Rental Inspections in New York (2026)

Albany requires every rental dwelling unit to be inspected and certified by the Department of Buildings and Regulatory…

By registering a rental unit in the Town of Amherst, the owner consents to inspection by the Commissioner of Building…

Brookhaven's Chief Building Inspector runs a consent-based inspection program for rental dwellings under § 82-8…

Buffalo requires every non-owner-occupied one- and two-family rental to register with the Department of Permit and…

Glen Cove requires every registered residential rental unit to pass a biannual Building Department inspection…

The Town of Greece Building Inspector must schedule a rental property inspection within 90 days of issuing a rental…

Renting a home in the Town of Huntington requires a two-year residential rental permit from the Department of Public…

Mount Vernon requires a Building Department vacancy inspection, with a $10 fee, before any owner may re-rent a vacant…

Rochester requires a valid Certificate of Occupancy for rental dwellings, renewed on a fixed cycle after City…

Every Saratoga Springs short-term rental, any dwelling rented for under 30 days, must hold an annual city license, and…

Schenectady requires a rental certificate for every building with two or more rental units. On each change of occupancy…

Syracuse requires owners of one- and two-family non-owner-occupied rentals to hold a rental registry certificate…

Yonkers requires every owner of a multiple dwelling to file a building registration statement with the Department of…

The Town of Babylon's Building Inspector may enter and inspect any rental dwelling, with the owner's consent, to…

Clarkstown inspects every registered rental unit at least once every two years under Town Code § 157-65, checking…

Town Code § 99-20 authorizes the Code Enforcement Official to inspect any rental dwelling unit in the Town of Hempstead…

Beyond the one-time permit inspection, the Town of Islip Code Enforcement Official holds standing authority to inspect…

Every New Rochelle dwelling registered as a student housing business under Chapter 261 must submit to periodic…

New York City's Alternative Enforcement Program forces HPD to identify chronically neglected rental buildings, order a…

The Code Enforcement Officer runs North Hempstead's rental inspection program under § 2-110, entering rental dwelling…

Colonie runs no rental registration or periodic rental-inspection program. The Town's Building Department controls…

Albany tenants report unsafe or insanitary housing conditions with a signed, written complaint to the Bureau of Code…

When a tenant or neighbor complains that a property fails to meet the Uniform Code, Energy Code, or another Town…

The Chief Building Inspector enforces Brookhaven's Neighborhood Preservation chapter against substandard rentals by…

Clarkstown's Building Inspector must investigate every complaint of an alleged housing violation or unsafe condition…

Glen Cove's Building Department Administrator must investigate every complaint of an alleged housing standards…

The Town of Greece requires a formal process for handling tenant and neighbor complaints about rental properties. Under…

The Building Commissioner must investigate every complaint of an alleged housing violation or unsafe or unsanitary…

Any person can trigger a Housing Code inspection in New Rochelle by filing a complaint with the Building Official, who…

If HPD doesn't issue a violation notice within 30 days of a tenant's complaint, the tenant can take the landlord and…

Tenants and residents can report unsafe or unsanitary rental conditions in the City of Oneida by filing a written…

Orange County's Commissioner of Health inspects rental dwellings under the Sanitary Code's Housing Hygiene article…

When a Rochester tenant files a complaint, the Department of Neighborhood and Business Development must inspect not…

A tenant or resident who reports a code violation to Schenectady's Code Enforcement Officer triggers a defined process…

Westchester County Health Department inspectors can enter and inspect any dwelling without a fee, during business…

Yonkers City Code § 58-5 directs the Department of Housing and Buildings to enforce the Housing and Building…

A Broome County tenant, lessee or occupant who alleges a Uniform Code violation can request a building inspection at no…