New York City Housing Code Enforcement Litigations

Court actions initiated by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development to enforce housing quality standards. The dataset includes case details such as Respondent, BuildingID, CaseType, and CaseStatus, along with geographic identifiers like BBL, BIN, Latitude, and Longitude. It is published by data.cityofnewyork.us and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze geographic patterns of housing code violations by aggregating cases by Community District, Council District, or Census Tract.
• Model CaseStatus outcomes (e.g., open vs. closed) using features like CaseType, Penalty amount, and FindingOfHarassment flag.
• Track enforcement timelines by calculating the duration between CaseOpenDate and FindingDate.
• Assess financial penalties by aggregating Penalty amounts by Respondent or Boro.
• Validate property identifiers by cross-referencing BBL (Tax Lot), BIN (Building Identification Number), and address fields (StreetName, HouseNumber).

Strengths

• Includes precise geographic coordinates (Latitude, Longitude) and multiple property identifiers (BBL, BIN, Block, Lot).
• Contains detailed case metadata such as CaseType, CaseStatus, Penalty, and FindingOfHarassment.

Limitations

• Unknown row count prevents assessment of statistical significance.
• Lack of sample data obscures data completeness, potential null values, and value distributions.
• Unknown license restricts clarity on permissible use cases.

Provenance

Source

New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Housing Litigation Division.

Collection Method

Records of legal actions initiated or joined by HPD in Housing Court.

Freshness

Last updated April 2026.

Geography

New York City, identified by Boro, Zip, and community districts.