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Energy and water use for the previous calendar year is submitted to the City through Energy Star Portfolio Manager by May 1. Check the Covered Buildings List each year rather than assuming: the list changes.
Applies to: Buildings over 25,000 sq ft, and multi-building tax lots over 50,000 sq ft
The greenhouse gas emissions report, certified by a registered design professional, is due May 1 for the previous calendar year. There is a 60-day grace period to June 30, and an extension may be requested. The report is separate from the LL84 benchmarking filing even though both fall on May 1.
Applies to: Buildings over 25,000 sq ft, and tax lots or condo boards whose buildings together exceed 50,000 sq ft
Two inspections a year, one internal and one external, both inside the calendar year, performed by an inspector working for an authorized insurance company. The rule requires them to fall roughly six months apart, so if the first was done in January the second is due around June. Each report is filed within 14 days of its inspection.
Applies to: Every high-pressure boiler in the city
The inspection is performed by a Licensed Master Plumber and must be completed between January 1 and December 31, 2026. Two filings follow it and they are not the same thing: the GPS1 inspection report goes to the owner within 30 days, and the GPS2 certification goes to DOB within 60 days. The GPS2 is where the deadline actually lives. If the inspection found conditions needing correction, a follow-up GPS2 certifying them is due by day 120. These districts come round again in 2030.
Applies to: Buildings in Community Districts 4, 6, 8, 9 and 16, in every borough
The Energy Efficiency Report is filed in the calendar year matching the last digit of the building's tax block number, so this year belongs to blocks ending in 6 and your building is in scope once every ten years. Both the energy audit and the retro-commissioning must be complete before the report is filed.
Applies to: Buildings over 50,000 sq ft whose tax block number ends in 6
A qualified person observes the parapet once each calendar year. Nothing is filed with the Department: the report is kept on site for six years and produced on request. An unsafe condition requires public protection immediately and notice to DOB.
Applies to: Every building with a parapet fronting the public right-of-way, at any height, except detached one and two family homes
In New York City low-pressure boilers are inspected annually, not every two years. The cycle is the calendar year, consecutive annual inspections must be at least six months apart, and the report is filed within 14 days of the inspection. The two-year cycle belongs to heating boilers under the New York State rules outside the five boroughs, which is the single most common mix-up on this obligation.
Applies to: Every low-pressure boiler in the city
Tested once a year by a DEP-certified tester, on the device’s own anniversary rather than a shared date. The test report is filed with DEP within 30 days.
Applies to: Every backflow prevention device on the building’s water service
An annual no-load safety test witnessed by a licensed agency director or QEI inspector. It runs on each device’s own anniversary rather than a shared city-wide date, which is why it is not on the calendar above. Check the certificate for the device’s date.
Applies to: Every elevator device in the building
The full-load, full-speed test of governors, safeties and buffers. Keyed to the device’s own five-year anniversary, so there is no common date.
Applies to: Every elevator device, on its own five-year anniversary
A Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector examines the facade and files the report inside a two-year window, not on a single date. No sub-cycle window closes in 2026, so there is no FISP deadline this year; what matters is which window your block sits in. Open now: A (blocks ending 4, 5, 6, 9) until February 21, 2027; B (blocks ending 0, 7, 8) until February 21, 2028. Full schedule: A February 21, 2025 to February 21, 2027; B February 21, 2026 to February 21, 2028; C February 21, 2027 to February 21, 2029.
Applies to: Buildings taller than six stories, grouped by the last digit of the tax block number
Cat 1: Annual, on the device’s own date
Cat 5: Every 5 years
Basis: Each device’s own anniversary, not a city-wide date
Late or missing filing: $500 to $1,000 per device
High Pressure: Annual, internal and external, about 6 months apart
Low Pressure: Annual (not biennial: that is New York State outside the city)
Cycle: January 1 to December 31
Filing: Within 14 days of inspection
Failure to file: $1,000 per boiler. Late: $50 per month, capped at $600
LL84: Annual, May 1
LL97: Annual, May 1
LL87: Every 10 years, by last digit of tax block
LL97: $268 per metric ton over the limit
FISP: Every 5 years, two-year filing window by tax block
LL126 parapet: Annual, nothing filed, kept on site 6 years
Applies to: FISP above 6 stories; parapet at any height
FISP late filing: $1,000 per month
Cycle: Every 4 years, by community district
Due this year: Districts 4, 6, 8, 9, 16
GPS1: To the owner within 30 days
GPS2: To DOB within 60 days
Failure to file GPS2 by the due date: $5,000
Cycle: Annual, on the device’s own date
Authority: NYC DEP
Filing: Within 30 days of the test
Risk: water service shutoff
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