NYC property owners can replace required paper lobby postings with a commercial digital signage display powered by CrownTV’s cloud software. We install the screen, load every required notice, and keep it current when regulations change — all managed through our digital signage platform.
If you manage residential buildings in New York City, you already know how this works. The NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development requires a specific set of signs posted in every building lobby — your HPD registration number sign, superintendent contact information, garbage collection schedules, bedbug annual filing receipts, detector notices, emergency preparedness postings, and more. There are over a dozen distinct required postings depending on your building type.
Every time a regulation changes, a super’s phone number updates, a sanitation route shifts, or HPD revises a notice format — someone on your team has to reprint, drive to each building, and physically replace the signs. For property management companies running 10, 20, or 50+ buildings, that’s not an occasional task. It’s a constant drain on staff time.
And when a sign falls down, fades, or just gets missed during an update? You’re looking at an HPD violation on your next inspection. Since Local Law 71 took effect, civil penalties for non-compliance with HPD signage requirements have increased significantly. For buildings with more than five units, fines can reach $5,000 per violation. A single missed bedbug filing receipt posted in the wrong spot, a garbage schedule that’s out of date — each one is a separate violation. Multiply that across a portfolio and you’re looking at tens of thousands in avoidable fines.
CrownTV’s HPD compliance package is a turnkey digital signage solution: a commercial-grade digital display paired with our cloud-based digital signage software, pre-loaded with every required HPD notice template. We handle the hardware, the software, the content, and the installation. You get a single digital sign in each lobby that replaces every paper posting — building registration, garbage collection, bedbug filing receipt, detector notices, service interruption alerts, and temperature reporting.
Everything runs through CrownTV’s digital signage CMS (content management system). One dashboard login gives you control over every building in your portfolio. Need to push a water shutoff notice to three buildings in Brooklyn? It goes live on every digital display in under a minute. DSNY changed your garbage collection day? Update the schedule from your phone and it refreshes instantly across every lobby screen. No site visits, no reprinting, no thumb drives.
The digital signage display meets all HPD requirements: minimum 0.25-inch font size, proper lighting, ADA-compliant placement, and multi-language support in English and Spanish (plus additional languages as needed). These aren’t guidelines — they’re the specifications HPD mandates for digital compliance postings, and our templates are designed to meet them out of the box.
A building lobby is not a living room. Your digital signage display runs all day, every day. Tenants walk past it in direct sunlight, someone’s going to bump into it, and the last thing you need is a resident pressing buttons to change the channel to ESPN. That’s why CrownTV uses commercial-grade digital displays — the same type of digital signage hardware used in airports, hospitals, and government buildings — not consumer TVs from Best Buy.
We source commercial digital signage displays from Samsung and other leading manufacturers built specifically for 24/7 public environments. These panels are designed for continuous operation without overheating, image burn-in, or failure — paired with CrownTV’s digital signage software to manage content remotely.
The key difference from a regular TV: no external buttons or controls. There’s no way for anyone in the lobby to turn it off, change the input, adjust the volume, or tamper with the digital display. All management happens remotely through CrownTV’s cloud-based digital signage CMS. The display does exactly one thing: show your HPD compliance notices — and nobody can interfere with it.
Optional: IK10-rated protective enclosure — tempered glass or polycarbonate shield that mounts over the screen. Recommended for NYCHA developments, high-traffic lobbies, or any building where vandalism is a concern. Protects the display from impact, scratches, and tampering while keeping the screen fully visible.
Nearly 2x brighter than a home TV (250 nits). Standard brightness for commercial digital signage — readable even in lobby areas with direct sunlight or bright overhead lighting. HPD requires the sign to be “easily legible” — 500 nits handles that.
Built to run nonstop without overheating or image burn-in. Consumer TVs are designed for 8 hours a day — commercial digital signage displays are rated for always-on operation in public spaces.
