The January notices to tenants

Who: Buildings with 3 or more apartments
When: January 1 to 16, every year
Back from tenants: By February 15

What goes out

Lead paint and window guards. HPD says that between January 1 and January 16 owners give tenants the yearly notices about lead-based paint and window guards.
Stove knob covers. HPD says owners give tenants a yearly notice about stove knob covers on or before January 16.

Which buildings

HPD says the window guard notice goes to all tenants in buildings with 3 or more apartments. The lead paint notice is for buildings built before 1960, and for buildings built from 1960 to 1978 where the owner knows there is lead-based paint.

What comes back

HPD says the answers must be collected from tenants by February 15. HPD also says owners keep the signed notices for ten years. See the yearly apartment inspections for what follows.

How Woodpecker handles it

This is not one of the filings in a Woodpecker plan. Customers get an email reminder before it comes due, and it is listed on their status page.

Check your building

Sources: HPD, Bulletin to Property Owners, November 2023, HPD, Bulletin to Property Owners, June 2022, HPD, report on Local Law 1, fiscal year 2025.

HPD's pages behind this guide were last checked on November 10, 2026.