The record, not a filing service
How an HPD violation gets dismissed.
911,789 of the 2,907,363 violations HPD has ever logged carry the status VIOLATION DISMISSED, 31.4% of the record, as of August 27, 2026. This page reads that record: how often dismissal happens, how long it takes, and what actually separates a dismissed violation from one that is simply closed.
We track the public record. We do not file a dismissal request, represent an owner or a tenant, or give legal advice. Correcting and certifying a violation is filed directly with HPD; contesting a DOB matter is decided at an OATH/ECB hearing. Anything procedural belongs to that process, not this page.
What the status means, and what has to happen first
VIOLATION DISMISSED marks that HPD dismissed the violation: it is no longer open on the record. The status page covers what that means once it is granted. Dismissal itself commonly follows one of two things: a reinspection that verified the correction, or an administrative review that found the violation should not stand. HPD records the dismissal on the row once one of those has happened; nothing about the process runs through this site.
How common it is
Of 2,907,363 violations HPD has ever issued, 911,789 are marked VIOLATION DISMISSED, 31.4%, and a further 870,155 are marked VIOLATION CLOSED, 29.9%. Together the two closed statuses cover just over three in five violations HPD has ever logged; the remainder sit across the open and enforcement statuses decoded in the status glossary.
| Class of the dismissed violation | Count | Share of dismissals |
|---|---|---|
| Class B Hazardous, 30-day correction window | 370,667 | 40.7% |
| Class A Not hazardous, 90-day correction window | 257,702 | 28.3% |
| Class C Immediately hazardous, 24-hour correction window | 184,586 | 20.2% |
| Class I Registration and Alternative Enforcement Program orders, a separate compliance path | 98,834 | 10.8% |
Hazardous Class B violations make up the largest share of dismissals, 40.7% of the 911,789 total.
How long it takes
Measured from the inspection date to the date HPD recorded the dismissal, across all 911,789 dismissed violations that carry both dates: a median of 101 days, an average of 125.8 days, and a 90th percentile of 185 days. The gap between the median and the average is the long tail: most dismissals land inside three to four months, and a smaller share stretch well past that.
Dismissed versus closed: the difference nobody explains
Both statuses stop a violation from counting as open, and neither is reversible on the same row. What separates them is what is on file underneath. Restricted to Class A, B, and C violations, the classes that run through HPD's correct-and-certify path (Class I, registration and Alternative Enforcement Program orders, clears through a different mechanism and never carries a certification date at all, so it is excluded from this comparison rather than folded in as a false zero): 83.9% of dismissed violations (682,250 of 812,955) carry a certification of correction on file. Among closed violations the same figure is 40.5% (350,815 of 865,374).
A dismissed violation is more than twice as likely to have a documented correction behind it. A closed violation more often closes without one ever being filed: CLOSED is the broader bucket, folding in correction, dismissal after review, and administrative closure alike, and the row alone does not say which path led there. The CLOSED status page covers that bucket on its own.
Construction and zoning matters: a different agency, its own hearing
A violation issued by DOB rather than HPD does not carry this status at all. It moves through a hearing at OATH/ECB, and dismissal there is a hearing outcome, not a status HPD's record sets. Of 165,249 matters on our copy of the OATH/ECB docket, 15,305 ended with the hearing status DISMISSED, 9.3%, as of August 23, 2026. 11,601 of those were classified Construction and 296 were classified Zoning, DOB's own categories for the two matters most often searched by name. The full hearing-outcome breakdown covers every status on that docket, not only dismissals.
Is a dismissed violation gone from the building's record?
No. It stops counting as an open violation, but the row stays in the building's public history, which title searches and lenders read.
What is the actual difference between VIOLATION DISMISSED and VIOLATION CLOSED?
Both stop counting as open, and the record does not always say why a given case closed. Measured across Class A, B, and C violations: 83.9% of dismissed violations carry a certification of correction on file, against 40.5% of closed ones. A dismissed violation more often has a documented correction behind it; a closed violation more often does not.
Does this page file a dismissal request?
No. This page reads the public record. Correcting and certifying a violation is filed directly with HPD; contesting a DOB matter happens at an OATH/ECB hearing. Neither happens here.
Aggregates only; no building or owner is named on this page. HPD figures queried from our own copy of Housing Maintenance Code Violations as of August 27, 2026; OATH/ECB figures from our own copy of the ECB Violations dataset as of August 23, 2026. Checking a specific violation is done directly on HPD Online or through OATH's own case status search, not summarized here. Violation Dismissed, Violation Closed, all status codes, OATH/ECB hearings, citywide, ViolationScout.