NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2091 · cited Apr 25, 2004 – Sep 26, 2025
1,716 NYC housing violations have been issued under NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2091, which is 0.0% of every HPD violation attributed to a section. 621 are still open.
The median legal deadline on a § 27-2091 notice is 95 days. The median violation that got fixed took 1,500 days to reach “violation closed”, measured across 510 closed violations.
The most common orders written under this section, in HPD’s own wording.
| BROOKLYN | 251 | |
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| BRONX | 169 | |
| QUEENS | 129 | |
| MANHATTAN | 49 | |
| STATEN ISLAND | 23 |
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§ 27-2091 Power to issue orders.
a. The department shall have power to issue notices and orders to secure compliance with the requirements of this code, of the multiple dwelling law, and of other state and local laws that impose requirements on dwellings.
b. The failure to comply with a notice or order of the department issued pursuant to this code within the time provided for such compliance in the order shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of this code. Nothing contained herein shall, however, limit or render inapplicable other provisions of the administrative code relating to the enforcement of orders of the department or commissioner of the department under other applicable provisions of law.
c. The department shall have the power to issue an order to correct any underlying condition existing in a building that has caused or is causing a violation of this code, of the multiple dwelling law, or of other state and local laws that impose requirements on dwellings. 1. Such order may be issued to an owner of a building that meets the criteria promulgated by the department in rules. 2. The department may file such order in the office of the county clerk in the county in which the building is located. Where such order has been filed by the department and complied with by the owner, the department shall file a rescission of the order with such county clerk. 3. An owner shall comply with such order and submit such documentation as the department may require indicating compliance with the order no later than four months after the order has been issued, provided, however, that the department may extend the deadline for compliance by a period not to exceed two months, in accordance with criteria promulgated by the department in rules. If such owner fails to comply with such order, the department may perform all or part of the work required by such order. 4. All amounts for expenses incurred by the department pursuant to this subdivision that remain unpaid by an owner, shall constitute a debt recoverable from the owner and a lien upon the building and lot, and upon the rents and other income thereof. The provisions of article eight of subchapter five of this code shall govern the effect and enforcement of such debt and lien. The department may serve a statement of account upon an owner for such amounts pursuant to section 27-2129 of this code. 5. Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, an owner who fails to comply with an order issued pursuant to this subdivision shall be subject to a civil penalty of one thousand dollars for each dwelling unit that is the subject of such order, provided, however, that the total amount of such penalty shall not be less than five thousand dollars.
Current through Local Law 2026/116, enacted July 11, 2026 · enacted municipal law, in the public domain · official publication
NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2091, "Power to issue orders", is cited on a violation when an HPD inspector finds the condition it covers. The department shall have power to issue notices and orders to secure compliance with the requirements of this code, of the multiple dwelling law, and of other state and local laws that impose requirements on dwellings.
Each notice carries its own deadline set by the violation's hazard class. Across 1,716 § 27-2091 notices, the median legal deadline was 95 days from the notice date.
Measured across 510 § 27-2091 violations that reached "violation closed", the median took 1,500 days from the notice date, against a median legal deadline of 95 days.
621 § 27-2091 violations are open as of Aug 7, 2026.
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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