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This database may not include violations placed on one and two family homes prior to November 13, 1999. For those violations you should contact your Borough Code Enforcement office.

REPORTING AN APARTMENT MAINTENANCE PROBLEM
Building owners of privately-owned buildings are required by law to maintain apartments in habitable condition and provide tenants with heat during the winter heat season (October 1 through May 31) and hot water 365 days a year. These standards are enforced by HPD's Division of Code Enforcement.

If your building owner fails to maintain your apartment and provide essential services, you may report the condition to the City's Citizen Service Center at 311 (311 can be accessed outside of New York City by dialing (212) NEW YORK). For the hearing impaired, the TTY number is (212) 504-4115. The Citizen Service Center is open 24-hours a day, seven-days a week.

If the complaint is an emergency, a Code Enforcement inspector will be sent to inspect your apartment. Each time an inspector responds to a complaint, the tenant is provided the following information: a summary of issued violations; a complaint number; the date of inspection; and, the inspector's badge number. After the inspection, tenants receive two brochures outlining their rights and responsibilities and the most common health and safety violations. These brochures help tenants understand their rights and responsibilities and encourage them to work with the City in bringing buildings up to code. The building owner is also notified of the inspector's visit.

If an emergency condition is verified by the inspector, the owner of the building will be notified and instructed to repair the condition. If the owner fails to do so, HPD's Emergency Repair Program will repair the condition and bill the owner for the cost of the repairs. Tenants can ask about the status of emergency repair work in their apartments by calling (212) 863-5510.

If the complaint is not an emergency, the owner will be notified that the condition should be corrected. If the building owner does not correct this condition, tenants may initiate legal action against the building owner in Housing Court. The Court has the authority to order the building owner to correct violations and can assess serious penalties for failure to comply. There is a $35 fee to file the action, which the court may waive if tenants are unable to pay.

TENANTS' RESPONSIBILITIES
Tenants must comply with the provisions of the law and are responsible for violations caused by willful acts, gross negligence, and abuse. These as well as unreasonable refusal to allow access to the apartment by the owner or his or her agent or employee for the purpose of making repairs or improvements required by the Housing Maintenance Code and Multiple Dwelling Law may constitute grounds for eviction proceedings. Click here to read the Housing Maintenance Code.

CORRECTING VIOLATIONS
Building owners may clear their records of violations by certifying that the violations were corrected within the required time period. After that time period has passed, building owners may file a Dismissal Request form with their Borough Code Enforcement Office. Building owners can also get technical advice from Code Inspectors in HPD's Borough Code Enforcement offices or from HPD's Neighborhood Preservation offices about how to correct violations in their buildings or enter into Voluntary Repair Agreements. Owners and other interested parties can obtain print-outs of violations for a nominal cost by going to one of the Borough Code Enforcement offices.

OBTAINING A COPY OF THE HOUSING MAINTENANCE CODE
To purchase your copy of the New York City Housing Maintenance Code and the New York State Multiple Dwelling Laws contact The City Store at (212) 669-7452. You can also see the New York City Housing Maintenance Code online.

HPD E-MAIL UPDATE SUBSCRIPTION CENTER
If you would like to receive e-mails from HPD with information for residential building owners, visit the NYC HPD E-mail Update Subscription Center.

OLD VIOLATIONS ON THE SITE
You may see violations dating back as far as 1960 on the site. It is very likely that the conditions may no longer exist, but they will remain on the official record until there has been either a reinspection by HPD or a certification by the building owner that the conditions have been corrected. For example, because it is a fire hazard, it is a violation to keep a bicycle in the public hallway; it is unlikely that the bicycle is still there years later, but the violation will appear until either the building owner or the tenant takes positive action to remove it. Please see the section above on CORRECTING VIOLATIONS. If owners see violations on record that they know have been corrected, they can contact their Borough Code Enforcement office to find out how they can be removed.

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