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NYC property records, violations & compliance

Plain-English guides and data on the New York City building record — violations, Local Law 97, facade inspections, permits, liens, and title — built from public records. Not legal advice.

• How to Check NYC Building Violations by Address

  A free how-to for checking NYC building violations by address — search DOB and HPD records, decode violation classes 1/2/3 and A/B/C, and why they matter.

• NYC Title, Deed and Lien Search: An ACRIS Guide

  Run an NYC title, deed and lien search through ACRIS, the city's public record. See what deeds, mortgages and liens reveal and what clears at closing.

• Local Law 97 Compliance in NYC: The 2026 Owner's Guide

  Local Law 97 sets carbon caps on NYC buildings over 25,000 sq ft. See who's covered, how the $268-per-ton penalty works, and the May 1 filing deadline.

• NYC Facade Inspection: FISP and Local Law 11 Explained

  FISP, or Local Law 11, requires NYC buildings taller than six stories to have their facades inspected every five years. Cycle 10 windows, ratings, and fines.

• The Best Ways to Check NYC Property Records

  A fair, plain-English guide to how to check NYC property records — free official systems, paid pro platforms, and all-in-one aggregators, and how to choose.

• NYC's Open Housing Violations, by the Numbers

  NYC lists about 2.9 million open HPD housing violations across 168,000+ buildings. See the borough and severity breakdown, and what 'open' really means.

• NYC building fines: $3.13 billion issued, about $819 million still unpaid

  NYC has issued about $3.13 billion in ECB/OATH building-code fines and is still owed roughly $819 million, per NYC OpenData. Brooklyn owes the most.

• Where New York City builds: DOB permits by borough

  Manhattan holds 1,624,255 of NYC's 3,989,483 building permits but issues the fewest new-building permits. Queens and Brooklyn lead. NYC OpenData.

• 5,819 NYC facade-inspection filings came back rated 'Unsafe'

  NYC OpenData's facade dataset shows 5,819 filings rated 'Unsafe' and 32,127 'SWARMP'; more than half the unsafe filings — 3,059 of 5,819 — are in Manhattan.

• New Yorkers have logged 16.2 million housing problems — a third about heat or hot water

  New Yorkers logged 16.2 million HPD housing-maintenance problems, per NYC OpenData. Roughly one in three is about heat or hot water; Bronx and Brooklyn lead.

• Two of every three Local Law 97 buildings are apartments, not offices

  NYC OpenData shows 68,575 of 103,259 benchmarking filings - about 66% - are apartment buildings, far more than the 7,578 offices tied to Local Law 97.

• NYC has 13,002 active 'work without a permit' violations — 81% in Brooklyn and Queens

  NYC OpenData lists 13,002 active 'work without a permit' violations, about 81% of them in Brooklyn and Queens. See the borough breakdown and caveats.