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THE DATA NEW YORK REFUSES TO PUBLISH

In New York, a barber needs a state license.
The person managing a $200 million residential building
needs absolutely nothing.

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CONDOSCOOPSNY

We reverse-engineered the registry New York refuses to maintain.

Using nothing but free public data — NYC Open Data, HPD Registrations, NYSCEF court records — we identified 4,177 residential buildings across 23 managing agent firms. Every claim links to a primary source. Every number is reproducible.

BY THE NUMBERS

4,177 Buildings Tracked across 23 managing agent firms

3,150 Immediately Hazardous Class C HPD violations — AKAM top 25 alone

$7.6M Unpaid Facade Fines LL11 penalties — zero went to actual repairs

289 Active Lawsuits Supreme Court cases in the worst 25 buildings

3,625 BUILDINGS. 15 MANAGING AGENTS. ZERO LICENSES.

Same city. Same laws.
Nobody is watching.

"Seven firms. Four boroughs. 17,871 hazardous violations.
Not one state license. Not one regulatory consequence.
This is not a bad-apple problem. This is a missing-regulator problem."

METHODOLOGY

Where the hazards cluster.

Every neighborhood in New York City has a violation fingerprint. We mapped all five boroughs by Class C density — the violations that mean someone's health or safety is at immediate risk. The patterns are not random.

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Class C violation density · Click to explore full methodology

THE REGULATORY GAP

Everyone is licensed.
Except the one that matters.

✓ Barber — NY Dept. of State

✓ Nail technician — NY Dept. of State

✓ Home inspector — $150K bond required

✓ Tow truck operator — NYC DCWP

✓ Pedicab driver — exam required

✓ Process server — bonded

✗ Residential managing agent — NOTHING

Florida fixed this in 1987. California, Nevada, Illinois, Virginia, Georgia, and Connecticut followed. New York — with more condos and co-ops than any state — has not.

EXPLORE

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The Registry Gap

No public managing agent registry. We reverse-engineered one from open data — 4,177 buildings across 23 firms.

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Managing Agents

23 firms. 4,177 buildings. Cross-portfolio violation density, ECB fines, and AEP appearances for every agent in the catalog.

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100+ Issues

Every regulatory gap, scam pattern, and governance defect in NYC housing — documented with primary sources and comparison jurisdictions.

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Methodology

Every score is reproducible. Every claim is one URL from its primary source. Audit us.

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Building Reports

Look up any NYC condo or co-op. Violations, litigation, managing agent, Local Law 11 status, and special assessments.

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Buyer Guides

Due diligence checklists, offering plan red flags, special assessment warnings, and the questions your broker won't ask.

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The Hidden Costs

The listing price is maybe 60% of what you'll actually pay. Special assessments, LL11, managing agent markups, and 12 more costs your broker won't mention.

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