NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 12

NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 12 · cited Nov 6, 1978 – Aug 5, 2026

952 NYC housing violations have been issued under NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 12, which is 0.0% of every HPD violation attributed to a section. 324 are still open, 323 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.

Open now

324

Open past deadline

323

Closed

628

All time

952

Share of attributed

0.0%

Class C (immediately hazardous)

322

How § 12 is actually enforced

The median legal deadline on a § 12 notice is 35 days. The median violation that got fixed took 373 days to reach “violation closed”, measured across 473 closed violations.

19 notices (2.0%) sit at not complied with: the deadline passed and HPD found the condition unrepaired.
3 certifications of repair were rejected by HPD.
14 repairs were certified after the deadline.
327 notices (34.3%) are reissues: the violation was written, not fixed, and written again.
829 notices (87.1%) 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.
152 notices (16.0%) were dismissed.

What inspectors cite § 12 for

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

Discontinue The Storage Of Combustible Material At Boiler Room · 829 · order 51
Discontinue The Unlawful Keeping Of Pigeons At Roof · 123 · order 57

Open § 12 violations by borough

BROOKLYN		168
MANHATTAN		76
QUEENS		43
BRONX		33
STATEN ISLAND		4

Buildings with the most open § 12 violations

1718 66 STREET, BROOKLYN · 5 open
40 ARDEN STREET, MANHATTAN · 4 open
2129 AMSTERDAM AVENUE, MANHATTAN · 3 open
24 HEYWARD STREET, BROOKLYN · 2 open
906 SIMPSON STREET, BRONX · 2 open
1531 SHAKESPEARE AVENUE, BRONX · 2 open
1515 MC DONALD AVENUE, BROOKLYN · 2 open
4464 PARK AVENUE, BRONX · 2 open
62-41 FOREST AVENUE, QUEENS · 2 open
1097 CLARKSON AVENUE, BROOKLYN · 1 open

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Questions people ask about § 12

How long does an owner have to fix a § 12 violation?

Each notice carries its own deadline set by the violation's hazard class. Across 952 § 12 notices, the median legal deadline was 35 days from the notice date.

How long does it actually take to fix a § 12 violation?

Measured across 473 § 12 violations that reached "violation closed", the median took 373 days from the notice date, against a median legal deadline of 35 days.

Are § 12 violations rent-impairing?

829 of 952 § 12 notices (87.1%) 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 § 12 violations are open in NYC right now?

324 § 12 violations are open as of Aug 7, 2026, and 323 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. 11,131,117 of the city’s 11,136,167 HPD notices are attributed that way; the share above is a share of those. Figures recomputed Aug 7, 2026.

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