No power button, no input switch, no volume rocker. Nobody in the lobby can tamper with your digital signage. All control is remote through CrownTV’s digital signage software platform.
Non-reflective matte panel surface eliminates glare from lobby lighting and windows. Tenants can read every notice from any angle, any time of day.
3840 × 2160 pixel resolution. Text on your digital display renders crisp at any font size — critical when HPD mandates a minimum 0.25″ character height for compliance notices.
Full manufacturer warranty on every digital signage display. Commercial panels last 5-7+ years in continuous use — compared to 1-3 years for a consumer TV running in a business setting.
Under the February 2026 HPD rule, these required lobby postings can be shown on a digital signage screen instead of paper. If you choose the digital signage option, all of these must be on the display — HPD doesn’t allow mixing paper and digital for these specific notices.
Registration number, building address, superintendent name and emergency contact — the basics that HPD checks first on every inspection visit.
Current collection days, recycling schedule, and methods. Update it instantly when DSNY changes your building’s route — no reprinting.
The filing receipt that proves you submitted your annual bedbug history report. Gets auto-displayed each year when you file.
Water shutoffs, elevator maintenance, heat outages. Push a real-time alert to every screen in your portfolio — tenants see it immediately.
Smoke detector, carbon monoxide, and natural gas detector requirements — what tenants need to know about maintenance responsibilities.
For buildings with internet-capable temperature reporting devices — information about the device and how tenants can access readings.
New York City requires residential building owners to display over a dozen different signs and notices. Some can now be shown on a digital signage display under the February 2026 HPD rule. Others still require physical postings. Here’s the complete list so you know exactly which signs can go on your digital display and which ones still need to be paper or permanent signage.
These six notice types can be shown on a CrownTV digital compliance screen instead of paper. If you go digital, all six must be on the screen — HPD does not allow mixing paper and digital for these specific postings.
These signs are not currently eligible for digital display under HPD rules. You’ll continue to use traditional printed or engraved signs for these. CrownTV’s compliance display handles the digital-eligible notices — you keep these physical signs alongside the screen.
Tell us how many buildings. We handle the digital displays, signage software setup, content loading, and professional installation.
Share your building count and lobby layouts. We’ll recommend the right digital display size and placement for HPD compliance at each location.
We load your building-specific data into the HPD notice templates using CrownTV’s digital signage software — registration info, super contacts, collection schedules, filing receipts.
Licensed NYC technicians mount the commercial digital display, run cables, and configure the digital signage media player on-site. Typical install takes a few hours per building.
Log into the digital signage dashboard and manage every building’s compliance postings from one place. We handle regulation updates going forward.
| Paper Signs | CrownTV Digital Signage | |
|---|---|---|
| Update across 10 buildings | Reprint, drive to each building, post by hand | One click from your dashboard |
| When HPD changes a rule | Figure out new format, reprint everything | We push updated templates automatically |
| Multi-language requirement | Print separate signs per language | Built-in language rotation on one screen |
| Emergency service alert | Print notice, drive to building, tape to wall | Push alert remotely in seconds |
| Lobby appearance | Faded paper, tape residue, cluttered | Clean commercial-grade display |
| HPD inspection readiness | Hope the right signs are still up | Always current, always formatted to spec |
| Annual cost (10 buildings) | $3K-$8K (printing, labor, violations) | Predictable monthly subscription |
Manage HPD compliance across your full portfolio from one digital signage dashboard. No more sending staff building-to-building to swap paper signs whenever something changes.
Stay ahead of HPD violations without the hassle. One digital signage display covers all required postings, looks professional in your lobby, and you never have to think about reprinting again.
Scale digital signage across hundreds of developments. Push compliance updates and emergency alerts to every lobby display simultaneously — built for the kind of volume public housing requires.
Stop reprinting, stop driving to buildings, stop worrying about HPD violation fines. Tell us how many buildings you have and we’ll put together a complete digital signage solution — displays, software, installation, and content.
