Shelter Repair Scorecard With Violation Counts By Agency

New York City shelter buildings are listed with monthly counts of open, new, and closed violations categorized by priority and issuing agency. The dataset tracks violations from multiple city departments including HPD, DOB, DOHMH, and FDNY. It is published by the City of New York's Department of Homeless Services.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in violation issuance and closure rates across agencies using columns like 'LowestPriority_New_Monthly_HPD' and 'CommissionerOrder_Closed_Monthly_FDNY'.
• Compare shelter capacity and safety by borough using the 'Capacity' and 'Borough' fields alongside priority-specific violation counts.
• Track monthly changes in high-priority violations for specific shelters using the 'HighPriority_Open_Monthly_DOHMH' and 'HighPriority_New_Monthly_DOB' columns.
• Assess the workload and focus of different inspection agencies by summing their respective 'New_Monthly' and 'Open_Monthly' violation columns.

Strengths

• Provides a detailed breakdown of violations by priority level (Lowest, Medium, High, CommissionerOrder) and responsible agency.
• Includes a unique building identifier ('DHS_Bld_ID') and shelter name ('Shelter_Name_All') for consistent tracking.
• Cross-platform presence on Socrata and Data.gov indicates official maintenance and public importance.

Limitations

• The exact row count and total dataset size are not provided by any source.
• Sources conflict on the 'last updated' date, reporting either 2026-03-31 or 2026-04-05.

Provenance

Source

City of New York, Department of Homeless Services (DHS)

Collection Method

Aggregated from multiple city agency inspection reports (HPD, DOB, DOHMH, FDNY).

Freshness

2026-04-05

Geography

New York City, New York, USA