Name: NYC Apartment Management Checklist 2026
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NEW FOR 2026 | 418 pages | PDF Chapters ONLY

Written for owners, managing agents, superintendents, cooperative and condominium boards, as well as anyone else involved in the day-to-day operation of a multifamily residential building in New York City, this one-stop resource helps you understand and comply with the myriad of confusing laws and regulations affecting your building and tenants.

An invaluable reference you will go back to time and time again, it provides the reliable information you need to avoid costly fines in regard to heat & hot water, trash removal, recyclables, graffiti, elevators, lead hazards, smoke detectors, window guards, and everything in between.

With over 50 topics covered, this serves as your go-to comprehensive, compliance-focused checklist for when the city and the state tell you WHAT you have to do, but you NEED TO KNOW:

WHO has to do it
WHEN it has to be done
HOW it can be done
WHAT can happen if it’s not done

2026 New York City Apartment Management Checklist is the definitive source of information on the complex laws that govern the management of New York City apartment buildings.

In this completely updated edition, readers will find clear and comprehensive explanations of the latest rules, regulations, and requirements that owners and managers need to know to stay compliant…and profitable.

Text of Law and Forms Online. Your purchase includes online access to the official text of the law or regulation explained in that chapter, as well as copies of any forms you need to comply with the laws discussed in the chapter. Besides explanations of the laws that affect your building, the Checklist contains:

A calendar of important dates for 2026; and
A directory of city and state agencies that owners and managers have to deal with.

What’s New in the 2026 Edition of the NYC Apartment Management Checklist:

Chapter 3: Asbestos Inspection, Handling & Removal includes 2025 amendments to DEP’s Asbestos Control Program rules, which cite clarifications.
Chapter 9: Carbon Monoxide Detectors includes regulations amended in 2025 that add visual notification appliance installation requirements.
Chapter 10: Climate Mobilization Act explores HPD’s third set of regulations for implementation of Local Law 97 of 2019, added in 2024. These regulations cover support for affordable housing retrofits and adjustments for financially constrained buildings.
Chapter 11: Cooling Tower Maintenance discusses new law in 2025 introduced to ramp up testing requirements for Legionnaire’s Disease by requiring monthly treatment and testing for the presence of microbes during summer months.
Chapter 13: Extermination of Insects & Pests includes a revised version of the annual bedbug inspection form and instructions.
Chapter 15: Fire & Emergency Safety Plans includes new Fire Bulletin 2025–2026 that emphasizes prevention of fires caused by lithium batteries on E-bikes.
Chapter 17: Garbage Removal discusses DSNY data of citing a reduction in rat sightings since residential containerization requirements went into effect in 2023.
Chapter 19: Heat & Hot Water includes a link to HPD’s 2025 list of buildings subject to the agency’s heat sensors program.
Chapter 23: Lead-Based Paint Notice & Inspection Requirements highlights the addition of an HPD Portal to file for exemption from lead-based paint notice and inspection requirements.
Chapter 24: Lead-Based Paint Hazards—Corrections includes new HPD regulations for challenging XRF test-based lead paint violations, which was not previously permitted.
Chapter 26: Licensed Electricians and Plumbers presents some amendments to rules concerning ordinary plumbing work and electricians.
Chapter 28: Managing Agents explains new restrictions on fees that owners and their agents can charge tenants as a result of the 2025 FARE Act.
Chapter 30: Natural Gas Detection presents an update to recent rule amendments that have delayed the installation deadline for natural gas detectors in dwelling units from May 1, 2025 to Jan. 1, 2027.
Chapter 40: Sidewalk Sheds, Scaffolding & Netting explains 2025 Building Code amendments for enforcement of building repair timelines to address issues with long-standing sidewalk sheds.
Chapter 41: Sign Posting adds provisions concerning the delay of a new Natural Gas Detection Notice sign that must be posted by Jan. 1, 2027, and addition to the lobby notice of a building’s Multiple Dwelling Registration number to include notification if a building contains rent-stabilized housing units.
Chapter 47: Water & Sewer Bills is updated to cover changes in billing rates for Fiscal Year 2026, and notes that the Water Board has revised information about its “Billing Interference” program, formerly known as the “Theft of Services” program.
Chapter 49: Window Guards examines the 2025 DOHMH overhaul of window guard regulations so that, effective Jan. 1, 2026, rules will reflect current building practices concerning window guards and other “limiting devices.” The amended rules also clarify for the first time responsibilities relating to window air-conditioning units.
Chapter 50: Miscellaneous Duties adds a new section on accessory dwelling units.