We were tired of overpaying
for compliance software.
So we built our own. BoroBeacon is the operating system for an NYC property portfolio, built by the people who used to run them, with all the patience for a 311 backlog that experience tends to produce.
Make compliance boring again.
NYC property managers don't need another dashboard. They need to know — the moment a violation lands, the moment a hearing gets scheduled, the moment a certify-by date gets close — without refreshing a portal, without a monthly retainer, and without paying for features nobody asked for.
BoroBeacon is the tool we wished existed when we were running our own portfolio. It watches every NYC agency that matters, pulls public data in near-real time, and emails the right person when something needs attention. That's it. That's the product.
We charge a fair, published price. We never upsell. We never lock features behind an "enterprise" tier that you could just build yourself in a weekend. And we use the same software you do, on our own buildings, every day.
Four things we won't compromise on
Operator-first
Every feature is built because a property manager asked for it. We use BoroBeacon on our own buildings every day, so the tool has to work in the real world — not just on a pitch deck.
Price honestly
Compliance software has been wildly overpriced for decades. We believe a small portfolio owner should get the same insight as a REIT. Our pricing is published, transparent, and designed for the customer we used to be.
Never silent
A violation you find on Monday is cheaper than one you find in court on Friday. We lean toward too many alerts, not too few — and give you the controls to tune them.
Stay out of the way
We don't want to be a dashboard you have to visit. We want to be a quiet email that shows up when something changes, with a one-click path to get it off your plate.
A very short history
The need
As property managers ourselves, we felt the need to build something we could actually rely on. Nothing on the market fit how our team worked day-to-day, and we knew we were not the only ones. So we started sketching the tool we wished we had.
The first version
We wired NYC Open Data directly into a lean, modern stack. It ran on free-tier infrastructure and covered all 7 agencies. Every feature was tested against our own portfolio before anyone else touched it.
Opening it up
Enough other managers asked for access that we turned it into a real product. BoroBeacon officially launches for external customers in 2026 with a collective goal: take the headaches out of monitoring compliance in NYC.
We don't buzz you on Saturday morning.
Compliance is a weekday job. Most BoroBeacon alerts are queued and delivered during normal working hours, Monday through Friday. Weekends and evenings are quiet by default.
The exception: a small set of alerts we consider genuinely urgent — things like a Class C HPD heat/hot water complaint or a same-day OATH hearing reminder — will still land in your inbox outside of work hours because they affect tenant safety or a legal deadline you cannot miss. Everything else waits until Monday.
You can always tune which alerts are considered urgent from your settings. Default is sensible — most people never touch it.
We have a collective goal:
take the headaches out of NYC compliance.
If there is a feature you wish BoroBeacon had, we want to hear about it. We read every request, reply to every message, and ship changes that actually help the people using the tool.
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