NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 65

NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 65 · cited Jan 18, 1966 – Jul 15, 2026

2,754 NYC housing violations have been issued under NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 65, which is 0.0% of every HPD violation attributed to a section. 1,945 are still open, 1,943 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.

Open now

1,945

Open past deadline

1,943

Closed

809

All time

2,754

Share of attributed

0.0%

Class C (immediately hazardous)

How § 65 is actually enforced

The median legal deadline on a § 65 notice is 35 days. The median violation that got fixed took 1,500 days to reach “violation closed”, measured across 542 closed violations.

172 notices (6.2%) sit at not complied with: the deadline passed and HPD found the condition unrepaired.
5 certifications of repair were rejected by HPD.
42 repairs were certified after the deadline.
2,493 notices (90.5%) are reissues: the violation was written, not fixed, and written again.
266 notices (9.7%) were dismissed.

What inspectors cite § 65 for

The most common orders written under this section, in HPD’s own wording.

Provide Under Completed Permit, A Proper Enclosure For The · 2,754 · order 226

Open § 65 violations by borough

BROOKLYN		1,305
QUEENS		253
MANHATTAN		251
BRONX		125
STATEN ISLAND		11

Buildings with the most open § 65 violations

4041 PAULDING AVENUE, BRONX · 3 open
295 JEFFERSON AVENUE, BROOKLYN · 3 open
3553 HOLLAND AVENUE, BRONX · 3 open
508 COURT STREET, BROOKLYN · 3 open
2948 BRIGHTON 4 STREET, BROOKLYN · 2 open
1433 36 STREET, BROOKLYN · 2 open
785 DEAN STREET, BROOKLYN · 2 open
432 HUDSON STREET, MANHATTAN · 2 open
167 GARFIELD PLACE, BROOKLYN · 2 open
95 BAY 31 STREET, BROOKLYN · 2 open

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Questions people ask about § 65

How long does an owner have to fix a § 65 violation?

Each notice carries its own deadline set by the violation's hazard class. Across 2,754 § 65 notices, the median legal deadline was 35 days from the notice date.

How long does it actually take to fix a § 65 violation?

Measured across 542 § 65 violations that reached "violation closed", the median took 1,500 days from the notice date, against a median legal deadline of 35 days.

How many § 65 violations are open in NYC right now?

1,945 § 65 violations are open as of Aug 7, 2026, and 1,943 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.

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