DOT treats hardware defects as their own substantial-defect category, separate from cracked or displaced concrete flags, and the standard is largely the same across fixture types: the item must sit flush within a half inch of the surrounding surface and be in safe, non-hazardous condition. Because ownership of the hardware itself often belongs to a utility, the MTA, or a building owner rather than being straightforward city or private property, resolving a hardware-related violation sometimes takes more coordination than a standard concrete repair.
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