Expediter Cost

An expediter fee is about what you were quoted whether the job is for a studio or duplex penthouse. It seems large in comparison to cost of a smaller apartment renovation than a larger one, but the expediter does essentially the same amount of work and spends about the same amount of time regardless of size of the job. The cost is ridiculous--I grant you that. But it is the going rate for years. Others may have alternatives but short of figuring out yourself which lines to stand in and for what purpose and what to do at where these lines are, the expediter is the only option I am aware of.

My architect referred me to Jenny Flores Expediting. Her fee was $1300 in 2013 for an Alt-2:

"Prepare the required Department of Building filing applications, submit applications and plans provided to the Department of Buildings, schedule and attend up to (4) appointments with examiners to obtain approval of plans. Once all work completed, we will prepare and submit the "Letter of Completion" to obtain a sign-off of project."

I recently paid $3900 for landmark and DOB alt type II expediting service that included same day filing procedure.

For my 1 BR co-op, my architect 's expediter was CODE. Total was $3,500, payable in 3 installments.
Here's a link in case you want to do some comparisons.
http://codenyc.com/

Seems like quite the racket but probably not something worth doing myself. Thanks for all the responses.