File Plans And Application And Legalize The Following Alteration
HPD order 491 · cites NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 300 · written Dec 14, 1966 – Aug 6, 2026
HPD has written 49,421 violations under order 491, "File Plans And Application And Legalize The Following Alteration", citing NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 300. 21,673 are open right now, 21,040 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.
Open now
21,673
Open past deadline
21,040
Closed
27,748
All time
49,421
Class C (immediately hazardous)
0
How order 491 is actually enforced
4,374 notices (8.9%) sit at not complied with: the deadline passed and HPD found the condition unrepaired.
177 certifications of repair were rejected by HPD. 6 of those are recorded as false certification: the owner certified a repair that inspection did not confirm.
171 repairs were certified after the deadline.
15,242 notices (30.8%) are reissues: the violation was written, not fixed, and written again.
Order 491is HPD’s standard wording for one kind of condition. The legal duty it enforces is NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 300. The section page carries the statute text, the measured cure times and the full enforcement record.