S10199 — Relates to certain alterations to multiple dwellings; repealer

Summary

Relates to certain alterations based upon which room is being altered in a multiple dwelling.

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This bill amends 1 section(s) of the New York Consolidated Laws: Section 300 of the multiple dwelling law.

• Section 300 of the multiple dwelling law

  which adopts or has adopted local laws, ordinances, resolutions or regulations providing protection from fire hazards and making provision for escape from fire in the construction and alteration of multiple dwellings and in other respects as protective as local law seventy-six of the laws of the city of New York for nineteen hundred sixty-eight and covering the same subject matter as the following twen- ty-eight, thirty-five-c, and article seven-B , and twenty-eight subdivision four of twenty-eight, subdivision four of 4. a. b. subdivision c. d. e. f. (g) subdivision four of paragraph f of four central of table 3-4 chapter twenty-six of the administrative code of the city of partitions section C26-504.2 of the administrative code of the city of table 3-4 chapter twen- ty-six of the administrative code of the city of for J-2 occupancy section C26-1205.0 through and including sections C26-1205.5 and C26-1205.7 of the administrative code of the city of sections C26-1205.0 through and including section C26-1205.7 of the administrative code of the city of thirty or sections 27-749 and 27-750 of chapter twenty-seven of the administrative code of the city of sections 27-749 and 27-750 of chap- ter twenty-seven of the administrative code of the city of sub-article 1205.0 of chapter twenty-six of the administrative code of the city of 1. by the department upon compliance with all of the following requirements: a. The owner, or a registered architect or licensed professional engi- neer designated by the owner as his agent, shall file with the depart- ment, upon a form furnished by it, a detailed statement of the specifi- cations for the construction, alteration, conversion or moving of such dwelling or structure and for its use and occupancy, together with as many complete copies of the plans of such work as may be required by the department. b. Such statement shall give the name and residence, by street and number, of the owner of such dwelling or structure. If such construction, alteration, conversion or moving is proposed to be done by any other person than the owner of the land in fee, such statement shall also contain the name and residence, by street and number, of every person interested in such land and dwelling, either as owner, as lessee or in any representative capacity. c. Such statement shall be verified by an affidavit of the person making it. Said affidavit shall allege that said specifications and plans are true and contain a correct description of such dwelling or structure, of the class and kind thereof, of its occupancy of the lot and of the proposed work. No architect or engineer shall be recognized as the agent of the owner unless he shall file with the department a written instrument, signed by the owner, designating him as such agent. Any false allegation in respect to a material point shall be deemed perjury. d. Such specifications, plans and statements shall be filed in the department, which shall cause them to be examined. If such plans and specifications conform to the provisions of this chapter, to the build- ing code and regulations, and to all other applicable law, they shall be approved by the department, and a written certificate to that effect shall be issued to the person entitled thereto , except that no such certificate shall be required in the case of: a. Any class B multiple dwelling existing on April eighteenth, nine- teen hundred twenty-nine, for which a certificate of occupancy was not required before such date and in which no changes or alterations have been made except in compliance with this chapter, and b. Any old-law tenement, or any class A multiple dwelling erected after April twelfth, nineteen hundred one, which was occupied for two years immediately before January first, nineteen hundred nine, and in which no changes or alterations have been made except in compliance with the tenement house law or this chapter, or wherein: (1) two or more apartments are combined creating larger residenti → and italics and or For buildings not more than seventy-five feet in height and when an "adequate adjacent space" of thirty feet cannot be provided, an open space at least twenty feet in its least dimension shall be provided along the entire width of the building. 1. 2. The requirements and standards prescribed in this section shall be subject to variation in specific cases by the commissioner of the department or the board of standards and appeals of such city, in accordance with paragraph two of subdivision (b) of section six hundred forty-five and section six hundred sixty-six of the New York city char- ter. or shower 1. 2. section 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. six permanent described in the city construction codes wall assemblies the city construction codes applicable construction classification and exterior wall opening limitations the city construction codes the city construction codes the city construction codes twenty and the city construction codes the city construction codes the city construction codes in accordance with the New York city construction codes 2. such owner's issued in accordance with the standards prescribed by the New York city charter and administrative code of the city of New York 3. 4.

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Action History

1. June 04, 2026

   REFERRED TO HOUSING

2. June 03, 2026

   DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

3. June 03, 2026

   PASSED SENATE

4. June 03, 2026

   ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1675

5. June 03, 2026

   COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

6. May 05, 2026

   REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Sponsors

• Brian Kavanagh · Primary

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