NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 185

NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 185 · cited Dec 5, 1989 – Jun 10, 2026

1,123 NYC housing violations have been issued under NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 185, which is 0.0% of every HPD violation attributed to a section. 375 are still open, 375 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.

Open now

375

Open past deadline

375

Closed

748

All time

1,123

Share of attributed

0.0%

Class C (immediately hazardous)

How § 185 is actually enforced

The median legal deadline on a § 185 notice is 35 days. The median violation that got fixed took 1,064 days to reach “violation closed”, measured across 561 closed violations.

105 notices (9.3%) sit at not complied with: the deadline passed and HPD found the condition unrepaired.
1 certifications of repair were rejected by HPD.
8 repairs were certified after the deadline.
203 notices (18.1%) are reissues: the violation was written, not fixed, and written again.
1,123 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.
185 notices (16.5%) were dismissed.

What inspectors cite § 185 for

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

Properly Fire Retard In Accordance With The Rules And · 1,123 · order 188

Open § 185 violations by borough

BROOKLYN		239
MANHATTAN		73
QUEENS		32
BRONX		28
STATEN ISLAND		3

Buildings with the most open § 185 violations

135 WEST 131 STREET, MANHATTAN · 4 open
931 FULTON STREET, BROOKLYN · 3 open
146 PALMETTO STREET, BROOKLYN · 3 open
527 HINSDALE STREET, BROOKLYN · 3 open
553 SOUNDVIEW AVENUE, BRONX · 2 open
111 LORIMER STREET, BROOKLYN · 2 open
1869 EASTERN PARKWAY EXTENSION, BROOKLYN · 2 open
74 CLINTON PLACE, BRONX · 2 open
49 ST NICHOLAS AVENUE, BROOKLYN · 2 open
358 ONDERDONK AVENUE, QUEENS · 2 open

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Questions people ask about § 185

How long does an owner have to fix a § 185 violation?

Each notice carries its own deadline set by the violation's hazard class. Across 1,123 § 185 notices, the median legal deadline was 35 days from the notice date.

How long does it actually take to fix a § 185 violation?

Measured across 561 § 185 violations that reached "violation closed", the median took 1,064 days from the notice date, against a median legal deadline of 35 days.

Are § 185 violations rent-impairing?

1,123 of 1,123 § 185 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 § 185 violations are open in NYC right now?

375 § 185 violations are open as of Aug 7, 2026, and 375 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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