New York S 10509: Relates to expanding the definition of interim multiple dwelling to provide protections for certain residents

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S10509 Summary:

BILL NOS10509 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11135

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SPONSORBOTTCHER

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §281, Mult Dwell L

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Expands the definition of interim multiple dwelling (lofts) to provide protections for certain remaining, long time residents.

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BILL NOS10509 

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05/15/2026REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10509

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BOTTCHER -- 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, in relation to the definition
 of interim multiple dwelling

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 6 of section 281 of the multi-
 2 ple dwelling law, as added by chapter 41 of the laws of 2019, is amended
 3 to read as follows:
 4 (c) The term "interim multiple dwelling", as used in this subdivision
 5 shall also include buildings, structures or portions thereof that are
 6 located north of West 24th Street and south of West 27th Street and west
 7 of tenth avenue and east of eleventh avenue in a city of more than one
 8 million persons which were occupied for residential purposes as the
 9 residence or home of any two or more families living independently from
 10 one another for a period of twelve consecutive months during the period
 11 commencing January first, two thousand fifteen, and ending December
 12 thirty-first, two thousand sixteen and subject to all the conditions and
 13 limitations of this subdivision other than the number of units in the
 14 building. A reduction in the number of occupied residential units in a
 15 building after meeting the aforementioned twelve consecutive month
 16 requirement shall not eliminate the protections of this section for any
 17 remaining residential occupants qualified for such protections nor shall
 18 a reduction in the number of occupied residential units in a building
 19 during or prior to the period of the aforementioned twelve consecutive
 20 month requirement eliminate the protections of this section for any
 21 remaining residential occupants qualified for such protections, provided
 22 that the remaining occupants' continuous residential use commenced prior
 23 to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-five and that there
 24 were three or more families living independently of one another for any
 25 twelve consecutive months during the period commencing December thirty-
 26 first, nineteen hundred ninety-five and ending December thirty-first,
 27 two thousand sixteen. Non-residential space in a building as of the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15438-01-6

 S. 10509 2

 1 effective date of this subdivision shall be offered for residential use
 2 only after the obtaining of a residential certificate of occupancy for
 3 such space and such space shall be exempt from this article, even if a
 4 portion of such building may be an interim multiple dwelling.
 5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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