New York A 11136: Creates shared housing rooming units in new class A multiple dwellings or buildings converted to class A multiple dwellings

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A11136 Summary:

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Amd §§27-2004, 406.2.4, 406.2.5, 505.3, 505.3.1, 505.3.2 & 505.4.2, add §27-2079.1, Title 28 Chap 7 Art 701
Appendix T, NYC Ad Cd

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Creates shared housing rooming units in new class A multiple dwellings or buildings converted to class A multiple dwellings; creates new regulations in the New York city building codes.

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04/24/2026referred to housing

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 11136

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 24, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. POWERS -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Housing

 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the
 New York city fire code, in relation to creating shared housing room-
 ing in new class A multiple dwellings or building converted to class A
 multiple dwellings

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision a of section 27-2004 of the administrative code
 2 of the city of New York is amended by adding three new paragraphs 14-a,
 3 15-a and 15-b to read as follows:
 4 14-a. The term "shared housing suite" means a set of rooms within a
 5 class A multiple dwelling, separated from other rooms in such dwelling,
 6 that (i) consists of at least two rooming units and bathroom facilities
 7 for the exclusive use of the occupants of such rooming units and (ii)
 8 was created pursuant to section 27-2079.1 of this chapter.
 9 15-a. The term "shared housing rooming unit" means a rooming unit in a
 10 shared housing suite.
 11 15-b. The term "shared housing dwelling" shall have the same meaning
 12 as such term is defined in section T201.1.2 of appendix T of the New
 13 York city building code.
 14 § 2. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by
 15 adding a new section 27-2079.1 to read as follows:
 16 § 27-2079.1 Shared housing rooming units. a. Notwithstanding subdivi-
 17 sion a of section 27-2077 of this article, on and after January first,
 18 two thousand twenty-seven, shared housing rooming units may be created
 19 within a new class A multiple dwelling or within an existing building
 20 converted to a class A multiple dwelling.
 21 b. Shared housing rooming units and shared housing suites shall:
 22 1. comply with appendix T of the New York city building code;
 23 2. notwithstanding subdivision b of section 27-2076 of this article, a
 24 child under the age of sixteen years may occupy a shared housing rooming
 25 unit;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15574-01-6

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 1 3. not be occupied by more than two individuals, except that a child
 2 born to, adopted, or fostered by an occupant of a shared housing rooming
 3 unit is not considered an occupant of a shared housing rooming unit for
 4 purposes of this paragraph until one year after the birth, adoption, or
 5 fostering of such child;
 6 4. not be constructed in a frame multiple dwelling, as defined in
 7 subdivision twenty-eight of section 4 of the multiple dwelling law;
 8 5. subject to rules that may be established by the department that
 9 require the owner of a shared housing dwelling to clean and maintain
 10 shared housing suites so as to ensure proper cleanliness, and such rules
 11 may supersede or alter the requirements of section 27-2012 of this chap-
 12 ter;
 13 6. notwithstanding section 27-2051 of this chapter, a manager is not
 14 required to reside in a shared housing dwelling if the owner provides
 15 management services for the shared housing dwelling on a twenty-four
 16 hour basis in accordance with rules established by the department;
 17 7. notwithstanding paragraph 2 of subdivision a of section 27-2075 of
 18 this article, a shared housing rooming unit occupied by one individual
 19 shall have a minimum floor area of one hundred square feet and a shared
 20 housing unit occupied by two individuals shall have a minim