An electrical violation in NYC: the citywide numbers.
electrical violations HPD has written across the city
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What happens to an electrical violation in NYC shows in the totals: 57,868 citywide, 21.3% of them Class C, 12,300 violations, and 1,854 of those more than a year old with nothing filed. The share ever certified corrected is 29.0%.
What this means
Electrical defects are a life-safety hazard. The repair usually needs licensed work, and the owner has to certify it before the violation can close.
If you own or manage the building. An electrical violation stays open until HPD accepts a certification or closes it, and it comes up at sale, refinance and permit. 1,581 electrical violations citywide are already marked Not Complied With.
If you clear violations for a living. 1,854 Class C electrical violations are more than a year old with no certification on file, 15.1% of the class. That is the standing work, citywide.
If you rent here. Each of these was confirmed by an HPD inspector. A certification is the owner’s word that the repair was made; it does not show whether the condition is gone.
Electrical by borough
Where electrical violations sit and where they get certified are two different maps. The Bronx has the most, 20,058; the Bronx has the best Class C certification rate, 36.9%, against 13.9% on Staten Island.
| Borough | Violations | Class C | Class C certified | Median days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronx | 20,058 | 3,774 | 36.9% | 12 |
| Brooklyn | 19,711 | 4,550 | 24.8% | 12 |
| Manhattan | 9,632 | 2,039 | 35.6% | 12 |
| Queens | 6,358 | 1,685 | 16.7% | 11 |
| Staten Island | 2,109 | 252 | 13.9% | 14 |
Each borough links to its own page for this category, with its month-by-month counts, its streets and every status. Median days is that borough’s median from inspection to a filed Class C certification.
Where electrical violations stop
HPD gives every violation a status that says where the case stands. Across electrical violations citywide the most common is Violation Closed, and 2.7% carry Not Complied With, the status set once a certify-by date passes with no accepted certification.
| Current status | Violations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violation Closed | 17,789 | 30.7% |
| NOV Sent Out | 17,622 | 30.5% |
| Violation Dismissed | 16,132 | 27.9% |
| First No Access To Re- Inspect Violation | 2,079 | 3.6% |
| Not Complied With | 1,581 | 2.7% |
| CIV14 Mailed | 643 | 1.1% |
| Invalid Certification | 508 | 0.9% |
| NOV Certified Late | 443 | 0.8% |
The eight most common statuses on electrical violations citywide, out of 57,868. Each name links to its own page in the status glossary.
How electrical violations compare 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 violations sit at 29.0%, and the citywide median time to a filed certification is 12 days. Heat and hot water, Lead paint, Vermin and pests, Mold, Water leaks each have the same tables for their own violations, and the certificate of correction guide compares certification across all six.
Common questions about NYC electrical violations
How many electrical violations does NYC have?
HPD has written 57,868 electrical violations under the housing maintenance code through September 27, 2026, and 12,300 of them are Class C, the immediately hazardous class. That is a count of the city's own published violations in our copy of the data, not 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 has its own page.
How long does an electrical violation take to clear?
For Class C, the citywide median from inspection to a filed certification is 12 days. 29.0% of Class C electrical violations have ever been certified corrected, and 1,854 have stood open more than a year with nothing filed.
Does this page report an electrical condition or clear a violation?
No. It counts violations. A condition inside an apartment is reported to 311, and a correction is certified with HPD directly. This site files nothing and represents no one, and nothing here is advice.
What these numbers do not tell you
They do 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 HPD’s data cannot tell the two apart. They carry no penalty amounts. They say nothing about what an owner intends or what happens next. This page names no building and no owner; to look up one building, 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 through September 27, 2026, read on September 29, 2026. https://violationscout.com/nyc/electrical
Counts of violations whose description matches electrical; certified means the violation carries a certified date; median days is the median of certified date minus inspection date over the Class C violations that carry both. Source: NYC Open Data. How every figure here is counted: /methodology.
Every figure here is a citywide count; no building or owner is named on this page. By borough, status codes decoded, the guides, citywide.