Deficiency letters cited violations ranging from technical or minor to extremely serious, Mr. Siedle said.

The inspectors also issued 18 citations for minor violations ranging from low tread on some tires to loose hatches.

The authority suspended the restaurant's liquor license after the union cited violations ranging from unsanitary conditions to four Federal tax liens.

Nearly 50 citations have been issued at the pier, for violations ranging from poor security to a missing grease trap at a food stand.

As a result, the police handed out tens of thousands of summonses for violations ranging from running red lights to driving on the sidewalk.

Traffic enforcement agents have issued more than 400 summonses for violations ranging from driving a van not properly registered or insured to improperly picking up or letting off passengers.

When the program first was put in place in Massachusetts in 1999, 114 stations were suspended for violations ranging from falsifying information and recommending unnecessary repairs to improper signs.

They are accused of violations ranging from the supervision of torture to the signing of autopsies that listed false causes of death for political prisoners.

The inspections turned up violations ranging from flies on the food to improper storage to a lack of training for food-handling employees.

The 237 buildings, identified by Mr. Buxbaum in an internal memo before he resigned later that year, had violations ranging from crumbling walls to loose and rotting window frames.