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Chair Hudson asks about re-inspection timelines and walkthrough averages

New York City Council · Sep 22, 2026 · starts 0:34:18 · 1 min 43 sec

Hudson asks for the median time between failed inspection and re-inspection and average walkthroughs before approval. Dalton says DSS does not collect re-inspection data and reports an average of 1.7 inspections from start to finish for HRA-administered inspections.

Crystal Hudson

I'm going to ask just a couple more questions and I'm going to turn it over to my colleagues.

Crystal Hudson

What's the median time between a failed inspection and subsequent re-inspection?

Erin Dalton

This is another piece that we hope to have data on in the future, but we do not collect that data at this time.

Crystal Hudson

Okay.

Crystal Hudson

And then what is the average percentage of apartments which need a subsequent walkthrough to be approved for city FEPS?

Erin Dalton

take that.

Erin Dalton

So I think as we already stated, there's 1.7 is the number, there's the average inspections over the course of all the inspections.

Erin Dalton

So some go, some only need one.

Erin Dalton

And as the 1.7 would suggest, most don't need more than the two.

Crystal Hudson

Okay.

Crystal Hudson

And then what's the average number of walkthroughs conducted before a unit is approved for city FEPS?

Scott French

I think that would be the 1.7 would be the similar metric we have at the moment.

Scott French

In the future, we hope to have data that might be able to look at it in different ways.

Crystal Hudson

Okay, great.

Crystal Hudson

Thank you.

Crystal Hudson

And then what's the median number?

Crystal Hudson

Of inspections a unit undergoes before passing inspection.

Crystal Hudson

So the last question was about re-inspection.

Crystal Hudson

This is just about inspection.

Erin Dalton

Yeah, I think all we have is the one metric, which is 1.7 from start to finish.

Erin Dalton

And just to, again, underscore, we are only reporting here on the HRA-administered inspections, and so certainly for the broader universe, it could be fewer.

Crystal Hudson

Okay.

Crystal Hudson

All right.

Crystal Hudson

Thank you.

Crystal Hudson

All right.