In NYC, you can look up your building in the DOH complaint database. This ranges from things like damaged flooring (e.g, broken wood floors, pealing linoleum) t

In NYC, you can look up your building in the DOH complaint database. This ranges from things like damaged flooring (e.g, broken wood floors, pealing linoleum) to rat/roach/bedbug infestations and many other building violations (such as failure to provide heat in the wintertime). It's not usually complaints like 'my rent is too high and my landlord sucks, argh'. It's more complaints like, 'this building is hazardous to live in.'