S10123 • 2025

Prohibits the issuance of a permit for the construction of a new multiple dwelling unless the multiple dwelling contains the minimum number of dwelling units required for the lot

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Sponsor: Erik Bottcher
Last action: 2026-04-30
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Prohibits the issuance of a permit for the construction of a new multiple dwelling unless the multiple dwelling contains the minimum number of dwelling units required for the lot

Prohibits the issuance of a permit for the construction of a new multiple dwelling unless the multiple dwelling contains the minimum number of dwelling units required for the lot Prohibits the issuance of a permit for the construction of a new multiple dwelling unless the multiple dwelling contains the minimum number of dwelling units required for the lot; defines minimum number of units required.

What This Bill Does

Prohibits the issuance of a permit for the construction of a new multiple dwelling unless the multiple dwelling contains the minimum number of dwelling units required for the lot Prohibits the issuance of a permit for the construction of a new multiple dwelling unless the multiple dwelling contains the minimum number of dwelling units required for the lot; defines minimum number of units required.

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Bill History

2026-04-30 Senate
REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Official Summary Text

Prohibits the issuance of a permit for the construction of a new multiple dwelling unless the multiple dwelling contains the minimum number of dwelling units required for the lot
Prohibits the issuance of a permit for the construction of a new multiple dwelling unless the multiple dwelling contains the minimum number of dwelling units required for the lot; defines minimum number of units required.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          10123

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                     April 30, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. BOTTCHER, JACKSON -- 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  prohibiting
          the issuance of a permit for the construction of a new multiple dwell-
          ing unless the multiple dwelling contains the minimum number of dwell-
          ing units required for the lot

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Section 300 of the multiple  dwelling  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
     3    9.  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT ISSUE A PERMIT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A
     4  NEW MULTIPLE DWELLING UNLESS THE MULTIPLE DWELLING CONTAINS THE  MINIMUM
     5  NUMBER  OF  DWELLING  UNITS  REQUIRED  FOR  THE LOT OR LOTS ON WHICH THE
     6  MULTIPLE DWELLING WILL BE CONSTRUCTED. THE MINIMUM  NUMBER  OF  DWELLING
     7  UNITS REQUIRED SHALL BE THE LESSER OF:
     8    A. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS IN ALL BUILDINGS THAT EXISTED ON
     9  THE  LOT  OR  LOTS  PRIOR  TO  ANY  SUCH  BUILDING'S  DEMOLITION FOR THE
    10  CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW MULTIPLE DWELLING, INCLUDING ANY UNITS THAT  HAD
    11  BEEN  A  DWELLING UNIT AT ANY TIME BUT WERE CONVERTED TO NON-RESIDENTIAL
    12  USE; OR
    13    B. THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS THAT  WOULD  BE  PERMITTED  BY
    14  RELEVANT LOCAL ZONING AND BUILDING CODES.
    15    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any
    16  applications for permits filed or pending on  or  after  such  effective
    17  date.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06092-01-5