Int 2204-2021
Amend LL #49 for the year 2019, establishing a demonstration program to facilitate the creation and alteration of habitable apartments in basements and cellars of certain one- and two-family dwellings.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2021-01-28Local Law 2021/025
Enacted as Local Law 2021/025.
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Agenda: 2021-01-28Passed: 2021-02-28Enacted: 2021-02-28
Summary
This bill would amend Local Law 49 for the year 2019, which established the basement legalization pilot program, to extend the deadline for applicants to submit necessary construction documents by six months.
Committee on Housing and Buildings — Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Department of Buildings and rent regulation.
How it compares
22% of similar bills passed
11 passed · 39 died
This bill: 31 days in committee
Similar bills: median 506 days · 97 days when passed
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Sponsors (7)
Lifecycle
HeardHearing on P-C Item by Comm
2021-01-19 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeldP-C Item Laid Over by Comm
2021-01-19 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2021-01-28 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2021-01-28 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
ActionAmended by Committee
2021-01-28 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2021-01-28 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2021-01-28 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2021-01-28 · City Council
AdvancedApproved by Council
2021-01-28 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2021-01-28 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2021-02-28 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2021-03-01 · City Council
Votes (56)
Aye (51)
Corey D. JohnsonAdrienne E. AdamsAlicka Ampry-Samuel Diana I. AyalaInez D. BarronJustin L. BrannanFernando Cabrera Margaret S. ChinCosta G. ConstantinidesRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.Laurie A. CumboChaim M. DeutschRuben Diaz, Sr.Darma V. DiazDaniel Dromm Mathieu EugeneVanessa L. GibsonMark Gjonaj Barry S. GrodenchikBen KallosPeter A. KooKaren KoslowitzBrad S. LanderStephen T. LevinMark LevineFarah N. LouisAlan N. MaiselCarlos MenchacaFrancisco P. MoyaBill PerkinsKeith Powers Antonio ReynosoKevin C. RileyCarlina Rivera Ydanis A. RodriguezDeborah L. RoseHelen K. RosenthalRafael Salamanca, Jr.Mark TreygerEric A. UlrichJames G. Van BramerKalman Yeger Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.Margaret S. ChinMark Gjonaj Barry S. GrodenchikFarah N. LouisBill PerkinsCarlina Rivera Helen K. RosenthalFernando Cabrera
Nay (4)
Joseph C. BorelliRobert F. HoldenSteven MatteoPaul A. Vallone
Abstain (1)
I. Daneek Miller
Heard at (3)
City Council · 2021-01-28 · 1:30 PM · - REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 1) -
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2021-01-28 · 10:00 AM · REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 1)
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2021-01-19 · 1:00 PM · REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 3)
Attachments (17)
- Summary of Int. No. 2204-A
- Summary of Int. No. 2204
- Int. No. 2204
- Committee Report 1/19/21
- Hearing Testimony 1/19/21
- Hearing Transcript 1/19/21
- Proposed Int. No. 2204-A - 1/28/21
- Committee Report 1/28/21
- Hearing Transcript 1/28/21
- January 28, 2021 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Committee Report - Stated Meeting
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 1-28-21
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - January 28, 2021
- Int. No. 2204-A (FINAL)
- Fiscal Impact Statement
- Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor
- Local Law 25
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Sections 10, 16 and 17 of local law number 49 for the year 2019 are amended to read as follows:
� 10. Time limit for filing of construction documents. Completed construction documents pursuant to this local law shall be filed with the department of buildings [within 18 months from the effective date of this local law] no later than 6 months after the date of enactment of the local law that last amended this section subject to the provisions of articles 104 and 105 of chapter 1 of title 28 of the administrative code of the city of New York pertaining to time limitation of applications and expiration of permits.
� 16. Report. No later than [48] 30 months after the date [this local law takes effect] completed construction documents must be filed with the department of buildings pursuant to section ten of this local law, an agency appointed by the mayor shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the city council a report summarizing the impact of the demonstration program established by section two of this local law.
� 17. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law, provided that the provisions of paragraph 2 of subdivision a of section six of this local law and sections eight and nine of this local law shall not apply to any building in the program area for which a complete application for construction document approval is filed more than [18] 6 months after the date [this local law takes effect] of enactment of the local law that last amended this section.
� 2. This local law takes effect immediately and shall be retroactive to and shall be deemed to be in full force and effect on and after January 1, 2021.
APB
LS 16879
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