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NYC Building Violations Report 2026: Trends, Borough Stats, and Risk Analysis

NYC collected over $1 billion in violation penalties last year. That money came straight from property owners who missed citations, ignored deadlines, or failed to track compliance across their...
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Resolving Stop Work Orders

Stop work orders, don’t wait. They hit hard—freeze your site, halt your schedule, and light a match under your budget. And they don’t come with a pause button. You’ve got inspectors, deadlines, fines...

13 Alternatives to Manual HPD Compliance Checks for Landlords

Manual compliance tracking might feel manageable—until a missed violation notice snowballs into a five-figure penalty. By then, it’s too late. The old method of checking HPD records by hand? It’s...

Automating 311 Complaint Monitoring: Tools to Keep Landlords in the Loop

NYC’s 311 complaints don’t sit around. They snowball. One noise complaint can turn into a full-blown HPD violation before anyone on your team knows it’s been filed. The problem? Most property...

Construction Site Violations vs. Manual Tracking: Which Is Better for Compliance?

Old habits die hard—but that doesn’t mean they work. Manual tracking feels familiar. You’ve got paper logs, email threads, spreadsheets, maybe even a whiteboard in the trailer. It feels like control...

How Do I Look Up Construction Site Violations in NYC

Ever filed a permit, paid the fees, hired licensed contractors, only to get blindsided by a violation you didn’t even know existed? You’re not alone. Construction site violations in NYC can hit...

Not Using ViolationWatch? Here Are 7 Other Ways to Monitor NYC Landlord Compliance

Let’s be blunt—manual compliance tracking in NYC is a trap. It eats your time. It delays your responses. It turns a fixable problem into a stack of violations, fines, and hearings before you even...