Disclaimer

Read this page before you act on anything Building Status NYC shows you.

Educational only — not legal advice

Building Status NYC provides educational and informational content about NYC building violations, permits, and complaints. Nothing on this site is legal advice. Using the site does not create a lawyer-client relationship.

We are not a law firm. We do not draft legal documents for you, represent you before any agency or court, or review your filings. Our resolution guides describe how a violation typically gets cured; they are general information, not personalized advice.

Before you act on any specific violation, permit, or deadline, consult a licensed NYC expediter or attorney.

Data accuracy

Where the data comes from

The NYC violation, permit, complaint, and building data we display is sourced from public records maintained by NYC agencies. We surface that data through our ingestion partner, LeadMatch, which pulls from NYC Open Data feeds and a small number of NYC agency systems.

We label each dataset's source on the detail page where it appears. A full list is on the Data Sources page.

Why the data may be out of date

• NYC agencies publish data on their own schedules — sometimes hourly, sometimes nightly, sometimes weekly
• LeadMatch syncs those feeds on a cadence we do not control
• Building Status NYC caches queries for a few minutes to stay fast

The result is that the record you see here may lag the actual agency record by hours, days, or (rarely) longer. Every detail page shows a "Last synced" timestamp.

Always verify before acting

Before you rely on any record for a hearing date, a cure period, a permit expiration, a certificate of no harassment filing, a loan-closing condition, or any other action with a deadline or legal consequence, verify the record directly with the issuing agency. We make no guarantees about the completeness, accuracy, or timeliness of our data.

Agency lookups:

• HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations — hpdonline.nyc.gov
• DOB Violations and Permits — a810-bisweb.nyc.gov
• OATH / ECB hearings — nyc.gov/site/oath
• FDNY — fires.nyc
• DOF / DSNY / DOT — agency-specific portals

Not an official city service

Building Status NYC is an independent, private service. We are not the City of New York and we are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any NYC agency — including HPD, DOB, OATH, ECB, FDNY, DSNY, DOF, DOT, DCP, or the Mayor's Office.

We do not file on your behalf. We do not pay fines on your behalf. We do not schedule hearings. Do not treat anything on this site as an official city record.

Not a Consumer Reporting Agency

Building Status NYC is NOT a "consumer reporting agency" under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. We do not furnish "consumer reports" as that term is defined in the FCRA.

You may NOT use Building Status NYC, any data it surfaces, or any report it produces:

• for tenant screening or any decision to rent, lease, or offer housing to a natural person
• for employment decisions
• for credit or insurance underwriting, pricing, or adverse action
• for any other "permissible purpose" under the FCRA

Our Terms of Service include a binding prohibition on these uses. Misuse is grounds for immediate termination.

User-contributed entries are clearly labeled

Users can add their own buildings, permits, licenses, and notes alongside city-sourced data. Anything a user added is labeled "Your records" or "Added by you on [date]" in the UI. We do not vouch for the accuracy of user-contributed content, and user-contributed content is never shown as an official city record.

Severity and classification are heuristic

Where we assign a severity color or bucket to a violation (for example, Class A / B / C for HPD violations or Info / Warning / Open / Resolved for status), that assignment is a display convenience based on publicly documented classification. It is not a legal classification, not an engineering judgment, and not advice. The issuing agency's official classification is the one that matters.

Professional consultation

If you need to act on a violation or permit, get help from a professional:

• Licensed NYC expediter — for permit filings, violation cures, and sign-offs. See the DOB licensed filing representative database.
• Attorney — for HPD tenant cases, OATH hearings, contested cures, and any deadline with legal consequences. The NYC Bar Lawyer Referral Service is one starting point.
• Insurance broker — for coverage questions on liability, loss of rental income, or lender-required policies.

We do not endorse or recommend any specific professional.

Third-party links

Our site may link to third-party sites (NYC agencies, partner vendors, news articles). We do not control those sites and are not responsible for their content.

Questions

• General: support@buildingstatusnyc.com
• Data corrections: data@buildingstatusnyc.com (we forward upstream where we can)
• Legal questions about a record: consult a licensed professional