NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2010 · cited Jun 22, 1966 – Aug 6, 2026
75,762 NYC housing violations have been issued under NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2010, which is 0.7% of every HPD violation attributed to a section. 22,040 are still open, 21,415 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.
The median legal deadline on a § 27-2010 notice is 35 days. The median violation that got fixed took 364 days to reach “violation closed”, measured across 37,858 closed violations.
The most common orders written under this section, in HPD’s own wording.
| BROOKLYN | 10,352 | |
|---|---|---|
| QUEENS | 4,673 | |
| BRONX | 3,200 | |
| MANHATTAN | 2,889 | |
| STATEN ISLAND | 926 |
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§ 27-2010 Cleaning of roofs, yards, courts and other open spaces.
The owner of a dwelling containing two or more dwelling units, and the occupant of a single family dwelling shall keep the roof, yard, courts and other open spaces clean and free from dirt, filth, garbage or other offensive material.
Current through Local Law 2026/116, enacted July 11, 2026 · enacted municipal law, in the public domain · official publication
NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2010, "Cleaning of roofs, yards, courts and other open spaces", is cited on a violation when an HPD inspector finds the condition it covers. The owner of a dwelling containing two or more dwelling units, and the occupant of a single family dwelling shall keep the roof, yard, courts and other open spaces clean and free from dirt, filth, garbage or other offensive material.
Each notice carries its own deadline set by the violation's hazard class. Across 75,762 § 27-2010 notices, the median legal deadline was 35 days from the notice date.
Measured across 37,858 § 27-2010 violations that reached "violation closed", the median took 364 days from the notice date, against a median legal deadline of 35 days.
9,373 of 75,762 § 27-2010 notices (12.4%) 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.
22,040 § 27-2010 violations are open as of Aug 7, 2026, and 21,415 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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