | 35,162 | |
| Pending | 3,451 | 21,870 | |
| In Violation | 2,200 | 46,569 | |
| Pop/In-Vio | 1,916 | 11,782 | |
| Admit/In-Vio | 1,852 | 11,029 | |
| Stipulation/In-Vio | 780 | 2,516 | |
| Cured/In-Vio | 2 | 11,926 | |
| Dismissed | none | 15,361 |
Each figure is the total penalty for that outcome divided by every summons in it, rounded to the dollar: 156,215 summonses, decided or pending, issued September 30, 2023 through September 24, 2026. The penalty is the amount set on the day of the decision, not a running total and not what the city’s books show today; for a pending summons it is the amount at stake. Summonses the city left with no hearing status are not counted.
What happens next
The summons is answered and no penalty attaches to it. A dismissal decides the charge; it does not, by itself, close out work the Department of Buildings still requires at the building.
What to do
Keep the decision. A dismissal is the document that answers the summons if the matter is raised later at a sale, a refinance or a permit.
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How often does a summons get dismissed?
The share is at the top of this page, out of every summons that is decided or pending.
Is a dismissal the same as a violation being cured?
No. A dismissal ends the charge without a finding. A cure is its own status: still decided in violation, but carrying almost no penalty. Both are on the ladder above, and they are different outcomes.
Citywide totals only: no building or owner is named here, nor anyone cited on a summons. Nothing on this page is legal advice. Counts from the DOB ECB Violations dataset on NYC Open Data. All status codes, how a DOB violation reaches OATH, what a default costs.