Data Policy

Scope

This policy covers the data this website and application (the “Site”) publish and serve — to people and to automated agents. It does not cover personal information you send us through a form; that is covered by our Privacy Policy. The machine-readable version of our agent access rules lives in agents.txt.

What this site publishes

• Listing information — active listings sourced from the REBNY RLS and Compass. Listing photographs belong to the listing broker or the photographer.
• Neighborhood guides — written and maintained by The Finelli Team, built with public data.
• Public records — NYC Open Data, including ACRIS property records, PLUTO/MapPLUTO lot data, geocoding, transit, tree, and assessment datasets. We publish them as the city publishes them.
• Calculator results — estimates computed from the numbers you enter and the rates we publish, including our Tax Rates data.
• Structured data — JSON-LD, llms.txt, the agent manifest, and our API responses.

Accuracy and freshness

• Listing information is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed accurate by the MLS. Prices and availability change without notice.
• Public records may be stale, incomplete, or inaccurate. They are not a substitute for a title search, survey, inspection, appraisal, or legal advice. Verify anything you intend to rely on.
• Most pages refresh within minutes; some datasets (assessments, neighborhood statistics, tax rates) refresh on a slower schedule.

Data integrity and attribution

Property data, including but not limited to zoning (PLUTO), ownership history (ACRIS), and building violations or permits (DOB), is provided for informational purposes only. While sourced from official NYC Open Data portals, this information is not a substitute for a formal title search, property inspection, or legal counsel. The Finelli Team makes no warranties regarding the real-time accuracy or completeness of this data.

• PLUTO: Zoning and land use data provided by the NYC Department of City Planning (DCP) PLUTO™ database. Open data portal
• ACRIS: Property records and deed history provided by the NYC Department of Finance (DOF) ACRIS system. ACRIS
• DOB: Building permits, complaints, and violation data provided by the NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) BIS/DOB NOW systems. DOB building data
• NYC Open Data Terms of Use apply to the underlying datasets: Terms of Use

Users are advised to verify all DOB records and ACRIS filings directly with the respective city agencies before entering into any real estate transaction. The Finelli Team shall not be held liable for any inaccuracies, omissions, or actions taken based on the data provided herein.

Calculators and estimates

Calculations provided are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or legal advice. Users should consult with a professional regarding specific tax or mortgage implications.

How agents and automated clients may use this site

• Reading and quoting — welcome, with attribution to The Finelli Team.
• Rate limits — as declared in agents.txt: personal agents 100,000 tokens per day; answer engines 50,000 tokens per day.
• Bulk collection, republishing, or AI training — written permission required. Listing data is licensed from the RLS and the listing broker; it is not free training data. Contact us before crawling for training.
• Forms — agents may read and fill our forms, but submission requires a human present. Our form schemas say so.
• We may throttle or block traffic that ignores these rules.

What we do not do

• We do not sell personal information.
• We do not use your form submissions, client data, or private communications to train AI models.
• We do not present estimates as appraisals, comparative market analyses, or offers.

Reporting a data error

If something here is wrong — a stale price, a broken record, a bad estimate — tell us at james.finelli@compass.com and we will correct verified errors.

Changes

We update this policy as the site changes. The effective date above always reflects the current version.