HPD Proposed Rule Amendments Regarding Digital Signs

Comment by date: July 17, 2025

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HPD-Proposed-Rule-Amendments-regarding-Digital-Signs.pdf

The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (“HPD”) proposes the following amendments to provide building owners with the option of installing digital signage to fulfill five notice requirements contained within HPD rules in Title 28 of the Rules of the City of New York (“Title 28”) and the Housing Maintenance Code. HPD proposes these amendments because digital signage can be a more efficient means of conveying important information to occupants and guests by engaging occupants to view information easily and efficiently. HPD proposes to amend the following Chapters of Title 28 to allow owners to post a digital sign rather than printed signs to comply with signage requirements in each such Chapter: • Chapter 25: Subchapter H: Owner's Right to Access to Dwelling Units or Rooms in Multiple Dwellings and Requirements for Notification. This Subchapter details the requirement that building owners provide written notice in a prominent place within the public part of a building whenever the owner is required to make a repair that may result in the interruption of essential services for more than two hours. • Chapter 25: Subchapter R: Collection, Retention and Disposal of Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse in Multiple Dwellings. This Subchapter details the owner’s responsibility to provide sufficient and appropriate receptacles on premises for the collection of trash generated by the occupants of the premises. Subchapter R also requires that the owner notify all occupants regarding the location of the receptacles and the hours of collection. • Chapter 46: [Housing Information Guide for Tenants and Owners]. This Chapter requires the owner of every multiple dwelling to post a notice in the area of the multiple dwelling to which mail is delivered advising occupants in both English and Spanish of the availability of the HPD-published housing information guide, the “ABCs of Housing,” which is available on HPD’s website or by calling 311. • Chapter 56: Internet Capable Temperature Reporting Devices. This Chapter requires the owner of every multiple dwelling that is selected for the installation of one Internet Capable Temperature Reporting Device in each dwelling unit within the selected multiple dwelling to post a notice in the common area of the multiple dwelling regarding the requirements of Chapter 56 and Administrative Code section 27-2033.1. • Chapter 59: Bedbug Infestation. This Chapter requires the owner of a multiple dwelling to provide notice of the property’s bedbug infestation history for the previous year and provide a notice with information about the prevention, detection, and removal of bedbug infestations. Such notices must be provided to each tenant upon commencement of a new lease and with each renewal or by posting in a prominent public location within such multiple dwelling. Digital signs permitted by these amendments would be required to comply with requirements regarding font size and type, placement, lighting, accessibility, and language in order to ensure legibility. If a building owner chooses to use digital signage, such owner must use digital signage for all of the notices affected by this Rule. This Rule contains cross references to sections of Title 28 as amended by another rule, relating to the installation and maintenance of natural gas detecting devices, which HPD is promulgating at the same time as this rule.

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