NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2053 · cited Apr 19, 1972 – Aug 6, 2026
32,444 NYC housing violations have been issued under NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2053, which is 0.3% of every HPD violation attributed to a section. 7,249 are still open, 6,536 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.
The median legal deadline on a § 27-2053 notice is 95 days. The median violation that got fixed took 369 days to reach “violation closed”, measured across 15,899 closed violations.
The most common orders written under this section, in HPD’s own wording.
| MANHATTAN | 2,935 | |
|---|---|---|
| BRONX | 1,641 | |
| BROOKLYN | 1,560 | |
| QUEENS | 1,043 | |
| STATEN ISLAND | 70 |
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§ 27-2053 Obligations of owner.
a. The owner of a multiple dwelling shall provide adequate janitorial services.
b. In a multiple dwelling of nine or more dwelling units, the owner shall either: (1)Perform the janitorial services himself or herself, if he or she is a resident owner; or (2)Provide a janitor; or (3)Provide for janitorial services to be performed on a twenty-four-hour-a-day basis in a manner approved by the department.
c. The owner of a multiple dwelling or his or her managing agent in control shall post and maintain in such dwelling a legible sign, conspicuously displayed, containing the janitor's name, address (including apartment number) and telephone number. A new identification sign shall be posted and maintained within five days following a change of janitor.
Current through Local Law 2026/116, enacted July 11, 2026 · enacted municipal law, in the public domain · official publication
NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2053, "Obligations of owner", is cited on a violation when an HPD inspector finds the condition it covers. The owner of a multiple dwelling shall provide adequate janitorial services.
Each notice carries its own deadline set by the violation's hazard class. Across 32,444 § 27-2053 notices, the median legal deadline was 95 days from the notice date.
Measured across 15,899 § 27-2053 violations that reached "violation closed", the median took 369 days from the notice date, against a median legal deadline of 95 days.
5,493 of 32,444 § 27-2053 notices (16.9%) 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.
7,249 § 27-2053 violations are open as of Aug 7, 2026, and 6,536 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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