Bedford, N.Y., Code of Ordinances ch. 76 (eCode360 ed. 2026) § 76-9
Disclosure and publication of building performance information
Operative Text
A. Within 30 days after a health and safety inspection or health, safety, and energy audit has been completed, the health and safety inspection report shall be provided to the Building Department or its designee, in such form as required by the Town of Bedford. B. Within 30 days after a health and safety inspection or health, safety, and energy audit has been completed, the owner shall post in a public area where possible and provide to all tenants the health and safety inspection report or health, safety, and energy audit results and any remediation actions that have been taken, and maintain a record of such communications with tenants for five years. C. The owner of a residential rental property shall provide a copy of benchmarking and any health and safety inspection report issued pursuant to this chapter to a prospective purchaser of the residential rental property and maintain a record of such communications for five years. D. In order to maintain the continuity of publically available information about Residential Rental Property, before ownership of any occupied residential rental property is transferred, the owner shall provide to the buyer, at or before closing, all information necessary for the buyer to report building performance information for the entire year, if required, in a timely manner. It shall be a violation of this chapter for any seller to fail to provide any such information at or before closing. This Subsection D does not apply to transfers of title to real property in the following circumstances: (1) Through a foreclosure sale or trustee's sale, or a deed in lieu of foreclosure; (2) Through a preforeclosure sale where the seller has reached an agreement with the mortgage to sell the building for an amount less than the amount owed on the mortgage; (3) Through the exercise of or under the threat of eminent domain; (4) From one family member to another family member without consideration; (5) Under a court order or probate proceedings; (6) Under a decree of legal separation or dissolution of marriage, or property settlement agreement; or (7) Incidental to such decree. E. The Town shall make available to the public on the Town website building performance information for the previous calendar year no later than September 1 of each year for residential rental properties. F. The Town will use best efforts to send to each building owner and make available on the Town website, and update at least annually, the following building performance information: (1) Summary and comparative statistics on energy and water consumption and applicable comparative ratings for residential rental properties derived from aggregation of building performance information; and (2) For each residential rental property individually: (a) The building address, use types and gross floor area; and (b) Annual summary statistics from benchmarking and building ratings; and (c) A comparison of the annual summary statistics across calendar years for all years since annual reporting under this chapter has been required for said building. (3) Where the current owner of any residential rental property learns that any information reported as part of a building performance information submission is inaccurate or incomplete, the owner shall amend the reported information and shall provide an updated building performance information submission to the Building Department or its designee within 30 days of learning of the inaccuracy. G. No later than September 1 of each year, the Building Department or its designee shall submit a report to the Town Board including but not limited to building performance information summary statistics for residential rental properties, as required by the Building Department or its designee, the total number of residential rental properties, a list of all residential rental properties, if any, that the Building Department or its designee has determined to be exempt from any requirements of this chapter and the reason or reasons for the exemption, the number of violations issued pursuant to this chapter during the preceding year, the amount of any fines assessed and any fines collected for violations of this chapter during the preceding year, and the status of compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
Bedford, N.Y., Code of Ordinances ch. 76 § 76-9 establishes a framework for disclosing building performance information related to health, safety, and energy use in residential rental properties. Within 30 days of a completed inspection or audit, the results must be submitted to the Building Department and shared with tenants, with records of those communications kept for five years. Owners must also share benchmarking and inspection reports with prospective buyers, and before any qualifying property sale closes, the seller must hand over all data needed for the buyer to continue required reporting. The Town of Bedford publishes aggregated and property-specific performance data on its website each year by September 1.
Plain English — not legal advice.
Under Bedford, N.Y., Code of Ordinances ch. 76 § 76-9, compliant property owners generally submit inspection and audit reports to the Building Department within 30 days of completion, post results in a common area, and distribute them directly to all current tenants while retaining communication records for five years. When selling a residential rental property, owners typically provide benchmarking data and inspection reports to prospective purchasers and ensure that all information needed for continued building performance reporting is delivered to the buyer at or before closing — failure to do so is explicitly designated a violation. Owners who discover that previously submitted building performance data is inaccurate or incomplete are expected to file a corrected submission with the Building Department within 30 days of learning of the error.
General guidance for property managers — not legal advice for your specific situation. Consult an attorney for advice on your case.
Bedford, N.Y., Code of Ordinances ch. 76 § 76-9 gives tenants the right to receive health and safety inspection reports and energy audit results, along with any remediation actions taken, within 30 days of an inspection or audit being completed. If a tenant believes this disclosure has not occurred, they may raise the owner's non-compliance as a concern with the Town of Bedford Building Department, which is responsible for tracking violations and fines under this chapter. Tenant-rights organizations familiar with Bedford's local ordinances can help residents understand what disclosures they are entitled to and what general options exist when those disclosures are not provided.
General guidance for tenants — not legal advice for your specific situation. Consult a tenant-rights organization or attorney for advice on your case.
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