I recently moved into an apartment in a building built before 1960 in New York City. I have young children. I am concerned about the potential of leaded paint being present on the old door frames and window sills and frames. I have not been told and/or provided by my landlord with any documentation demonstrating that they did any lead abatement in order to comply with the turnover law, before we moved into the apartment. The landlord says that the apartment in “lead safe”. They refuse to give me any other information. Are they complying with the law?
The turnover provision requires that a landlord performing work in compliance with the turnover provision, must perform and give to the occupant of the apartment lead dust clearance test results after the work and cleanup is completed. The results must be accompanied with a sufficiently clear explanation of the meaning of the results.