NYC Administrative Code § 26-1103 · cited Mar 2, 2015 – Aug 6, 2026
66,600 NYC housing violations have been issued under NYC Administrative Code § 26-1103, which is 0.6% of every HPD violation attributed to a section. 19,207 are still open, 18,137 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.
The median legal deadline on a § 26-1103 notice is 95 days. The median violation that got fixed took 314 days to reach “violation closed”, measured across 27,975 closed violations.
The most common orders written under this section, in HPD’s own wording.
| BROOKLYN | 9,002 | |
|---|---|---|
| QUEENS | 4,087 | |
| BRONX | 3,075 | |
| MANHATTAN | 2,814 | |
| STATEN ISLAND | 229 |
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§ 26-1103 Notice of housing information guide for tenants and owners.
a. Posting required. Every owner of a multiple dwelling shall post a notice in English and Spanish regarding the availability of the housing information guide for tenants and owners maintained pursuant to section 26-1102 of this chapter. Such notice shall be posted in a conspicuous place within view of the area in the multiple dwelling to which mail is delivered.
b. Upon request by a tenant occupying a dwelling unit in a multiple dwelling, the owner of such multiple dwelling shall make best efforts to provide the notice required by subdivision a in a language other than English or Spanish.
c. The notice required by subdivision a of this section shall, at a minimum, indicate that the guide maintained pursuant to section 26-1102 of this chapter includes information about: (1)owners' responsibilities with respect to eviction, heat and hot water, pest management, repairs and maintenance, tenant organizations, rent-regulated leases, rental assistance for elderly or disabled tenants, and housing discrimination; (2)topics related to tenants' responsibilities; and (3)the availability of free and low-cost legal services. d. Contents of posted notice. The department shall determine the form of the notice required pursuant to subdivision a of this section.
Current through Local Law 2026/116, enacted July 11, 2026 · enacted municipal law, in the public domain · official publication
NYC Administrative Code § 26-1103, "Notice of housing information guide for tenants and owners", is cited on a violation when an HPD inspector finds the condition it covers. Posting required. Every owner of a multiple dwelling shall post a notice in English and Spanish regarding the availability of the housing information guide for tenants and owners maintained pursuant to section 26-1102 of this chapter. Such notice shall be posted in a conspicuous place within view of the area in the multiple dwelling to which mail is delivered.
Each notice carries its own deadline set by the violation's hazard class. Across 66,600 § 26-1103 notices, the median legal deadline was 95 days from the notice date.
Measured across 27,975 § 26-1103 violations that reached "violation closed", the median took 314 days from the notice date, against a median legal deadline of 95 days.
19,207 § 26-1103 violations are open as of Aug 7, 2026, and 18,137 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. 11,131,117 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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