NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2037 · cited Feb 10, 1966 – Aug 6, 2026
49,979 NYC housing violations have been issued under NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2037, which is 0.4% of every HPD violation attributed to a section. 13,174 are still open, 12,969 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.
The median legal deadline on a § 27-2037 notice is 35 days. The median violation that got fixed took 199 days to reach “violation closed”, measured across 25,664 closed violations.
The most common orders written under this section, in HPD’s own wording.
| BROOKLYN | 6,354 | |
|---|---|---|
| BRONX | 2,765 | |
| QUEENS | 2,443 | |
| MANHATTAN | 1,053 | |
| STATEN ISLAND | 559 |
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§ 27-2037 Duty to provide electric lighting equipment in all dwellings.
The owner shall equip every dwelling for lighting by electricity. Such owner shall provide and maintain light fixtures to provide lighting for all public parts in a dwelling, including the means of egress, for every room, water closet compartment and bathroom in every dwelling unit, and for every water closet without the dwelling unit. In addition to required light fixtures, the owner shall install and maintain such receptacle outlets as may be required by the electrical code. Except as otherwise provided in this code or in the electrical code, the owner may substitute an additional receptacle outlet for a required light fixture in living rooms other than kitchens.
Current through Local Law 2026/116, enacted July 11, 2026 · enacted municipal law, in the public domain · official publication
NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2037, "Duty to provide electric lighting equipment in all dwellings", is cited on a violation when an HPD inspector finds the condition it covers. The owner shall equip every dwelling for lighting by electricity. Such owner shall provide and maintain light fixtures to provide lighting for all public parts in a dwelling, including the means of egress, for every room, water closet compartment and bathroom in every dwelling unit, and for every water closet without the dwelling unit. In addition to required light fixtures, the owner shall install and maintain such receptacle outlets as may be required by the electrical code. Except as otherwise provided in this code or in the electrical code, the owner may substitute an additional receptacle outlet for a required light fixture in living rooms other than kitchens.
Each notice carries its own deadline set by the violation's hazard class. Across 49,979 § 27-2037 notices, the median legal deadline was 35 days from the notice date.
Measured across 25,664 § 27-2037 violations that reached "violation closed", the median took 199 days from the notice date, against a median legal deadline of 35 days.
4 of 49,979 § 27-2037 notices (0.0%) 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.
13,174 § 27-2037 violations are open as of Aug 7, 2026, and 12,969 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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