Start with the building identifier and the cycle shown on the document. A façade classification, the Department of Buildings (DOB) review of a filing and a violation are three different answers. Save each date, record number and source before comparing them. Match the report to the cycle you are asking about; an older cycle’s report answers that older cycle.
NYC’s FISP statistics page covers five-year façade reports for buildings over six stories and shows Cycle 10. Safe describes no issues at inspection, SWARMP a threat expected within five years, and Unsafe a present threat then. Each label describes the façade on its inspection date.
Keep five record axes apart
| Axis | Record exactly what you have |
|---|---|
| Building identity | BIN, BBL or address from the source; note any mismatch or unit wording. |
| Cycle and report | Cycle number, report date, classification and report reference. |
| Filing review | Filing ID, review state and dated notice or accepted document. |
| Violation | Separate violation number, agency, issue date and later disposition. |
| Missing item | Name the specific report, amendment or decision needed to link two rows. |
The worksheet is an evidence index; the public site may show these fields on separate screens. BIN identifies a building; BBL identifies a tax lot. A filing ID or violation number answers a different question. Preserve any cross-reference printed on the document rather than joining records solely because their street addresses look alike.
Read the cycle label, then check the named filing
The cycle display offers Cycle 10, 9, 8 and 7 views with map and download links. The linked Cycle 10 map showed blank controls and labels for Safe, SWARMP, SWARMP Expired, Unsafe and No Report Filed.
On the statistics page, No Report Filed means no submitted report. In an unfinished cycle, compare it only with counts from the same cycle, because filing windows are still open. Record the capture date and seek the named report.
The City’s FISP filing instructions separate Administrative Review, Plan Examiner Review and Accepted or Rejected filing states. Those are review states, separate from the Safe, SWARMP and Unsafe classifications. An accepted amended report may describe corrective work or cite permits; permit closeout and violation dismissal each show up in their own records.
Use the public profile without inventing a map result
The DOB NOW public portal FAQ documents a public property profile by address, BBL, BIN or job number without an account. It also describes a separate compliance-violation search by violation number, device, address or BIN. Pre-filing material stays private, and some records still live in the Building Information System (BIS) or with other agencies.
Use a documented property-profile identifier first; preserve the filing ID when a row names one. Note whether the result opens an actual report or only a case row, and whether the displayed date belongs to inspection, filing, review or violation. If an older record is absent from one route, log that as a result for that route and check the other routes before drawing a conclusion.
Test a fictional dated mismatch
Imagine a fictional Tower Q folder with a Cycle 9 Safe report, a later Cycle 10 No Report Filed screenshot and a letter quoting a violation without its disposition. These items are invented for illustration. The earlier report answers only Cycle 9; the screenshot needs its capture date; and the violation needs its own record and outcome.
The useful next action is to ask which exact Cycle 10 filing or report the later letter cites, then seek its dated classification and review state. Separately identify the violation’s issuing record and later disposition. If two numbers differ, treat them as separate cases until a document cross-references them. This preserves a genuine gap instead of translating a portal label into a physical-condition verdict.
Request an existing missing older report
DOB’s FOIL page directs requests through NYC OpenRecords with Department of Buildings selected as the agency. For a named missing report or amendment, give the BIN or BBL, cycle, report type, filing ID and year if known; identify the exact copy or disposition needed. These are locating clues for staff.
The DOB search overview can help route a separate BIS-era record. Use the DOB permit-search guide when the missing object is a permit rather than the FISP classification or filing review. Neither substitute tells you whether an identified façade violation was resolved.
A cycle label or accepted filing does not prove current façade condition, permit closeout or violation dismissal. State the dated classification, the filing review state and the separate violation outcome only when each has its own record.
NYC official FISP, public-portal and FOIL guidance checked October 9, 2026.