Mirrors in elevators

NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2042 · cited Jul 10, 1990 – Aug 6, 2026

1,172 NYC housing violations have been issued under NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2042, which is 0.0% of every HPD violation attributed to a section. 201 are still open, 165 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.

Open now

201

Open past deadline

165

Closed

971

All time

1,172

Share of attributed

0.0%

Class C (immediately hazardous)

How § 27-2042 is actually enforced

The median legal deadline on a § 27-2042 notice is 95 days. The median violation that got fixed took 248 days to reach “violation closed”, measured across 585 closed violations.

42 notices (3.6%) sit at not complied with: the deadline passed and HPD found the condition unrepaired.
9 certifications of repair were rejected by HPD. 2 of those are recorded as false certification: the owner certified a repair that inspection did not confirm.
3 repairs were certified after the deadline.
45 notices (3.8%) are reissues: the violation was written, not fixed, and written again.
382 notices (32.6%) were dismissed.

What inspectors cite § 27-2042 for

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

Provide A Mirror In Self-Service Elevator Arranged So As · 1,172 · order 691

Open § 27-2042 violations by borough

BRONX		92
QUEENS		44
MANHATTAN		41
BROOKLYN		22
STATEN ISLAND		2

Buildings with the most open § 27-2042 violations

415 EAST 157 STREET, BRONX · 10 open
2156 CRUGER AVENUE, BRONX · 7 open
34-57 73 STREET, QUEENS · 6 open
89-15 PARSONS BOULEVARD, QUEENS · 5 open
148-10 ARCHER AVENUE, QUEENS · 5 open
331 EAST 132 STREET, BRONX · 5 open
1169 RIVER AVENUE, BRONX · 4 open
601 ALBANY AVENUE, BROOKLYN · 3 open
1775 WALTON AVENUE, BRONX · 3 open
31 WEST TREMONT AVENUE, BRONX · 3 open

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Text of NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2042

§ 27-2042 Mirrors in elevators.

The owner of a multiple dwelling in which there are one or more self-service elevators shall affix and maintain in each such elevator a mirror which enables persons to view its interior before entering the same. The mirror shall meet such requirements as the department shall by regulation prescribe.

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

Questions people ask about § 27-2042

What is a § 27-2042 violation?

NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2042, "Mirrors in elevators", is cited on a violation when an HPD inspector finds the condition it covers. The owner of a multiple dwelling in which there are one or more self-service elevators shall affix and maintain in each such elevator a mirror which enables persons to view its interior before entering the same. The mirror shall meet such requirements as the department shall by regulation prescribe.

How long does an owner have to fix a § 27-2042 violation?

Each notice carries its own deadline set by the violation's hazard class. Across 1,172 § 27-2042 notices, the median legal deadline was 95 days from the notice date.

How long does it actually take to fix a § 27-2042 violation?

Measured across 585 § 27-2042 violations that reached "violation closed", the median took 248 days from the notice date, against a median legal deadline of 95 days.

How many § 27-2042 violations are open in NYC right now?

201 § 27-2042 violations are open as of Aug 7, 2026, and 165 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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