NYC HPD and DOH Mold Compliance

Mold is the new lead paint. The City has a new procedures for addressing mold violations and conducting mold inspections.

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Mold Violations

NYC Mold Violations

In 2018, Local Laws 55 and 61 changed the way in which buildings are required to approach mold.

The laws establish certain mold and pest related inspections and record keeping requirements, and define new procedures for how to address and discharge mold violations.

Class B and C Mold violations now require the involvements of a New York State Licensed Mold Assessor and a separate New York State Licensed Mold Remediation Contractor.

Can You Self Certify an HPD Mold Violation?

An HPD mold violation cannot be self addressed or self certified if both of the following conditions exist:

Class B or Class C Violation(Class B is mold > 10 sf and Class C is mold > 30 sf)
Building is ten (10) units or more.

In this scenario, the building needs to involve a NY State Licensed Mold Assessor AND a SEPARATE NY State Licensed Mold Remediation Contractor. You can read more about this here.

If, on the other hand, the violation does not meet one aforementioned conditions, than the building may self address and self certify.