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Duties of owner with respect to installation and maintenance of smoke detecting devices in class B multiple dwellings

NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2046 (repealed) · cited Nov 4, 2004 – Jul 17, 2026

333,218 NYC housing violations have been issued under NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2046, which is 4.0% of every HPD violation attributed to a section. 67,548 are still open.

Open now
67,548
Closed
265,670
All time
333,218
Share of attributed
4.0%
Class C (immediately hazardous)
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What inspectors cite § 27-2046 for

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

  1. Repair Or Replace The Carbon Monoxide Detecting Device(S). Missing · 101,344
  2. Repair Or Replace The Carbon Monoxide Detecting Device(S). Defective · 85,998
  3. Provide An Approved And Operational Carbon Monoxide Detecting Device, · 54,956
  4. Post A Proper Notice Of Carbon Monoxide Detecting Device · 41,504
  5. Repair Or Replace The Carbon Monoxide Detecting Device(S). Inoperable · 11,016
  6. Repair Or Replace The Carbon Monoxide Detecting Device(S). Inoperative · 8,669

Open § 27-2046 violations by borough

BROOKLYN28,437
QUEENS14,183
BRONX13,847
MANHATTAN9,360
STATEN ISLAND1,721

Text of NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2046

This section has been repealed. The violations counted above were issued while it was in force, or cite it in their notice text.

§ 27-2046 Duties of owner with respect to installation and maintenance of smoke detecting devices in class B multiple dwellings.

(Repealed L.L. 2016/157, 12/6/2016, eff. 5/1/2019) Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2013/112 and L.L. 2016/157.

Current through Local Law 2026/116, enacted July 11, 2026 · enacted municipal law, in the public domain · official publication

Questions people ask about § 27-2046

What is a § 27-2046 violation?

NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2046, "Duties of owner with respect to installation and maintenance of smoke detecting devices in class B multiple dwellings", is cited on a violation when an HPD inspector finds the condition it covers. (Repealed L.L. 2016/157, 12/6/2016, eff. 5/1/2019) Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2013/112 and L.L. 2016/157.

How many § 27-2046 violations are open in NYC right now?

67,548 § 27-2046 violations are open as of Aug 4, 2026.

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. Figures recomputed Aug 4, 2026.

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