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NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2047 · cited Mar 24, 1992Aug 3, 2026

1,225 NYC housing violations have been issued under NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2047, which is 0.0% of every HPD violation attributed to a section. 345 are still open, 330 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.

Open now
345
Open past deadline
330
Closed
880
All time
1,225
Share of attributed
0.0%
Class C (immediately hazardous)
0

How § 27-2047 is actually enforced

The median legal deadline on a § 27-2047 notice is 95 days. The median violation that got fixed took 639 days to reach “violation closed”, measured across 663 closed violations.

  • 53 notices (4.3%) sit at not complied with: the deadline passed and HPD found the condition unrepaired.
  • 2 certifications of repair were rejected by HPD.
  • 4 repairs were certified after the deadline.
  • 135 notices (11.0%) are reissues: the violation was written, not fixed, and written again.
  • 216 notices (17.6%) were dismissed.

What inspectors cite § 27-2047 for

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

  1. Provide And Maintain Approved Mail Receptacles And Directories For · 1,201 · order 707
  2. Arrange For Mail To Be Delivered To Owner, His · 24 · order 706

Open § 27-2047 violations by borough

BROOKLYN170
BRONX71
QUEENS62
MANHATTAN38
STATEN ISLAND4

Buildings with the most open § 27-2047 violations

  1. 86-07 101 STREET, QUEENS · 3 open
  2. 2298 ATLANTIC AVENUE, BROOKLYN · 3 open
  3. 115-11 LIBERTY AVENUE, QUEENS · 3 open
  4. 250 WEST 132 STREET, MANHATTAN · 3 open
  5. 205-16 LINDEN BOULEVARD, QUEENS · 3 open
  6. 57-33 WALDRON STREET, QUEENS · 2 open
  7. 35-65 86 STREET, QUEENS · 2 open
  8. 1786 STILLWELL AVENUE, BROOKLYN · 2 open
  9. 237 VERNON AVENUE, BROOKLYN · 2 open
  10. 1140 JEFFERSON AVENUE, BROOKLYN · 2 open

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Text of NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2047

§ 27-2047 Mail service.

The owner of a multiple dwelling shall either: (1)Arrange for mail to be delivered to himself or herself, his or her agents, or employees for prompt distribution to the occupants; or (2)Provide and maintain approved mail receptacles and directories of persons living in the dwelling, as provided by federal law and by the regulations of the post office department.

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

Questions people ask about § 27-2047

What is a § 27-2047 violation?

NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2047, "Mail service", is cited on a violation when an HPD inspector finds the condition it covers. The owner of a multiple dwelling shall either: (1)Arrange for mail to be delivered to himself or herself, his or her agents, or employees for prompt distribution to the occupants; or (2)Provide and maintain approved mail receptacles and directories of persons living in the dwelling, as provided by federal law and by the regulations of the post office department.

How long does an owner have to fix a § 27-2047 violation?

Each notice carries its own deadline set by the violation's hazard class. Across 1,225 § 27-2047 notices, the median legal deadline was 95 days from the notice date.

How long does it actually take to fix a § 27-2047 violation?

Measured across 663 § 27-2047 violations that reached "violation closed", the median took 639 days from the notice date, against a median legal deadline of 95 days.

How many § 27-2047 violations are open in NYC right now?

345 § 27-2047 violations are open as of Aug 7, 2026, and 330 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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