New York S 6801: Relates to vendor fees for video lottery gaming

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S06801 Summary:

BILL NOS06801 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01655

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSRGOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, KRUEGER, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §26, Mult Dwell L

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Clarifies the definition of floor area and what is excluded in the measurement of floor area.

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BILL NOS06801 

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03/24/2025REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6801

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 24, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, KRUEGER, SALAZAR,
 SEPULVEDA, SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
 to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Communi-
 ty Development

 AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to the definition
 of floor area

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph and paragraph b of subdivision 2 of
 2 section 26 of the multiple dwelling law, the opening paragraph and para-
 3 graph b as amended by chapter 748 of the laws of 1961 and subparagraph 1
 4 of paragraph b as amended by chapter 857 of the laws of 1985, are
 5 amended to read as follows:
 6 For the purpose of this section certain words are defined herein but,
 7 except where specified, such definitions shall not be held to modify or
 8 affect legal interpretations of such terms or words as used in any local
 9 law, ordinance, rule or regulation and shall apply in addition to and
 10 not in substitution for the provisions of section four of this chapter.
 11 b. "Floor area": the sum of the gross horizontal areas of all of the
 12 several floors of a dwelling or dwellings and accessory structures on a
 13 lot measured from the exterior faces of exterior walls or from the
 14 center line of party walls, (i) except that notwithstanding any other
 15 provision of law, general, special, or local, any such areas with floor
 16 to structural ceiling height greater than twelve feet and less than or
 17 equal to twenty-four feet shall be counted twice, any such areas with
 18 floor to structural ceiling height greater than twenty-four feet and
 19 less than or equal to thirty-six feet shall be counted three times, any
 20 such areas with floor to structural ceiling height greater than thirty-
 21 six feet and less than or equal to forty-eight feet shall be counted
 22 four times, and any area with floor to structural ceiling height in
 23 excess of forty-eight feet shall be counted five times. However, when

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04414-01-5

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 1 such areas are on the ground floor of any dwelling or dwellings, their
 2 height up to and including twenty feet from floor to structural ceiling
 3 shall be counted only once.
 4 (ii) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, general, special, or
 5 local, space used for mechanical equipment will be counted as "floor
 6 area" to the extent that it exceeds five percent of the gross horizontal
 7 areas of all of the several floors of a dwelling or dwellings.
 8 (iii) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, general, special, or
 9 local, "floor area" will include any open areas located under the dwell-
 10 ing or dwellings when viewed directly from above. Such areas will be
 11 measured from the exterior faces of vertical extensions of the exterior
 12 walls of the building that inscribe the open space so covered by the
 13 dwelling or dwellings. Such open areas covered by buildings with floor
 14 to structural ceiling height in excess of twelve feet shall be counted
 15 twice, open areas covered by buildings with floor to structural ceiling
 16 height in excess of twenty-four feet shall be counted three times, open
 17 areas covered by buildings with floor to structural ceiling height in
 18 excess of thirty-six feet shall be counted four times, open areas