Confirm the filing cadence and deadlines for a New York City Category 1 (CAT1) annual no-load elevator safety test
domain: nyc.gov/buildings — DOB Elevator Compliance, CAT1 Testing · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Reference the DOB Elevator Compliance page (nyc.gov/site/buildings/safety/elevator-compliance.page) for the current CAT1 requirement description
Confirm CAT1 is an annual no-load witness test of safety devices at rated speed, distinct from the five-year CAT5 full-load test
Confirm the test-to-filing window: DOB expects the inspection report filed within a set number of days of the test date (or of the correction date if a defect correction was needed)
If defects are found, confirm the correction deadline (a defined number of days after the inspection identifying them) and the follow-on Affirmation of Correction filing deadline
File and track the report through DOB NOW: Safety rather than assuming a paper filing is still accepted, since online filing has been mandatory since 2018
Known gotchas
CAT1 and CAT5 are frequently confused — CAT1 is annual/no-load, CAT5 is a five-year/full-load test; do not conflate their filing windows or fee schedules
Filing and correction deadlines are DOB-specified day counts that can be amended by rule; confirm the current figures on the DOB Elevator Compliance page rather than a cached number, since sources vary slightly (e.g., 60 vs. 14 days by date/category)
This is a workflow/deadline question distinct from simply pulling the public Active Elevator Violations dataset — a device can show no open violation yet still be delinquent on the underlying CAT1 filing
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