NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2070 · cited Jun 9, 1964 – Aug 6, 2026
59,655 NYC housing violations have been issued under NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2070, which is 0.5% of every HPD violation attributed to a section. 12,707 are still open, 12,592 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.
The median legal deadline on a § 27-2070 notice is 8 days. The median violation that got fixed took 187 days to reach “violation closed”, measured across 36,131 closed violations.
The most common orders written under this section, in HPD’s own wording.
| BROOKLYN | 4,255 | |
|---|---|---|
| BRONX | 3,580 | |
| MANHATTAN | 3,344 | |
| QUEENS | 1,456 | |
| STATEN ISLAND | 72 |
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§ 27-2070 Facilities and equipment.
a. The owner of a multiple dwelling shall provide every kitchen and kitchenette therein with gas or electricity or both for cooking.
b. The owner of a multiple dwelling shall provide every kitchen and kitchenette therein with a sink with running water, equipped with a waste and trap at least two inches in diameter.
c. Every kitchenette in a multiple dwelling shall be surrounded by partitions extending from the floor to the ceiling, except for entrances to such kitchenette. When located within a room, such kitchenette, except for entrances, shall be designed so that it is separated from said room. However, a kitchenette existing on December ninth, nineteen hundred fifty-five shall be deemed to be in compliance with this subdivision if it is maintained in accordance with prior acceptance or approval by the department.
Current through Local Law 2026/116, enacted July 11, 2026 · enacted municipal law, in the public domain · official publication
NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2070, "Facilities and equipment", is cited on a violation when an HPD inspector finds the condition it covers. The owner of a multiple dwelling shall provide every kitchen and kitchenette therein with gas or electricity or both for cooking.
Each notice carries its own deadline set by the violation's hazard class. Across 59,655 § 27-2070 notices, the median legal deadline was 8 days from the notice date.
Measured across 36,131 § 27-2070 violations that reached "violation closed", the median took 187 days from the notice date, against a median legal deadline of 8 days.
59,655 of 59,655 § 27-2070 notices (100.0%) 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.
12,707 § 27-2070 violations are open as of Aug 7, 2026, and 12,592 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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