NYC Admin Code › Chapter 2: Housing Maintenance Code › Subchapter 5: Legal Remedies and Enforcement › Article 7: Vacate Orders
§ 27-2139 Power to order dwelling vacated
a. Any dwelling or part thereof, which, because of a structural or fire safety hazard, defects in plumbing, sewage, drainage, or cleanliness, or any other violation of this code or any other applicable law, constitutes a danger to the life, health, or safety of its occupants, shall be deemed to be unfit for human habitation.
b. The department may order or cause any dwelling or part thereof which is unfit for human habitation to be vacated.
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- NYC Admin Code, as published by American Legal Publishing, the City's official publisher
- Last amended
- No amendment date in the official history
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- Matched the official code on October 1, 2026
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