NYC landlord compliance is now a documented, high-stakes evidentiary record — most landlords just aren't the ones keeping it.

Tenant complaints are timestamped by the city the instant they're filed. Landlord responsiveness usually isn't recorded anywhere a court or agency will credit. This section covers how that asymmetry plays out across HPD enforcement, the city's Fix the City initiative, DHCR recordkeeping, and the FARE Act — written for landlords, journalists, and legal researchers, not as a product pitch.