HPD
Pests and mold (Local Law 55)
Buildings with three or more apartments check every apartment for pests and mold at least once a year, and before each new tenant moves in.
The clock
When it comes due
- Every apartment, at least once a year
- Before each new tenant moves in
- Who it applies to
- Private buildings with three or more apartments
- When
- Inspect every apartment and the common areas for cockroaches, rodents and mold at least once a year, more often if needed, and when a tenant complains or asks. Before a new tenant moves in, the apartment is cleaned and free of pests and mold
- Who does it
- The owner. Removing 10 or more square feet of mold in a building with 10 or more apartments takes a New York State Department of Labor licensed mold assessor and remediator
- What happens next
- Give each tenant the Health Department’s fact sheet and a notice with the lease, setting out what owners and tenants each must do. Fix what causes mold, such as leaks and moisture
What Stoop does
- The yearly check of every apartment on the super’s rounds
- A turnover checklist before a new tenant moves in
- The fact sheet and notice ready for each new lease
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