City of Albany, NY Online Portfolio of Registered Property Owners

The purpose and scope of this part is to provide tenants of the City of Albany at large with the tools and resources to be knowledgeable and informed residents. This part provides transparency, and empowers tenants to protect their housing rights and help make the right choice when choosing a property to rent. Finally, this part will help landlords by incentivizing remediation of potential code violations.

The Department of Building and Regulatory Compliance (hereinafter "the Department") shall maintain, through the Department's website, a publicly accessible electronic interface that reports code violation, building permit applications, and complaint information based on the name of the property owner and the address of the property. This interface shall include:

(1)

The mailing address of each registered property owned by such registered owner;

(2)

The name of the corporate entity associated with the property owner, if applicable;

(3)

The nature of all code violations that have occurred at the property, including the date issues, opened, resolved, and for each action taken on each violation:

(a)

The inspector that observed or acted on the violation;

(b)

The date such action was taken; and

(c)

The proposed next step to remediate the alleged violation;

(4)

The number of violation complaints involving the property;

(5)

All former health and safety violations, including the date issued, opened, and resolved;

(6)

A list of all current owners of the property, if possible;

(7)

Any and all building permits applied for and decisions of application, pursuant to Chapter 133 of the Code and other applicable code sections.