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Rodent and insect eradication; mandatory extermination

NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2018 (repealed) · cited Sep 20, 1965 – Aug 6, 2026

745,407 NYC housing violations have been issued under NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2018, which is 6.7% of every HPD violation attributed to a section. 225,594 are still open, 220,811 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.

Open now
225,594
Open past deadline
220,811
Closed
519,813
All time
745,407
Share of attributed
6.7%
Class C (immediately hazardous)
429,771

How § 27-2018 is actually enforced

The median legal deadline on a § 27-2018 notice is 26 days. The median violation that got fixed took 618 days to reach “violation closed”, measured across 301,431 closed violations.

  • 33,206 notices (4.5%) sit at not complied with: the deadline passed and HPD found the condition unrepaired.
  • 6,772 certifications of repair were rejected by HPD. 2,381 of those are recorded as false certification: the owner certified a repair that inspection did not confirm.
  • 6,398 repairs were certified after the deadline.
  • 34,372 notices (4.6%) are reissues: the violation was written, not fixed, and written again.
  • 22,733 notices (3.0%) 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.
  • 211,705 notices (28.4%) were dismissed.

What inspectors cite § 27-2018 for

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

  1. Abate The Infestation Consisting Of Roaches In The Entire · 288,973 · order 568
  2. Abate The Infestation Consisting Of Mice In The Entire · 270,759 · order 569
  3. Abate The Nuisance Consisting Of Vermin Mice In The · 71,772 · order 566
  4. Abate The Nuisance Consisting Of Bedbugs In The Entire · 25,346 · order 570
  5. Abate The Infestation Consisting Of Mice In The Entire · 23,821 · order 869
  6. Abate The Nuisance Consisting Of Evidence Of Rats And · 22,733 · order 567

Open § 27-2018 violations by borough

BROOKLYN83,832
BRONX69,264
MANHATTAN33,776
QUEENS32,913
STATEN ISLAND5,809

Buildings with the most open § 27-2018 violations

  1. 760 ELDERT LANE, BROOKLYN · 293 open
  2. 1593 FULTON STREET, BROOKLYN · 266 open
  3. 765 LINCOLN AVENUE, BROOKLYN · 230 open
  4. 530 EAST 169 STREET, BRONX · 225 open
  5. 675 LINCOLN AVENUE, BROOKLYN · 214 open
  6. 1600 SEDGWICK AVENUE, BRONX · 209 open
  7. 7-11 SEAGIRT AVENUE, QUEENS · 183 open
  8. 738 NEW JERSEY AVENUE, BROOKLYN · 155 open
  9. 331 EAST 132 STREET, BRONX · 147 open
  10. 772 EAST 168 STREET, BRONX · 134 open

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Text of NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2018

This section has been repealed. The violations counted above were issued while it was in force, or cite it in their notice text.

§ 27-2018 Rodent and insect eradication; mandatory extermination.

(Repealed L.L. 2018/055, 1/19/2018, eff. 1/19/2019)

Current through Local Law 2026/116, enacted July 11, 2026 · enacted municipal law, in the public domain · official publication

Questions people ask about § 27-2018

What is a § 27-2018 violation?

NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2018, "Rodent and insect eradication; mandatory extermination", is cited on a violation when an HPD inspector finds the condition it covers. (Repealed L.L. 2018/055, 1/19/2018, eff. 1/19/2019)

How long does an owner have to fix a § 27-2018 violation?

Each notice carries its own deadline set by the violation's hazard class. Across 745,407 § 27-2018 notices, the median legal deadline was 26 days from the notice date.

How long does it actually take to fix a § 27-2018 violation?

Measured across 301,431 § 27-2018 violations that reached "violation closed", the median took 618 days from the notice date, against a median legal deadline of 26 days.

Are § 27-2018 violations rent-impairing?

22,733 of 745,407 § 27-2018 notices (3.0%) 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 § 27-2018 violations are open in NYC right now?

225,594 § 27-2018 violations are open as of Aug 7, 2026, and 220,811 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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