An electrical violation in NYC: what the citywide record shows.
electrical violations on HPD's citywide record as of September 9, 2026
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What an electrical violation in NYC turns into is on the record: 56,807 citywide as of September 9, 2026, 21.3% of them Class C, 12,108 violations, and 5,322 of those more than a year old with nothing filed. The share ever certified corrected is 29.1%.
What this means
Defective electrical conditions are life-safety items. Correction typically requires licensed work and certification before the record clears.
If you own or manage the building. An electrical violation stays on the building's public record until a certification is accepted, and it surfaces at sale, refinance and permit. 1,577 electrical violations citywide already read Not Complied With.
If you clear violations for a living. 5,322 Class C electrical violations are more than a year old with no certification on file, 44.0% of the class. That is the standing work, citywide.
If you rent here. Each of these was confirmed by an HPD inspector. The record shows whether a correction was certified, not whether the condition is gone.
Electrical by borough
Where electrical violations sit, and where they get cleared, are two different maps. Bronx has the most on record at 19,650; Bronx has the best Class C certification rate at 36.9%, against 13.4% in Staten Island.
| Borough | Violations | Class C | Class C certified | Median days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronx | 19,650 | 3,715 | 36.9% | 12 |
| Brooklyn | 19,328 | 4,473 | 25.0% | 12 |
| Manhattan | 9,490 | 2,014 | 35.7% | 12 |
| Queens | 6,274 | 1,660 | 16.8% | 11 |
| Staten Island | 2,065 | 246 | 13.4% | 14 |
Each borough links to its own page for this category, with the monthly shape, the street concentration and the full status list. Median days is that borough's median from inspection to an accepted Class C certification.
Where electrical violations stop
Read the status and you know what happened. Violation Closed leads the category citywide, and 2.8% of electrical violations read Not Complied With: a missed certify-by date, with no accepted certification on file.
| Current status | Violations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violation Closed | 17,467 | 30.7% |
| Nov Sent Out | 17,364 | 30.6% |
| Violation Dismissed | 15,962 | 28.1% |
| First No Access To Re- Inspect Violation | 2,109 | 3.7% |
| Not Complied With | 1,577 | 2.8% |
| Invalid Certification | 501 | 0.9% |
| Civ14 Mailed | 487 | 0.9% |
| Nov Certified Late | 437 | 0.8% |
The eight most common statuses on electrical violations citywide, out of 56,807. Each name links to its own page in the status glossary.
How electrical compares with the other five categories
This site tracks six categories of HPD housing violation. On the share of Class C violations ever certified corrected, electrical sits at 29.1%, and the citywide median time to an accepted certification is 12 days. Heat and hot water, Lead paint, Vermin and pests, Mold, Water leaks each carry the same tables for their own record, and the certificate of correction guide reads certification across all of them.
Common questions about NYC electrical violations
How many electrical violations does NYC have?
56,807 on HPD's housing maintenance code record as of September 9, 2026, of which 12,108 are Class C, the immediately hazardous class. Counted from our own copy of the city's published violation data, never an estimate.
Is an electrical violation serious?
It depends on the class HPD's inspector assigned. 21.3% of electrical violations are Class C, which carries a 24-hour correction window; the rest are Class A or B, at 90 and 30 days. What each class means is its own page.
How long does a electrical violation take to clear?
Where a certification is accepted at all, the citywide median is 12 days from inspection for Class C. 29.1% of Class C electrical violations have ever been certified corrected, and 5,322 have stood open more than a year with nothing filed.
Does this page report a electrical condition or clear a violation?
No. It reads the public record. A condition inside an apartment is reported to 311; a correction is certified with HPD directly. Nothing here files, represents, or advises.
What this record does not tell you
It does not say whether a condition is gone. A violation with no certification may have been fixed the same week with nothing filed, or never touched, and the public record cannot separate the two. It carries no penalty amounts, no owner intent, and no prediction. It names no building and no owner on this page; to read one building's own record, use the form above.
Cite this page
ViolationScout, Electrical violations in New York City, counts by class, borough and status over HPD's Housing Maintenance Code Violations dataset, filtered to electrical. Figures cover the record through September 9, 2026 and were read on September 12, 2026. https://violationscout.com/nyc/electrical
Counts over rows whose description matches electrical; certified means a certified date is on the row; median days is the median of certified date minus inspection date over Class C rows that carry both. Source: NYC Open Data. How every figure here is counted: /methodology.
Aggregates only; no building or owner is named on this page. Source: NYC Open Data, queried at this deploy. The record by borough, status codes decoded, the guides, citywide.