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NYC contractor leads, organized by trade and borough.
Find prospecting opportunities in NYC building violations, complaints, permits, and property sales. Search relevant records, find available owner and managing-agent details, and get a ranked morning shortlist.
From $149/month for one trade division in one borough.
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Transcript
An unsafe facade report comes with a repair deadline. Reach the owner while it’s fresh. Unworked Leads loads New York City violations, complaints, permits and sales every morning, sorted by trade and borough. At 6am, your 30 best new leads hit your inbox, with the owner and managing agent on file, and an opening line for the call. From $149 a month for one trade in one borough. Be first to the data. Start your 14-day trial.
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Sample lead
Would this help you decide whom to contact tomorrow?
This is what one lead looks like in the directory and in the morning shortlist. It is an illustrative example: the building, names and numbers are made up. Real leads come from New York City’s building records.
ECB violationOpenUnworkedIllustrative example
1418 Example Avenue, Brooklyn 11226
6-story elevator apartment building · 42 units · built 1927
- Record
- ECB (OATH) violation no. 39012345K: failure to maintain the exterior wall (cracked and loose masonry)
- Dates
- Issued Sep 12, 2026 · published by the city Sep 15, 2026 · cure by Nov 6, 2026
- Trade
- Facade & exterior restoration, in your Brooklyn seat
- Ranked
- Hot Deadline in 14 days; $10,000 in penalties still open; no matching later filing found
- Owner
- Example Owners LLC, owner of record (confidence: high)
- Agent
- Example Property Management Inc., with a mailing address and a phone number on file
- Filings
- No later permit or job filing at the building matches this work as of Oct 23, 2026
- Opening line
- “Hi Maria, this is Sam with Example Restoration. I’m reaching out about the ECB violation at 1418 Example Avenue (failure to maintain the exterior wall): the city wants it cured by Nov 6, 2026, and $10,000 in penalties is still open. We do facade and exterior restoration in Brooklyn and can walk the building and quote this week. Do you have two minutes?”
- Building and borough
- Where the opportunity is, with the building type and size.
- Record and dates
- What triggered it: the record type, the city’s record number, when it was issued and when the city published it.
- Trade
- Why it belongs in your subscription: the trade division the record means work for.
- Why it is ranked
- The facts behind its label: a deadline, the money at stake, whether anyone has filed for the work.
- Owner and agent
- The contact details we actually have. When the records carry none, the lead says so.
- Matching filings
- Whether we found a later permit or job filing at the building for the same work.
- Opening line
- A first sentence for the call, filled in from the record, plus an email and a text.
- Record number
- The city’s own job, violation or permit number, to look the record up yourself before you quote.
What “unworked” means
A lead is flagged unworked when the record is still open and we found no matching later permit or job filing at the building for the same work. When we find one, the lead shows it, so you can see it before deciding whether to pursue the opportunity.
“Unworked” is a record-matching signal, not confirmation that the owner is seeking bids or has not hired a contractor.
Every lead is a prospecting opportunity drawn from a public record, not a request from an owner. Check the city’s record by its number before you quote. Browse a free sample of real records (contacts masked).
12 trade divisions · 5 boroughs
Choose your trade and borough.
Every record is sorted into the trade divisions it means work for. A seat is one division in one borough, and you see the leads in your seats.
- Facade & exterior restoration
- Plumbing & gas piping
- HVAC, boilers & heat
- Interior repair & renovation
- Mold & water intrusion
- Lead paint abatement
- Roofing & waterproofing
- Elevators
- Parking structures (LL126)
- Structural & concrete
- General contracting & new owners
- Energy & LL97 retrofits
Manhattan · Brooklyn · Queens · the Bronx · Staten Island
How it works
Find relevant building signals sooner.
Reach owners with a timely, specific reason to talk: a record the city just published, with its deadline, the money involved and the people behind the building.
- 01
The city records it.
An inspector writes a violation, a tenant files a complaint, an engineer files a facade report, a permit is issued or a sale records.
- 02
We load and sort it.
NYC building records from the sources we cover, refreshed daily: each one matched to its building, the owner of record and the managing agent, sorted into trades, checked for matching later filings and ranked.
- 03
You decide whom to contact.
Search every open lead in your seats, start from your 6am shortlist, claim leads on your call sheet, open with the ready-made line and log each outcome.
leads added today this week in the last 30 days flagged unworked
The directory and the morning shortlist
Search it like you bid it.
Search every open lead in your seats by address, owner or agent; filter by indicator, deadline and date; show unworked only; sort by rank; save searches; and export up to 2,000 rows a day. Every weekday at 6am (or every day, if you choose), your 30 best new leads arrive by email.
- 1418 Example AvenueECB violation · cure by Nov 6 · $10,000 open · unworked
- 220 Sample StreetFacade (FISP) filing: UNSAFE · filed Oct 20 · unworked
- 95 Placeholder PlaceSidewalk shed up 640 days · facade permit found
What is different
More than a daily list.
The shortlist is a starting point. Your seat is the whole set of open records it covers.
See matching later filings
Each lead shows whether we found a later permit or job filing for the same work, and which one, before you decide whether to pursue it.
Contacts where the records have them
The owner of record with a confidence rating, the registered managing agent, a mailing address, and a phone number where the city’s records carry one. Missing details are shown as missing.
A specific reason to talk
An opening line, an email and a text for every lead, written from the record: the address, what the city cited, the deadline and the money involved.
Evidence and methodology
Where the leads come from.
Public records
Violations, complaints, filings, permits, inspections and sales recorded by the Department of Buildings, OATH (ECB), Housing Preservation and Development and the Department of Finance: 18 lead indicators in all. See the indicator catalogue.
Refreshed daily
We load the records every day. . A refresh depends on the city publishing its records.
Contact coverage
Owner, agent and phone details are only as complete as the public records. As of the last update, of the buildings in the directory have an owner or agent contact on file.
Independent
Unworked Leads is an independent business, not affiliated with or endorsed by the City of New York or any of its agencies.
What does the trial include?
14 days of one division in one borough: every open lead in the directory, the Morning shortlist, the call sheet and the templates. During the trial, owner names and contact details are masked and exports are disabled. A card is required; cancel before day 15 and you are not charged. After that, your first seat is $149 a month.
How fresh is the data?
We load New York City building records every day. A record the city publishes today is usually in the directory the next morning, in time for that morning’s 6am shortlist. Every page shows when the directory was last updated.
What does “unworked” mean?
The record is still open, and we found no matching later permit or job filing at the building for the same work. It is a record-matching signal, not confirmation that the owner is seeking bids or has not hired a contractor.
How many other contractors get the same lead?
Morning shortlist delivery is capped at 15 subscribers per lead. This does not make the underlying record exclusive: eligible subscribers may also find it in the directory, and the city’s record is public. How shortlist slots work.
Can I export leads?
Yes, on paid seats: up to 2,000 rows a day per account, with the lead, building, owner, agent and outreach columns. Exports are disabled during the trial.
Which boroughs are covered?
All five: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island. Each seat covers one division in one borough.
Decide whom to contact tomorrow.
Card required. Trial contacts are masked; exports are disabled. Cancel before day 15 to avoid charges.