HPD order 670 · cites NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2031 · written Jan 13, 1974 – Aug 6, 2026
HPD has written 123,025 violations under order 670, "Provide Hot Water At All Hot Water Fixtures In", citing NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2031. 20,613 are open right now, 20,589 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.
Open now
20,613
Open past deadline
20,589
Closed
102,412
All time
123,025
Class C (immediately hazardous)
122,225
How order 670 is actually enforced
754 notices (0.6%) sit at not complied with: the deadline passed and HPD found the condition unrepaired.
1,208 certifications of repair were rejected by HPD. 4 of those are recorded as false certification: the owner certified a repair that inspection did not confirm.
1,496 repairs were certified after the deadline.
9,560 notices (7.8%) are reissues: the violation was written, not fixed, and written again.
123,025 notices (100.0%) 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.
Order 670is HPD’s standard wording for one kind of condition. The legal duty it enforces is NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2031, "Supply of hot water; when required". The section page carries the statute text, the measured cure times and the full enforcement record.