Scheduled to go into effect in November, New York’s lead paint registry is designed to identify and eradicate the sources of lead paint in older rental properties and homes that pose a significant threat to children.
This Lead Rental Registry program is part of Governor Hochul’s plan to support homeowners, tenants and public housing residents as included in New York’s FY2024 and FY2025budgets. Regulations will go into effect in November 2025 and will require property owners, health departments and local governments in communities of concern to work together to identify housing-related lead hazards and remove the sources of lead.
The program will require that rental properties built before 1980 with two or more units are inspected and documented as free of lead-based paint hazards before they can be issued a lead safety certification. It will require prompt cleanup and lead-safe repairs when hazards are identified. Property owner compliance will be tracked and monitored, and compliance will be enforced.
Properties must be certified every three years beginning in Fall 2025. The registry will require registration, lead hazard inspections, prompt remediation or abatement where necessary, certification, and tracking of property owner compliance.
Lead paint poisoning has been a major source of significant developmental health issues for decades now with little effort to address the problem until now. This registry is a step in the right direction in improving and safeguarding the lives of our children in the state of New York.
