NYC Local Law 159: Building-Level Vacate Relocation Charges and Tax Liens

Local Law 159 of 2019 allows the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to be reimbursed for relocation costs incurred due to vacate orders issued by city agencies. The dataset shows aggregate building payments made by HPD for these charges, which become tax liens against the property if unpaid by the owner. The data is provided by the City of New York and was last updated on March 8, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the financial burden of vacate orders on city agencies based on aggregate building payment data.
• Tracking tax lien generation against properties based on unpaid relocation charges.
• Assessing the geographic distribution of vacate order-related expenses across NYC buildings.
• Evaluating policy outcomes of Local Law 159 of 2019 based on reimbursement and lien data.

Strengths

• Data is directly tied to a specific municipal law (Local Law 159 of 2019), providing clear legal context.
• Data is provided by the authoritative source, the City of New York.
• Dataset was updated on March 8, 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

City of New York

Collection Method

Aggregated by the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) from charges incurred for occupant relocation.

Time Range

Covers payments made under Local Law 159 of 2019; specific temporal coverage is not stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-08 02:27:01.725827; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York City buildings.