NYC contractor leads from DOB permits, HPD violations and registrations
New York City publishes more building data than any other US city, on one open-data portal, refreshed daily. This is what each dataset is, which trade it sends work to, and how FieldClients turns it into a feed of B2B accounts for contractors in the five boroughs.
New York City publishes DOB permits and violations, HPD violations and registrations, FISP filings, certificates of occupancy and ACRIS deeds on one open-data portal. We read them daily and match each record to the registered owner or managing agent. In the self-serve feed you filter them to your trade and reveal the decision-maker on the ones worth a call. Self-serve from $99 a month.
- Nine NYC datasets read daily
- Matched to the HPD-registered owner or managing agent
- Every dataset covers all five boroughs
- FieldClients reads this record in each market every day. Self-serve from $99 a month.
What the record is
The Department of Buildings publishes job filings and issued permits through DOB NOW and the legacy BIS system, both mirrored on NYC Open Data: new buildings, major and minor alterations, demolitions, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, and sidewalk-shed permits, each with the address, scope, estimated cost, filing party and dates. DOB and the Environmental Control Board publish violations against buildings, with class, penalty and cure status.
Housing Preservation and Development publishes housing-maintenance violations, tenant complaints from 311, and the annual registration of every multiple dwelling, which names the owner and the managing agent with an address. Facade Inspection Safety Program (Local Law 11) filings record the engineer's verdict on every building over six stories, SAFE, SWARMP or UNSAFE, with a filing cycle and a repair deadline.
Certificates of occupancy mark new and converted buildings reaching use. ACRIS records every deed and mortgage in the five boroughs. Together these datasets describe what is being built, what is broken, who owns and manages each building, and when it changed hands, and they are the raw material of every FieldClients lead in New York City.
Where it is published
- DOB NOW job filings and DOB permit issuance. New-building, alteration, demolition, plumbing, mechanical and electrical permits with scope and cost.
- DOB and ECB/OATH violations. Construction, safety, boiler, elevator and facade violations with class and penalty.
- HPD violations and complaints. Heat, hot water, water, leak, mould and structural conditions, with class and cure date; 311 complaints before an inspection.
- HPD registrations (owner and managing agent). The owner and managing-agent contacts for every registered multiple dwelling; the join that turns a building into an account.
- FISP / Local Law 11 filings. Facade verdicts and repair deadlines for every building over six stories.
- Certificates of occupancy. New and converted buildings reaching approved use.
- ACRIS. Deeds, mortgages and portfolio sales across the five boroughs.
Which trades it predicts
The same record means different work to different trades. Each card links to the leads page for that trade.
HPD heat and hot-water violations, boiler filings and cooling-tower registrations.
HPD water and leak violations, plumbing permits and complaint clusters.
Reroof permits, FISP filings and leak violations on upper floors.
FISP SWARMP and UNSAFE verdicts and Local Law 126 parapet reports.
New COs, managing-agent changes and ACRIS portfolio sales on doorman buildings.
New-building permits and sprinkler and fire-safety violations.
Electrical permits and EV-charger filings.
Demolition and new-building filings the day they appear.
Office fit-out alterations and new COs.
Demolition and gut-renovation permits before the debris exists.
ACRIS transfers and registration lapses on unmanaged buildings.
Timing: when to reach out
Daily. Most NYC datasets refresh every night, so a violation issued on Monday is matched and in the feed by Tuesday. Violations and FISP verdicts carry deadlines and are worked immediately; permits and COs are worked for the adjacent trades and the account; registration changes are worked in the first two months of the new agent's takeover; ACRIS transfers in the first quarter of ownership.
NYC leads from DOB permits, HPD violations and registrations: questions
Which NYC datasets does FieldClients read?
DOB NOW job filings and DOB permit issuance, DOB and ECB violations, HPD violations, complaints and registrations, FISP facade filings, certificates of occupancy, ACRIS deeds and mortgages, and cooling tower and boiler registrations, all from NYC Open Data, read daily. Your trade filter decides which of them you see.
Do you cover all five boroughs?
Yes. We read every dataset for Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island. Each borough is its own county, and a market is a county or metro, so how many markets you need depends on the boroughs you work.
What does an NYC plan cost?
Self-serve from $99 a month. Month to month, no setup fee.
How is this different from buying a list of NYC permits or violations?
A list is the records as published, sold to everyone who subscribes. FieldClients matches each record to the HPD-registered owner or managing agent and tags it by trade. You filter the feed to your trade, and one credit reveals the person who awards the work and the dated reason to call. Verified decision-maker email on every reveal. Company phone where listed.
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