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Violation in a dwelling unit

NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2056.6 · cited Aug 9, 2004 – Aug 3, 2026

256,390 NYC housing violations have been issued under NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2056.6, which is 2.3% of every HPD violation attributed to a section. 60,803 are still open, 59,912 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.

Open now
60,803
Open past deadline
59,912
Closed
195,587
All time
256,390
Share of attributed
2.3%
Class C (immediately hazardous)
256,390

How § 27-2056.6 is actually enforced

The median legal deadline on a § 27-2056.6 notice is 26 days. The median violation that got fixed took 136 days to reach “violation closed”, measured across 193,176 closed violations.

  • 2,166 notices (0.8%) sit at not complied with: the deadline passed and HPD found the condition unrepaired.
  • 1,328 certifications of repair were rejected by HPD. 1 of those are recorded as false certification: the owner certified a repair that inspection did not confirm.
  • 1,165 repairs were certified after the deadline.
  • 22 notices (0.0%) are reissues: the violation was written, not fixed, and written again.
  • 1,231 notices (0.5%) were dismissed.

What inspectors cite § 27-2056.6 for

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

  1. Correct The Lead-Based Paint Hazard - Paint That Tested · 151,708 · order 617
  2. Correct The Lead-Based Paint Hazard - Presumed Lead Paint · 87,891 · order 616
  3. Correct The Lead-Based Paint Hazard-Paint That Is Xrf Tested · 16,791 · order 624

Open § 27-2056.6 violations by borough

BROOKLYN23,411
BRONX20,158
MANHATTAN9,626
QUEENS6,993
STATEN ISLAND615

Buildings with the most open § 27-2056.6 violations

  1. 20 WEST 190 STREET, BRONX · 96 open
  2. 335 EDGECOMBE AVENUE, MANHATTAN · 91 open
  3. 255 EASTERN PARKWAY, BROOKLYN · 88 open
  4. 710 EAST 243 STREET, BRONX · 84 open
  5. 609 WEST 180 STREET, MANHATTAN · 81 open
  6. 30-86 32 STREET, QUEENS · 73 open
  7. 2754 GRAND CONCOURSE, BRONX · 69 open
  8. 2205 DAVIDSON AVENUE, BRONX · 58 open
  9. 711 EVERGREEN AVENUE, BROOKLYN · 58 open
  10. 3120 KINGSBRIDGE AVENUE, BRONX · 56 open

Text of NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2056.6

§ 27-2056.6 Violation in a dwelling unit.

The existence of lead-based paint in any dwelling unit in a multiple dwelling where a child of applicable age resides shall constitute a class C immediately hazardous violation if such paint is peeling or is on a deteriorated subsurface. Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1999/038 and L.L. 2004/001.

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

Questions people ask about § 27-2056.6

What is a § 27-2056.6 violation?

NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2056.6, "Violation in a dwelling unit", is cited on a violation when an HPD inspector finds the condition it covers. The existence of lead-based paint in any dwelling unit in a multiple dwelling where a child of applicable age resides shall constitute a class C immediately hazardous violation if such paint is peeling or is on a deteriorated subsurface. Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1999/038 and L.L. 2004/001.

How long does an owner have to fix a § 27-2056.6 violation?

Each notice carries its own deadline set by the violation's hazard class. Across 256,390 § 27-2056.6 notices, the median legal deadline was 26 days from the notice date.

How long does it actually take to fix a § 27-2056.6 violation?

Measured across 193,176 § 27-2056.6 violations that reached "violation closed", the median took 136 days from the notice date, against a median legal deadline of 26 days.

How many § 27-2056.6 violations are open in NYC right now?

60,803 § 27-2056.6 violations are open as of Aug 5, 2026, and 59,912 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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