Data catalog
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
Department of Buildings (DOB) · NYC Open Data rbx6-tga4
- Publisher cadence
- Daily (publisher metadata: Update Frequency = Daily).
- Ingested by LotContext
- — records · Oct 12, 2026
- Coverage
- DOB NOW issued permits only. Legacy BIS permit issuance is a separate source and is not ingested.
- Known limits
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Permit statuses change; a bounded run never implies removal.
Dates are date-only. `estimated_job_costs` is source-reported, never verified spend.
- Delivery rights
- bulk export: Pending review commercial api: Pending review internal storage: Approved public display: Approved redistribution: Pending review report export: Approved
- Storage and website display authorized for on-demand research on 2026-10-05; see docs/operations/on-demand-collection.md. Owner-scoped normalized report export reviewed 2026-10-22; see docs/operations/source-export-review.md. Commercial API, bulk export and public redistribution remain pending review.
Published fields
| LotContext field | Source fields | Derivation |
|---|---|---|
| amount_cents | estimated_job_costs | source_reported_estimate_to_cents.v1 |
| building_link | bin | bin_validated.v1 |
| category | work_type, filing_reason | as reported |
| description | job_description | as reported |
| expires_on | expired_date | as reported |
| issued_on | issued_date | as reported |
| parcel_link | borough, block, lot | bbl_from_parts.v1 |
| record_key | work_permit, sequence_number, work_type, tracking_number | permit_sequence_work_type_tracking.v1 |
| status | permit_status | dob_now_permit_status.v1 |
The published file names permittees, applicants, and owners. Normalizer v1 ingests none of those fields.
Source metadata last verified Sep 20, 2026.