New York City seller signals from public records

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The public feeds

• NYC housing code violations (HPD)New York City, NY

  Open immediately hazardous (class C) violations HPD writes in residential rental buildings (no heat or hot water, lead paint, vermin, fire hazards), updated daily. Each violation is one row, so busy buildings get many signals. Owners are not in this feed.

• NYC executed evictionsNew York City, NY

  Residential evictions and possessions already carried out by city marshals (not new court filings), updated daily (a day or two behind). A landlord who just went through an eviction is a classic tired-landlord lead. Street names in this feed are often split (175TH STR EET); they are cleaned up so they stack with HPD and DOB signals on the same building. No owner names in the feed.

• NYC residential alteration and demolition permitsNew York City, NY

  DOB permits issued on residential buildings for major (A1) and minor (A2) alterations and demolitions (DM), updated daily. Queens hyphenated house numbers (14-01) are kept as written.

• NYC HPD vacate orders still in forceNew York City, NY

  HPD orders to vacate all or part of a residential building that have not been rescinded (about 4,500 open, roughly 650 issued in the last year), updated daily. Fire damage is the most common reason, then illegal occupancy (cellar and attic units) and habitability. A handful of rows carry typo dates years in the future. The city is a two-letter borough code (MN, BK, QN, BX, SI); the ZIP settles it. No owner names.

• NYC HPD housing court cases against ownersNew York City, NY

  Pending Housing Court cases HPD or tenants brought against building owners for repairs, heat and hot water, harassment or comprehensive enforcement (about 6,800 pending; about 9,000 cases a year open), updated daily. A landlord in court with the city is often ready to sell. The respondent is the owner or managing agent when published. No borough name in the feed, so the city is set to New York and the ZIP places it.

• NYC Alternative Enforcement Program buildingsNew York City, NY

  Buildings currently in HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, the city's list of the most distressed multifamily rentals (about 860 active; a new round of roughly 250 is named each winter, the latest in February 2026), updated daily. The detail shows the round and the count of hazardous violations at entry. HPD can make repairs and bill the owner through liens. No owner names.

• NYC HPD emergency repair chargesNew York City, NY

  Emergency repairs of $1,000 or more that HPD ordered a contractor to make because the owner did not (Open Market Orders: plumbing, heat, lead, structural, demolition), updated daily, about 8,700 a year. The cost is billed to the owner and becomes a tax lien if unpaid. Several orders can land on one building. No owner names.

• NYC DOB unsafe building and emergency violationsNew York City, NY

  Active Department of Buildings violations for unsafe buildings, immediate emergencies, emergencies and padlocks issued since January 2025 (about 700), updated daily. No borough name or ZIP: the city is set to New York, so check the borough (first digit of the parcel: 1 Manhattan, 2 Bronx, 3 Brooklyn, 4 Queens, 5 Staten Island) before mailing. Some house numbers carry a suffix like GAR (garage).

• NYC DOB NOW permitted alterations and demolitions on 1-3 family homesNew York City, NY

  Alteration and full-demolition jobs on one- to three-family homes filed in DOB NOW that have received their first permit (about 1,600 a month), updated daily, with the owner named on the filing. DOB NOW has replaced the older BIS permit system for most work, so this complements the DOB permit feed.

• NYC unpaid Buildings penalties docketed as judgmentsNew York City, NY

  Department of Buildings violations heard at OATH where the penalty of $1,000 or more went unpaid and was docketed as a court judgment (about 18,700 in the last year), updated daily. A docketed judgment is a lien on the respondent's property. The respondent is usually the owner or the owning entity. Includes commercial buildings and construction sites; the detail shows the charge and the balance due.

• NYC open DOB complaints about illegal conversionsNew York City, NY

  Active Department of Buildings complaints in category 45, illegal conversion of a building (cellar, attic or extra apartments), about 4,800 open, updated daily. Owners with illegal units face vacate orders and fines, often in one- to three-family houses in Queens and Brooklyn.

• NYC open HPD emergency tenant complaintsNew York City, NY

  Tenant complaints to HPD about emergency conditions (no heat or hot water, leaks, plumbing, broken doors and windows, unsanitary conditions, electrical) that are still open (about 18,000 at a time), updated daily. A complaint comes before any violation, so this is an earlier and noisier signal than the HPD violation feed. One row per problem, so a complaint can add several. No owner names.

• NYC buildings with facades filed as unsafeNew York City, NY

  Facade inspection (Local Law 11 / FISP) filings that found the facade unsafe, so the owner must put up a sidewalk shed and repair it (about 860 a year), updated daily, with the owner and the owner's business address. These are buildings over six stories, so mostly apartment and co-op buildings; repairs often run to six or seven figures. No ZIP; the borough is given.

• NYC full demolition permits (DOB NOW)New York City, NY

  First permits issued for full demolition of a building (about 1,200 a year), updated daily, with the owner and mailing address. A teardown usually means a developer has bought or is assembling the site, so neighbors on the block are worth a letter. Covers all building types.

• NYC Underlying Conditions Program buildingsNew York City, NY

  Apartment buildings under an active HPD order to fix the underlying cause of chronic mold and leaks (about 180 active; new orders are issued through the year, the latest in October 2026), updated daily. HPD can do the work and bill the owner through liens if the owner does not. No owner names.

• NYC Heat Sensor Program buildingsNew York City, NY

  Apartment buildings HPD has put in the Heat Sensor Program because of repeated heat and hot water violations (about 200 active), status updated daily. Owners must install sensors and pay for inspections until discharged.

• NYC Certification of No Harassment pilot buildingsNew York City, NY

  Buildings on HPD's Certification of No Harassment list (about 1,600): distressed buildings with AEP orders, vacate orders, harassment findings or high hazardous-violation scores. The owner must prove no tenant harassment before the city will approve demolition or major alterations, which lowers the value to a developer. Updated a few times a year (last 2026-09-25). No owner names.

What isn't here

• Owner names, mailing addresses and phone numbers. Public pages show counts only; phones never come from these feeds.
• Probate and divorce filings. They sit with the courts and several states restrict them; inside Parcel they come in by upload.
• Records a city or county doesn't publish as open data. If yours has a feed we've missed, tell us and we'll check it.

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