Guides
Plain words for every duty.
Free guides to what New York City asks of a building: who each duty applies to, when it’s due, who does it, what’s at stake, and the City’s own source for every line.
Coming up
The next dates, for most buildings
- Dec1Bedbug report window opens (to December 31)
- Dec31Boiler, elevator and parapet checks for the year; gas piping inspections for this year’s community districts; energy audits for tax blocks ending in this year’s last digit
- Jan1Natural gas alarms required in apartments with gas
- Jan10Last day of the ECB amnesty
- Jan14Last day DOB accepts last year’s periodic elevator inspections
- Jan15Annual notice delivered: window guards and lead paint (January 1 to 15); water tank results for last year reported to the Health Department
Citywide dates. Your building adds its own, by community district, block and tax block; the finders below and the free lookup show them.
The guides
The guides, checked against the City’s pages.
The most common duties Stoop tracks each have a guide, plus the City’s amnesty while it’s open. Each one links to the page it comes from.
Inspections
Facade inspections
Every five years, for buildings taller than six stories.
Parapet observations
Every year, for parapets that face the street.
Gas piping inspections
Every four years, in your community district’s year.
Boiler inspections
An inspection every calendar year, filed within 45 days.
Elevator inspections
An inspection and a safety test every year, per device.
Water tanks
Inspected every year; results due January 15.
Cooling towers
Certified every year by November 1.
Inside the apartments
The annual notice
Delivered to every apartment from January 1 to 15.
Lead paint
Yearly checks where a child under six lives.
Steam radiators
Every two years where a child under six lives.
Pests and mold
Every apartment checked for pests and mold each year.
Heat and hot water
Heat October 1 to May 31, hot water all year.
Natural gas alarms
In apartments with gas by January 1, 2027.
Energy
Registrations and filings
Money
No guide matches that yet. See the full list of duties
Looking for another duty? See the full list, by name
Tools
Your building’s dates, one tap away.
Some duties fall in a year set by the building itself. Tap one number to see yours, or look up the address and Stoop lists every duty that applies.
Downloads
Print them, share them, keep them.
The same checked facts as the guides, laid out for print and email. Free, with no form to fill in.
More
More to read.
Trustees and estates
What changes when a building is held in a trust.
OpenQuestions
What owners, managers and boards ask first.
OpenEvery duty, by name
The full list Stoop tracks, by group and agency.
OpenTrust Center
How Stoop reads, keeps and shares the record.
OpenChecked against the City’s pages on November 13, 2026. Rules change; the City’s page is the authority. Each guide is a plain-words summary, not legal advice. Stoop reads public records and drafts paperwork for your OK; Stoop itself never files, signs, appears or hires for you.
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