Map of NYC buildings with lead-based paint

All New Yorkers deserve a home that is safe and healthy. With Election Day fast approaching, we need a mayor who will vigorously enforce the laws that protect us from lead exposure—even when that stance is unpopular with landlords and real estate interests.

Seventy-six percent of all NYC buildings were constructed before 1960, the year lead paint was banned. By law, any building built before 1960 in NYC is presumed to contain lead paint. Lead paint hazards are the leading source of lead exposure and poisoning, harming both children and adults. In 2023 alone, more than 5,000 children under the age of six were poisoned by lead. Every case of lead poisoning is a preventable tragedy.