14,954 NYC housing violations have been issued under NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 53, which is 0.1% of every HPD violation attributed to a section. 4,029 are still open, 3,469 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.
Open now
4,029
Open past deadline
3,469
Closed
10,925
All time
14,954
Share of attributed
0.1%
Class C (immediately hazardous)
6
How § 53 is actually enforced
The median legal deadline on a § 53 notice is 95 days. The median violation that got fixed took 450 days to reach “violation closed”, measured across 6,756 closed violations.
816 notices (5.5%) sit at not complied with: the deadline passed and HPD found the condition unrepaired.
111 certifications of repair were rejected by HPD. 27 of those are recorded as false certification: the owner certified a repair that inspection did not confirm.
62 repairs were certified after the deadline.
1,742 notices (11.6%) are reissues: the violation was written, not fixed, and written again.
925 notices (6.2%) are rent-impairing, the class of violation that can let tenants deposit rent with the court under MDL § 302-a instead of paying the owner.
4,113 notices (27.5%) were dismissed.
What inspectors cite § 53 for
The most common orders written under this section, in HPD’s own wording.
How long does an owner have to fix a § 53 violation?
Each notice carries its own deadline set by the violation's hazard class. Across 14,954 § 53 notices, the median legal deadline was 95 days from the notice date.
How long does it actually take to fix a § 53 violation?
Measured across 6,756 § 53 violations that reached "violation closed", the median took 450 days from the notice date, against a median legal deadline of 95 days.
Are § 53 violations rent-impairing?
925 of 14,954 § 53 notices (6.2%) 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.
How many § 53 violations are open in NYC right now?
4,029 § 53 violations are open as of Aug 7, 2026, and 3,469 of them are already past the legal deadline on the notice.
Where this comes from
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.