New York Apartment Law Insider

Service Employees International Union (Local 32BJ) quarterly contribution to its pension and welfare fund is due today. To avoid interest and penalties, pay by the end of the month.

Today is the final day to pay the last quarterly installment of 2023–24 taxes to the city’s DOF.

Today is the last day to apply to the DOF’s Property Division for a reduction of the 2025–26 assessment for Class 1 properties. DOF must receive the application on or before March 17, 2025. If you file by mail, make sure you mail it far enough in advance to arrive by this date. If your application is hand-delivered, you must bring it to the office on or before March 17, 2025.

Starting today, you should notify DOHMH in writing if you’ve been unable to determine whether a tenant needs or wants window guards, or if you’ve been unable to get access to an apartment for an inspection to determine whether a child under age 6 lives there. The letter should describe the efforts you’ve made to learn of the tenant’s need for window guards and your attempts to gain access.

Today is the last day to apply to the Property Division of the Dept. of Finance (DOF) for a reduction of the 2025–26 assessment for Class 2 & Class 4 properties. DOF must receive the application on or before March 3, 2025. If you file by mail, make sure you mail it far enough in advance to arrive by this date.

President’s Day is a Service Employees’ Union (Local 32BJ) contract holiday. It’s also a Sanitation Department workers’ holiday, which means there’s no garbage pickup or street cleaning.

All tenants’ responses to the Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) “Annual Notice: Protect Your Child from Lead Poisoning and Window Falls” are due today. If a tenant doesn’t return a signed and dated annual notice to you by today and you don’t know if the tenant needs or wants window guards, DOHMH regulations require that by March 1, 2025, you inspect the tenant’s apartment at “reasonable” times to determine whether a child 10 years or younger resides in the apartment and, if so, whether window guards are properly installed. And for lead-based paint, the law requires that by March 1, 2025, you inspect the occupant’s apartment at “reasonable” times to determine whether a child under age 6 lives there.

Lincoln’s Birthday is a Sanitation Department workers’ holiday, which means there’s no garbage pickup or street cleaning.

Dr. King’s Birthday is a Service Employees’ Union (Local 32BJ) contract holiday. It’s also a Sanitation Department workers’ holiday, which means there’s no garbage pickup or street cleaning. 

This is the last day to distribute an annual stove knob cover notice. Owners are required to provide stove knob covers or permanent stove safety knobs with integrated locking mechanisms for gas-powered stoves where the owner knows or reasonably should know that a child under 6 years of age resides.