NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2047 · cited Mar 24, 1992 – Aug 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.
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.
The most common orders written under this section, in HPD’s own wording.
| BROOKLYN | 170 | |
|---|---|---|
| BRONX | 71 | |
| QUEENS | 62 | |
| MANHATTAN | 38 | |
| STATEN ISLAND | 4 |
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§ 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
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.
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.
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.
345 § 27-2047 violations are open as of Aug 7, 2026, and 330 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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