NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 213

NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 213 · cited May 26, 2000 – Jun 23, 2026

587 NYC housing violations have been issued under NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 213, which is 0.0% of every HPD violation attributed to a section. 197 are still open, 194 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.

Open now

197

Open past deadline

194

Closed

390

All time

587

Share of attributed

0.0%

Class C (immediately hazardous)

How § 213 is actually enforced

The median legal deadline on a § 213 notice is 95 days. The median violation that got fixed took 1,034 days to reach “violation closed”, measured across 267 closed violations.

64 notices (10.9%) sit at not complied with: the deadline passed and HPD found the condition unrepaired.
7 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.
2 repairs were certified after the deadline.
72 notices (12.3%) are reissues: the violation was written, not fixed, and written again.
120 notices (20.4%) were dismissed.

What inspectors cite § 213 for

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

Subd. 5 M/D Law Discontinue Use Of Interior Room · 587 · order 4

Open § 213 violations by borough

BROOKLYN		168
MANHATTAN		15
QUEENS		11
BRONX		3

Buildings with the most open § 213 violations

112 CALYER STREET, BROOKLYN · 11 open
1466 MYRTLE AVENUE, BROOKLYN · 4 open
14-26 30 DRIVE, QUEENS · 4 open
191 IRVING AVENUE, BROOKLYN · 4 open
137 EAST HOUSTON STREET, MANHATTAN · 4 open
5709 5 AVENUE, BROOKLYN · 4 open
315 HARMAN STREET, BROOKLYN · 3 open
254 STOCKHOLM STREET, BROOKLYN · 3 open
184 KNICKERBOCKER AVENUE, BROOKLYN · 3 open
864 METROPOLITAN AVENUE, BROOKLYN · 2 open

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Questions people ask about § 213

How long does an owner have to fix a § 213 violation?

Each notice carries its own deadline set by the violation's hazard class. Across 587 § 213 notices, the median legal deadline was 95 days from the notice date.

How long does it actually take to fix a § 213 violation?

Measured across 267 § 213 violations that reached "violation closed", the median took 1,034 days from the notice date, against a median legal deadline of 95 days.

How many § 213 violations are open in NYC right now?

197 § 213 violations are open as of Aug 7, 2026, and 194 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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