How RegWatch uses public records from New York City agencies to provide comprehensive property intelligence.
NYC Open Data is the city's initiative to make government data freely available to the public. Established by Local Law 11 of 2012, it requires all city agencies to publish their public datasets on the official portal at data.cityofnewyork.us. As of 2026, the portal hosts over 3,000 datasets covering everything from 311 complaints to property tax assessments.
Property-related data comes from agencies including the Department of Buildings (DOB), Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), Department of Finance (DOF), Department of City Planning (DCP), the Fire Department (FDNY), and many others. This data is updated on schedules ranging from daily to annually depending on the agency and dataset.
RegWatch aggregates, normalizes, and cross-references data from 250+ city agencies to create a unified property intelligence profile. Rather than visiting each agency website individually, our platform pulls together violations, permits, tax records, title documents, zoning information, environmental data, and more into a single searchable interface.
Our data pipeline ingests raw datasets, resolves identifiers (BBL, BIN, address), cleans inconsistencies, and indexes records for fast retrieval. We update our databases on regular schedules aligned with agency publication cadences.
Building permits, violations, complaints, Certificates of Occupancy, inspections
Housing violations, complaints, registrations, litigation, lead-safe housing
Property tax assessments, exemptions, ACRIS recordings (deeds, mortgages, liens)
PLUTO (lot-level data), zoning districts, MapPLUTO, land use
Fire inspections, violations, and permit records
Adjudicated violations and hearing results across agencies
Water and sewer charges, environmental compliance
Environmental remediation records, E-designations
While we strive for accuracy, all data originates from city agency records and is subject to their limitations. Common considerations include:
RegWatch provides data for informational purposes. For legal decisions, title clearance, or compliance certification, consult appropriate licensed professionals.
Before platforms like RegWatch, accessing NYC property records meant visiting multiple agency websites, navigating different search interfaces, and manually cross-referencing records by BBL, BIN, or address. A comprehensive due diligence check that once took hours now takes seconds, while still relying on the same authoritative city data sources that professionals have always used.