NEW YORK — A year ago, A deadly parking lot collapse in New York provoked calls for greater supervisionbut CBS New York investigator Mahsa Saeidi found that inspections are behind at hundreds of garages across the city.

According to the Department of Buildings, more than 400 garages have not completed mandatory inspections. It’s been more than 100 days since the deadline, but the city says its enforcement plan is working.

Manager Dies in Lower Manhattan Parking Lot Collapse; displaced neighbors

Willis Moore never met his grandson. The Dear Parking Manager He died when his workplace at 57 Ann St. collapsed..

A video from inside the garage captured that moment.

Dozens of heavy vehicles fell and four workers had to be hospitalized.

He the entire neighborhood was impactedincluding the Cohen family, who lived on the block.

Adam Cohen says their children were displaced for monthshe was eventually forced to start over in a new home and a new school.

“The impact on my children has been hard,” he said. “That day in April changed my life.”

How does New York City enforce parking inspection requirements?

“Before your legislation, were these workshops not inspected?” —Saeidi asked.

“There was no inspection of the garages unless they were under construction or undergoing a major renovation,” said Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine.

While a council member, Levine co-sponsored a law requiring periodic inspections of garages. Homeowners are now responsible for hiring engineers to find and fix unsafe conditions.

He The first group to be examined included 1,046 garages in Manhattan.. Images in city records. show what the inspectors found — cracked structures, spalling concrete and severely corroded beams.

Right now, 111 garages deemed unsafe by the DOB are partially closed until repairs are made, but CBS New York Investigates has found that not all of them are following the rules. There are 429 workshops that have not yet carried out this inspection, even though the deadline expired last year.

“That’s not acceptable. It’s a safety issue,” Levine said. “We need compliance, and if it takes harsher fines to achieve that, then we need to increase those fines.”

Right now, shops that don’t comply face a fine of $1,000 a month.

Building Commissioner Jimmy Oddo is in charge of bringing structures into compliance. Deputy Commissioner Yegal Shamash is overseeing that effort.

“We hold building owners responsible. Those building owners must hire a qualified engineer to perform these inspections,” Shamash said.

“Do you have any idea why they’re not doing this? Don’t they know? Don’t they have the money to hire these inspectors?” Saeidi said.

“I think what’s important to note is that yes, before the deadline, we received a certain number of reports. But since that deadline, we have been sent over 100 reports,” Shamash said.

Shamash says compliance simply takes time. He points to the success the department has had with another program: facade inspections. Unlike parking lots, this has been around for 44 years.

“We have a 96 percent compliance rate on facades and we are very confident that we are going to get an equal or even higher compliance rate for parking structures,” Shamash said.

Adam Cohen hopes that is true and that it happens soon.

These garage inspections should be performed every six years. In the wake of the Ann Street collapse, there was an effort to get all of these structures seen as soon as possible. That’s why before August 1, garage owners should conduct a visual inspection to detect any potentially urgent problems.