NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2029 · cited Apr 25, 1983 – Aug 5, 2026
69,299 NYC housing violations have been issued under NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2029, which is 0.6% of every HPD violation attributed to a section. 12,584 are still open, 12,578 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.
The median legal deadline on a § 27-2029 notice is 0 days. The median violation that got fixed took 32 days to reach “violation closed”, measured across 29,275 closed violations.
Owners must provide enough central heat to keep apartments at required minimum temperatures during the day and night through the heating season. The law also bans devices that stop a working heating system from providing the required heat or hot water.
Restore adequate heat or remove the illegal device, then certify the correction to HPD by the deadline on the notice. HPD re-inspects a sample, and falsely certifying is an offence.
Legally required safety devices on heating systems are allowed.
The most common orders written under this section, in HPD’s own wording.
| BROOKLYN | 4,357 | |
|---|---|---|
| BRONX | 3,352 | |
| QUEENS | 2,375 | |
| MANHATTAN | 2,179 | |
| STATEN ISLAND | 321 |
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§ 27-2029 Minimum temperature to be maintained.
a. During the period from October first through May thirty-first, centrally-supplied heat, in any dwelling in which such heat is required to be provided, shall be furnished so as to maintain, in every portion of such dwelling used or occupied for living purposes: (1)between the hours of six a.m. and ten p.m., a temperature of at least sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit whenever the outside temperature falls below fifty-five degrees; and (2)between the hours of ten p.m. and six a.m., a temperature of at least sixty-two degrees Fahrenheit.
b. During the period from October first through May thirty-first, all central heating systems required under this article shall be maintained free of any device which shall cause or which is capable of causing an otherwise operable central heating system to become incapable of providing the minimum requirements of heat or hot water as required by this article for any period of time. This subdivision shall not apply to any safety device required by law, or by a rule or regulation of any city agency, to be used in conjunction with a central heating system. (Am. L.L. 2017/086, 5/30/2017, eff. 10/1/2017)
Current through Local Law 2026/116, enacted July 11, 2026 · enacted municipal law, in the public domain · official publication
NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2029, "Minimum indoor temperatures for central heat", is cited on a violation when an HPD inspector finds the condition it covers. Owners must provide enough central heat to keep apartments at required minimum temperatures during the day and night through the heating season. The law also bans devices that stop a working heating system from providing the required heat or hot water.
Each notice carries its own deadline set by the violation's hazard class. Across 69,299 § 27-2029 notices, the median legal deadline was 0 days from the notice date.
Measured across 29,275 § 27-2029 violations that reached "violation closed", the median took 32 days from the notice date, against a median legal deadline of 0 days.
55,174 of 69,299 § 27-2029 notices (79.6%) 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.
12,584 § 27-2029 violations are open as of Aug 7, 2026, and 12,578 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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