NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2104 · cited Apr 6, 1973 – Aug 6, 2026
54,528 NYC housing violations have been issued under NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2104, which is 0.5% of every HPD violation attributed to a section. 20,623 are still open, 16,755 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.
The median legal deadline on a § 27-2104 notice is 95 days. The median violation that got fixed took 394 days to reach “violation closed”, measured across 20,052 closed violations.
The most common orders written under this section, in HPD’s own wording.
| BROOKLYN | 8,662 | |
|---|---|---|
| BRONX | 4,045 | |
| QUEENS | 3,907 | |
| MANHATTAN | 3,763 | |
| STATEN ISLAND | 246 |
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§ 27-2104 Posting of serial number and sign regarding rent stabilized dwelling units.
a. An identification sign containing the dwelling serial number assigned by the department for the purpose of identifying the registered multiple dwelling and the owner, managing agent, and agent designated by the owner for the collection of rental payments if different from the managing agent, shall be posted in every multiple dwelling in the manner and location prescribed by the department.
b. In any multiple dwelling that contains 1 or more dwelling units subject to the rent stabilization law of 1969 pursuant to chapter 4 of title 26, the owner shall post a notice in a form approved by the commissioner in a conspicuous location within the common area at the entrance of such building, that reads as follows: “This building contains one or more units that are subject to the Rent Stabilization Law of 1969. To find out if your unit is registered as rent stabilized, contact the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR). Owners of such buildings must submit an annual filing to DHCR and provide each tenant with a copy of the information that pertains to their unit. Owners that fail to file may be subject to penalties.” Such sign shall also include the phone number of the New York state division of housing and community renewal office of rent administration and the website address where a rent stabilization inquiry may be submitted to the New York state division of housing and community renewal. Such sign shall be posted in English and Spanish and include a website address where the notice may be obtained in any of the other designated citywide languages, as defined in section 23-1101. The department may update such sign to reflect the name of the agency or entity that provides information on whether a dwelling unit is registered as a rent stabilized dwelling unit as needed.
c. Any owner who violates the provisions of subdivision b of this section shall be liable for a civil penalty pursuant to subdivision (a) of section 27-2115. (Am. L.L. 2025/086, 6/27/2025, eff. 1/23/2026) Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2025/086.
Current through Local Law 2026/116, enacted July 11, 2026 · enacted municipal law, in the public domain · official publication
NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2104, "Posting of serial number and sign regarding rent stabilized dwelling units", is cited on a violation when an HPD inspector finds the condition it covers. An identification sign containing the dwelling serial number assigned by the department for the purpose of identifying the registered multiple dwelling and the owner, managing agent, and agent designated by the owner for the collection of rental payments if different from the managing agent, shall be posted in every multiple dwelling in the manner and location prescribed by the department.
Each notice carries its own deadline set by the violation's hazard class. Across 54,528 § 27-2104 notices, the median legal deadline was 95 days from the notice date.
Measured across 20,052 § 27-2104 violations that reached "violation closed", the median took 394 days from the notice date, against a median legal deadline of 95 days.
20,623 § 27-2104 violations are open as of Aug 7, 2026, and 16,755 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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