Bronx County, NY Building Safety: Lead Paint (2026)

Local Law 1 of 2004 requires owners of buildings built before 1960 (or built between January 1, 1960, and January 1, 1978, if the owner knows there is lead-based paint) to presume that the paint is lead-based paint, identify and address lead-based paint hazards, particularly in buildings with children under the age of six years old routinely spending 10 or more hours per week ('residing') in a dwelling unit. The requirement for paint testing applies to these same buildings regardless of whether a child under six currently resides in the building. Multiple dwelling buildings (3 or more residential units) built before 1960; Multiple dwelling buildings built between January 1, 1960, and January 1, 1978, if the owner knows there is lead-based paint; Tenant occupied units in private dwellings (1-2 residential units) built prior to 1960; Coop/Condos dwelling units not being occupied by the owner or a family member of the owner. If a dwelling unit is occupied by a tenant rather than the unit owner, the Annual Notice requirements of Local Law 1 apply, and, if a child under six is determined to reside in the dwelling unit, Local Law 1 requires an annual inspection be performed for common areas and the dwelling unit. [...] Any repair work must be performed by certified workers using safe work practices pursuant to Local Law 1 of 2004. Owners and management should document all communications and must retain all records of the inspections, and any remediation performed for at least 10 years. [...] A lead-based paint hazard exists when there is peeling or disturbed paint on a surface in a building built before 1960 in an apartment where a child under six routinely spends 10 or more hours per week ('residing') in a dwelling unit unless the surfaces have all been tested and there is less than 0.5 mg/cms 2 of lead in the paint.