NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-848 · cited Dec 11, 1978 – Jul 1, 2026
472 NYC housing violations have been issued under NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-848, which is 0.0% of every HPD violation attributed to a section. 102 are still open, 67 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.
The median legal deadline on a § 27-848 notice is 95 days. The median violation that got fixed took 324 days to reach “violation closed”, measured across 226 closed violations.
The most common orders written under this section, in HPD’s own wording.
| BRONX | 57 | |
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| BROOKLYN | 18 | |
| MANHATTAN | 17 | |
| QUEENS | 10 |
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§ 27-848 Posting.
(a)Operating and maintenance instructions shall be permanently and conspicuously mounted under transparent protective covers in the incinerator room, together with the equipment use permit. The instructions shall include complete procedures for operating and maintaining fuel burners, dampers, and other devices, and shall state quantities and kinds of materials that may be burned. (b)On every door that opens into a space in which a service opening into a refuse chute is located, or on the wall directly over the service opening into the chute, the following sign shall be permanently and conspicuously posted: "THROWING LIGHTED MATCHES, CIGARS OR CIGARETTES, CARPET SWEEPINGS, NAPTHALENE, CAMPHOR BALLS OR FLAKES, FLOOR SCRAPINGS, OIL SOAKED RAGS, EMPTY PAINT CANS, AEROSOL CONTAINERS, OR ANY OTHER FLAMMABLE OR HIGHLY COMBUSTIBLE OR EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCE INTO THIS CHUTE IS UNLAWFUL AND SUBJECTS THE OFFENDER TO A PENALTY". Such signs shall be designed as follows: (1)Signs on doors leading to the service openings and on walls over service openings shall be at least eight inches wide and three inches high, with lettering at least one-quarter inch high. The signs shall be located on the hall side approximately five feet above the floor. (2)The lettering of the signs shall be of bold type, and shall be properly spaced to provide good legibility. The lettering and the background shall be of contrasting colors. (3)Signs shall be durable and shall be securely attached to the door or wall. (4)Sufficient lighting shall be provided so that the signs are easily readable at all times.
Current through Local Law 2026/116, enacted July 11, 2026 · enacted municipal law, in the public domain · official publication
NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-848, "Posting", is cited on a violation when an HPD inspector finds the condition it covers. (a)Operating and maintenance instructions shall be permanently and conspicuously mounted under transparent protective covers in the incinerator room, together with the equipment use permit. The instructions shall include complete procedures for operating and maintaining fuel burners, dampers, and other devices, and shall state quantities and kinds of materials that may be burned. (b)On every door that opens into a space in which a service opening into a refuse chute is located, or on the wall directly over the service opening into the chute, the following sign shall be permanently and conspicuously posted: "THROWING LIGHTED MATCHES, CIGARS OR CIGARETTES, CARPET SWEEPINGS, NAPTHALENE, CAMPHOR BALLS OR FLAKES, FLOOR SCRAPINGS, OIL SOAKED RAGS, EMPTY PAINT CANS, AEROSOL CONTAINERS, OR ANY OTHER FLAMMABLE OR HIGHLY COMBUSTIBLE OR EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCE INTO THIS CHUTE IS UNLAWFUL AND SUBJECTS THE OFFENDER TO A PENALTY". Such signs shall be designed as follows: (1)Signs on doors leading to the service openings and on walls over service openings shall be at least eight inches wide and three inches high, with lettering at least one-quarter inch high. The signs shall be located on the hall side approximately five feet above the floor. (2)The lettering of the signs shall be of bold type, and shall be properly spaced to provide good legibility. The lettering and the background shall be of contrasting colors. (3)Signs shall be durable and shall be securely attached to the door or wall. (4)Sufficient lighting shall be provided so that the signs are easily readable at all times.
Each notice carries its own deadline set by the violation's hazard class. Across 472 § 27-848 notices, the median legal deadline was 95 days from the notice date.
Measured across 226 § 27-848 violations that reached "violation closed", the median took 324 days from the notice date, against a median legal deadline of 95 days.
102 § 27-848 violations are open as of Aug 7, 2026, and 67 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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