Weekly lists of buildings with open city violations, made for the businesses that serve them.
A building with an open violation has a hearing, a deadline or a fine coming, and its managing agent has to hire someone to clear it. Every week we pull the open violations that match what you sell from city records, match each building to its managing agent or owner, and send you the list with what the inspector wrote and the date that matters.
City records and proprietary tools
- Housing departments
- Buildings departments
- Permit systems
- Fire departments
- Environmental protection
- Administrative hearings
- Sanitation
- Health departments
- Building registrations
City records, cross-referenced with our own data. We're not affiliated with or endorsed by any government agency.
Sample list
Real rows from this week's lists, from city inspections September 14 to October 7. Pick a list.
14 open violations across 4 apartments.
9 open violations across 8 apartments.
6 open violations across 6 apartments.
5 open violations across 3 apartments.
13 open violations across 9 apartments.
6 open violations across 4 apartments.
12 open violations across 3 apartments.
13 open violations across 2 apartments.
14 open violations.
11 open violations across 2 apartments.
15 open violations across 15 apartments.
10 open violations across 2 apartments.
Real city records. The last four digits of each phone are hidden here. Your free sample shows three numbers in full so you can call and check them; subscribers see every number we have.
What is in every item
Each trade gets its own list. Plumbers get gas piping (LL152) and boiler violations. Environmental firms get lead paint and mold. Fire and sprinkler companies get FDNY fire protection and backflow summonses. Engineers and restoration firms get unsafe facades and parking structures. Elevator companies get elevator violations, pest control gets rodent summonses and roach, mice and rat violations, and pressure washers get dirty-sidewalk summonses. There are lists for heat and hot water and energy reports too. Every list arrives as a spreadsheet with a Top 50 tab and a tab with everything. Four things come with every row.
The inspector's words
The violation as the city wrote it, so you know what the building needs before you call.
The date that matters
The hearing or deadline date wherever there is one, so you know how much time the building has.
Who to contact
The managing agent or owner on file with the city, with a mailing address.
An office phone, where we have one
A validated office phone matched to the managing agent. On the mold list, 593 of 1,574 buildings have one.
Why the timing matters
A violation puts a date on the calendar. The city sets the hearing or the deadline, and the building has to show the work is done. We send you the building while that clock is running.
1A cited building has a deadline
Summonses come with a hearing date and a fine. Inspections like gas piping have a filing deadline. That week, the managing agent is looking for someone who can clear it.
2One managing agent, many buildings
Agents often run dozens of buildings with the same problem. One call to the right office can turn into a portfolio of work.
3New every week
Every list is rebuilt on Monday from the latest city records, so you call while the violation is open, not months after it closed.
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Questions
Where does the data come from?
City records, plus several other data sources, some of them proprietary. We cross-reference every building against its registered managing agent, so each row names the company that hires the work, with a mailing address and, where we have one, a validated office phone.
How often is a list updated?
Every week. Each list is rebuilt on Monday from the latest city records and sent as a spreadsheet: a Top 50 tab with the buildings most worth a call first, plus a tab with everything.
What area does a list cover?
The area you work. Tell us where, and we build your list for it.
Does every row have a phone number?
No, and we will not pretend otherwise. Each row has the managing agent or owner on file with a mailing address. Where we could match a validated office phone to the managing agent, it is included. On the gas piping list, for example, 1,268 of 26,183 buildings have a validated office phone.
What does a list cost?
$149 a month per list, your whole area, refreshed every week. Start with a free 25-row sample. It shows three phone numbers in full so you can call and check them; the rest are masked until you subscribe.
How do I cancel, and what if it does not work for me?
Reply to any list email and we cancel it. No contract. If your first month does not pay for itself, tell us and we refund it.
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