New York S 10199: Relates to certain alterations to multiple dwellings; repealer

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S10199 Summary:

BILL NOS10199 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11308

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SPONSORKAVANAGH

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld §28, §34 sub 5, §177 subs 1, 2, 3 & 5, §216 sub 5, §300 subs 2 - 8, amd Mult Dwell L, generally; amd
§27-2084, NYC Ad Cd

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

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BILL NOS10199 

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05/05/2026REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

06/03/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/03/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1675

06/03/2026PASSED SENATE

06/03/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/04/2026referred to housing

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10199

 IN SENATE

 May 5, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and
 Community Development

 AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling law and the administrative code of
 the city of New York, in relation to certain alterations to multiple
 dwellings; and repealing certain provisions of the multiple dwelling
 law relating thereto

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

 1 Section 1. Section 28, subdivision 5 of section 34, subdivisions 1, 2,
 2 3 and 5 of section 177, subdivision 5 of section 216, and subdivisions
 3 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of section 300 of the multiple dwelling law are
 4 REPEALED.
 5 § 2. Subdivision 11 of section 3 of the multiple dwelling law, as
 6 amended by chapter 806 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as
 7 follows:
 8 11. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the following
 9 enumerated articles, sections and subdivisions of sections of this chap-
 10 ter shall not apply to the construction or alteration of multiple dwell-
 11 ings for which an application for a permit is made to the department
 12 after December sixth, nineteen hundred sixty-nine in a city having a
 13 population of one million or more [which adopts or has adopted local
 14 laws, ordinances, resolutions or regulations providing protection from
 15 fire hazards and making provision for escape from fire in the
 16 construction and alteration of multiple dwellings and in other respects
 17 as protective as local law seventy-six of the laws of the city of New
 18 York for nineteen hundred sixty-eight and covering the same subject
 19 matter as the following]: subdivisions twenty-five, twenty-seven, [twen-
 20 ty-eight, thirty-five-c,] thirty-six and thirty-nine of section four,
 21 subdivision three of section twenty-eight, sections thirty-six, thirty-
 22 seven, fifty, fifty-one, fifty-two, fifty-three, fifty-five, sixty,
 23 sixty-one, sixty-seven, subdivisions one, two, four and five of section
 24 seventy-five, article four, article five, article five-A, and article
 25 six [and article seven-B]; except that after December sixth, nineteen

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15704-02-6

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 1 hundred sixty-nine where a multiple dwelling erected prior to December
 2 sixth, nineteen hundred sixty-nine is altered, or a building erected
 3 prior to December sixth, nineteen hundred sixty-nine is converted to a
 4 multiple dwelling pursuant to a permit applied for to the department
 5 having jurisdiction, the foregoing articles, sections and subdivisions
 6 of sections shall remain applicable where a local law of such city
 7 authorizes such alteration or conversion to be made, at the option of
 8 the owner, either in accordance with the requirements of the building
 9 law and regulations in effect in such city prior to December sixth,
 10 nineteen hundred sixty-eight or the requirements of the building law and
 11 regulations in effect after such date, and the owner elects to comply
 12 with the requirements of the building law and regulations in effect
 13 prior to December sixth, nineteen hundred sixty-eight.
 14 § 3. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 26 of t