Int 1404-2025
Allow the occupancy of cellars in certain one- and two-family dwellings.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2025-09-25
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2025-09-25Passed: 2025-12-31
Committee on Housing and Buildings — Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Department of Buildings and rent regulation.
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Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2025-09-25 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2025-09-25 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-09-29 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2025-09-29 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-09-29 · Committee on Civil Service and Labor
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2025-09-29 · Committee on Civil Service and Labor
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2025-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (3)
Committee on Civil Service and Labor · 2025-09-29 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2025-09-29 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2025-09-25 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (9)
- Memorandum in Support
- Int. No. 1404
- September 25, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 9-25-25.pdf
- Committee Report 9/29/25
- Hearing Testimony 9/29/25
- Hearing Transcript 9/29/25
- Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council
- Fiscal Impact Statement - OMB
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision a of section 27-2087 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
a. Cellar occupancy: 1. No room in the cellar of a one- or two-family dwelling shall be rented and no member of the family or families occupying the dwelling shall use such room for sleeping, eating or cooking purposes, except that a secondary kitchen for accessory cooking may be located in the cellar.
2. Paragraph 1 of this subdivision shall not apply to the rental and use of an ancillary dwelling unit, as defined in section U102.1 of the New York city building code, that is located in a cellar and for which a certificate of occupancy or temporary certificate of occupancy has been issued.
� 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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