18 East 105th Street, Manhattan, NY 10029

The six-story, 20-unit New Law Tenement at 18 East 105th Street in East Harlem, owned by 16-26 East 105 LLC, has experienced recurring heating and plumbing issues throughout 2023 and 2025, with multiple complaints regarding inadequate heat and hot water in both individual apartments and the entire building. Most recently, in March 2025, there was an accessible toilet plumbing complaint that HPD could not inspect due to lack of access.

The building underwent several inspections in 2023 revealing various maintenance issues, including C-class violations for a locked boiler room access door and defective self-closing vestibule door hinges, though most of these violations were certified as corrected by August 2023. A cluster of non-emergency maintenance issues was reported in August 2023, including problems with walls, flooring, and appliances such as refrigerators and ranges.

The building's rodent management efforts show a mixed record, with multiple bait applications recorded in mid-2023 and a period of rat activity noted in May 2023, though recent inspections in 2024 and 2025 have generally passed. The property has maintained a clean bedbug record since 2021, with no reported infestations in the past four years. Outside of these recurring heating and maintenance issues, the building's historical records indicate relatively few other significant problems, with the most recent construction permit from September 2018 showing normal activity for a building of its age and class.