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NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 242

NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 242 · cited Jul 12, 1966 – Jun 17, 2026

356 NYC housing violations have been issued under NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 242, which is 0.0% of every HPD violation attributed to a section. 279 are still open, 279 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.

Open now
279
Open past deadline
279
Closed
77
All time
356
Share of attributed
0.0%
Class C (immediately hazardous)
0

How § 242 is actually enforced

The median legal deadline on a § 242 notice is 35 days. The median violation that got fixed took 1,500 days to reach “violation closed”, measured across 60 closed violations.

  • 47 notices (13.2%) sit at not complied with: the deadline passed and HPD found the condition unrepaired.
  • 1 certifications of repair were rejected by HPD.
  • 6 repairs were certified after the deadline.
  • 328 notices (92.1%) are reissues: the violation was written, not fixed, and written again.
  • 356 notices (100.0%) are rent-impairing, the class of violation that can let tenants deposit rent with the court under MDL § 302-a instead of paying the owner.
  • 17 notices (4.8%) were dismissed.

What inspectors cite § 242 for

The most common orders written under this section, in HPD’s own wording.

  1. Provide Under Completed Permit,A Proper Enclosure With Fireproof Selfclosing · 356 · order 222

Open § 242 violations by borough

BROOKLYN217
BRONX31
QUEENS28
MANHATTAN2
STATEN ISLAND1

Buildings with the most open § 242 violations

  1. 135-20 JAMAICA AVENUE, QUEENS · 2 open
  2. 405 WOODBINE STREET, BROOKLYN · 2 open
  3. 1515 MC DONALD AVENUE, BROOKLYN · 2 open
  4. 1974 CROSS BRONX EXPRESSWAY, BRONX · 2 open
  5. 67-23 60 STREET, QUEENS · 1 open
  6. 1439 43 STREET, BROOKLYN · 1 open
  7. 865 BRUCKNER BOULEVARD, BRONX · 1 open
  8. 1427 42 STREET, BROOKLYN · 1 open
  9. 1512 DECATUR STREET, QUEENS · 1 open
  10. 125 BAY 17 STREET, BROOKLYN · 1 open

Questions people ask about § 242

How long does an owner have to fix a § 242 violation?

Each notice carries its own deadline set by the violation's hazard class. Across 356 § 242 notices, the median legal deadline was 35 days from the notice date.

How long does it actually take to fix a § 242 violation?

Measured across 60 § 242 violations that reached "violation closed", the median took 1,500 days from the notice date, against a median legal deadline of 35 days.

Are § 242 violations rent-impairing?

356 of 356 § 242 notices (100.0%) are marked rent-impairing by HPD. When a rent-impairing violation goes unrepaired, New York's Multiple Dwelling Law § 302-a can let tenants deposit rent with the court instead of paying the owner. The specifics depend on the case.

How many § 242 violations are open in NYC right now?

279 § 242 violations are open as of Aug 5, 2026, and 279 of them are already past the legal deadline on the notice.

Where this comes from

Counted from HPD’s Housing Maintenance Code Violations dataset. Each notice is attributed to a section by HPD’s own order number where one is on record, otherwise by the section its notice text cites. 11,124,402 of the city’s 11,129,441 HPD notices are attributed that way; the share above is a share of those. Figures recomputed Aug 5, 2026.

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