NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2056.8 · cited Dec 1, 2010 – Jun 16, 2021
7,682 NYC housing violations have been issued under NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2056.8, which is 0.1% of every HPD violation attributed to a section. 3,978 are still open, 3,978 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.
The median legal deadline on a § 27-2056.8 notice is 4 days. The median violation that got fixed took 324 days to reach “violation closed”, measured across 3,656 closed violations.
The most common orders written under this section, in HPD’s own wording.
| BRONX | 1,667 | |
|---|---|---|
| BROOKLYN | 1,106 | |
| QUEENS | 760 | |
| MANHATTAN | 435 | |
| STATEN ISLAND | 10 |
§ 27-2056.8 Violation in a dwelling unit upon or prior to turnover.
a. Upon the earlier of (i) turnover of any dwelling unit in a multiple dwelling erected prior to January 1, 1960, (ii) by July 1, 2027 for any dwelling unit in a multiple dwelling erected prior to January 1, 1960 where a child of applicable age resides as of January 1, 2025, or (iii) within 3 years after the date a child of applicable age begins to reside in any occupied dwelling unit in a multiple dwelling erected prior to January 1, 1960 prior to turnover, the owner shall within such dwelling unit have the responsibility to: (1)remediate all lead-based paint hazards and any underlying defects, when such underlying defects exist, for each turnover of a dwelling unit; (2)make all bare floors, window sills, and window wells in the dwelling unit smooth and cleanable for each turnover of a dwelling unit; (3)provide for the removal or permanent covering of all lead-based paint on all friction surfaces on all doors and door frames; and (4)provide for the removal or permanent covering of all lead-based paint on all friction surfaces on all windows, or provide for the installation of replacement window channels or slides on all lead-based painted friction surfaces on all windows.
b. (1)All work performed pursuant to this section upon turnover shall be performed pursuant to the safe work practices promulgated pursuant to paragraph 3 of subdivision a of section 27-2056.11. (2)All work performed pursuant to this section prior to turnover shall be performed pursuant to the safe work practices promulgated pursuant to paragraph 1 or 2 of subdivision a of section 27-2056.11 as applicable.
c. Any owner who fails to comply with the provisions of subdivision a of this section, or the rules of the department of health and mental hygiene or the department promulgated pursuant to paragraphs 1, 2, or 3 of subdivision a of section 27-2056.11, as applicable, as determined by subdivision d-1 of section 27-2056.9 shall be liable for a class C immediately hazardous violation. An owner who is presumed to have failed to comply with the provisions of subdivision a of this section or such rules, pursuant to an audit as provided in section 27-2056.7 or section 27-2056.17, shall be liable for a class B violation and a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $1,500.
d. When the department issues a class C violation pursuant to subdivision c of this section for a dwelling unit, the department shall notify the owner that the owner shall, within 45 days of the department’s notice, provide to the department records regarding the annual notice and, where appropriate, records of investigations conducted by such owner, for the immediately previous year. On and after August 1, 2025, the department shall also require such records to include any x-ray fluorescence analysis conducted pursuant to subdivision a-1 of section 27-2056.4.
e. Where compliance with this section would necessitate that an occupant of a dwelling unit temporarily relocate from the dwelling unit in accordance with the safe work practice rules promulgated pursuant to paragraph 1 or 2 of subdivision a of section 27-2056.11, as applicable, and such occupant refuses to so relocate, the owner shall be exempt from such compliance upon approval by the department of documentation demonstrating the owner’s good faith effort to perform the required work and the occupant’s refusal to relocate. The department shall promulgate rules describing documentation sufficient for an owner to show good faith effort to perform such work and to show the occupant’s refusal to relocate. Such exemption shall remain in effect until the dwelling unit is turned over to a new occupant. For any dwelling unit where such an exemption is granted, the department shall dismiss any violation of this section (i) which was the basis for the owner’s request for the exemption, or (ii) which was issued after the exemption was granted and prior to the dwelling being turned over to a new occupant. (Am. L.L. 2020/028, 2/11/2020, eff. 2/11/2021; Am. L.L. 2023/123, 9/3/2023, eff. 9/1/2024) 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
NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2056.8, "Violation in a dwelling unit upon or prior to turnover", is cited on a violation when an HPD inspector finds the condition it covers. Upon the earlier of (i) turnover of any dwelling unit in a multiple dwelling erected prior to January 1, 1960, (ii) by July 1, 2027 for any dwelling unit in a multiple dwelling erected prior to January 1, 1960 where a child of applicable age resides as of January 1, 2025, or (iii) within 3 years after the date a child of applicable age begins to reside in any occupied dwelling unit in a multiple dwelling erected prior to January 1, 1960 prior to turnover, the owner shall within such dwelling unit have the responsibility to: (1)remediate all lead-based paint hazards and any underlying defects, when such underlying defects exist, for each turnover of a dwelling unit; (2)make all bare floors, window sills, and window wells in the dwelling unit smooth and cleanable for each turnover of a dwelling unit; (3)provide for the removal or permanent covering of all lead-based paint on all friction surfaces on all doors and door frames; and (4)provide for the removal or permanent covering of all lead-based paint on all friction surfaces on all windows, or provide for the installation of replacement window channels or slides on all lead-based painted friction surfaces on all windows.
Each notice carries its own deadline set by the violation's hazard class. Across 7,682 § 27-2056.8 notices, the median legal deadline was 4 days from the notice date.
Measured across 3,656 § 27-2056.8 violations that reached "violation closed", the median took 324 days from the notice date, against a median legal deadline of 4 days.
3,978 § 27-2056.8 violations are open as of Aug 5, 2026, and 3,978 of them are already past the legal deadline on the notice.
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.
Browse open § 27-2056.8 records in the live feed · All violation codes