Office of general counsel new york department of state. This is findlaws hosted version of new york consolidated laws, multiple dwelling law. Such occupancy shall be subject to new york state multiple dwelling law. A according to neil garfinkel and robert bergson of the law firm of abrams garfinkel margolis bergson, llp. Multiple dwelling law article 8 section 309 article 8, n. This group shall include, but not be limited to, the following. The owner of an interim multiple dwelling a shall file an alteration application within nine months from the effective date of the act which added this article, and b shall take all reasonable and necessary action to obtain an approved alteration permit within twelve months from such effective date, and c shall achieve compliance with the standards. Multiple dwelling rule new york city real estate lawyers. Dilan, expanded loft law, live work new york city, multiple dwelling law amendment nyc, ny senate bill s5881, s7178, s7178a november update november 5, 2009 leave a comment. We hear family matters, personal injury claims, commercial disputes, trust and estates issues, criminal cases, and landlordtenant cases. The gopher syntax is long and complicated, and creating pinpoint links to particular laws requires the use of long urls full of special characters things which are difficult to type and notoriously confusing to proof read. In a 2004 case, the civil court of the city of new york held that it was lawful for a tenant in a multifamily dwelling to operate as a stateregistered family day care provider. In case any multiple dwelling or structure or any part thereof or the lot on which it is situated is constructed, altered, converted or maintained in violation of any provision of this chapter or of any order or notice of the department, or in case a nuisance exists in any such dwelling or structure or part thereof or upon the lot on which it is.
In any multiple dwelling erected after april eighteenth, nineteen hundred twentynine, every room in a cellar or basement shall have a permit as provided in subdivision five of section three hundred and, except as provided in subdivision six of this section, shall comply with the following conditions. The fire department of such city shall require the filing of a fire safety plan or other appropriate fire safety procedure. Under what circumstances is it legal to rent a room on. Article 18 of executive law section 3812 generally directs that cities, towns and villages of. Article 3 of the new york state general municipal law. The bestmaintained version of the new york laws is offered via a gopher server maintained by the new york state senate. The definitions of class a and multiple dwelling can be found in sections 47 and 48 of article 1 of the multiple dwelling law. Notwithstanding any general or local law to the contrary, a certificate issued for any multiple dwelling organized pursuant to the provisions of article nineb of the real property law, shall be deemed issued for each dwelling unit contained within such multiple dwelling in full compliance with the requirements of this section. Class a multiple dwellings as defined in section 272004 of the new york city housing maintenance code and section 4 of the new york state multiple dwelling law. The law affected buildings it defined as interim multiple dwellings imds, commercial or manufacturing loft buildings that. The multiple dwelling law applies to cities in new york. The nys mdl defines a multiple dwellings and class a thusly. This barcode number lets you verify that youre getting exactly the right version or edition of a book.
Print chapters, sections, and subsections for frequently used code. Nys multiple dwelling law, tenantnettm the online resource for residential tenants rights. Scan an isbn with your phone use the amazon app to scan isbns and. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply a to any dwelling which the department of city planning certifies is in an area to be acquired for a public improvement and for which a request for acquisition has been submitted to the board of estimate by a public agency. In october 2006, ben shaoul, the owner of two adjacent fivestory tenements located at 514 and 516 east 6th street in the east village, filed an application with the citys department of buildings seeking an alteration permit to add two floors to each. A city ordinance with zoning and construction code amendments b state law amendment to multiple dwelling law a city law passed in conjunction with zoning and building code amendments could legalize the apartments and provide a procedure for converting units option a.
Became a law july 16, 2010, with the approval of the governor. A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. It covers everything from the placement of fire exists to prohibitions against such arcana as having a commercial fatboiling facility in your apartment. Use this page to navigate to all sections within multiple dwelling law. A gardentype maisonette dwelling project is a series of attached, detached or semidetached dwelling units which are provided as a group collectively with. Multiple dwelling law mdl section 301 affects all condo, coop, rental, and loft apartments in new york city. Here is the complete, searchable text of the new york state multiple dwelling law, the guiding document for the construction and habitability of new york city apartment houses. Multiple dwelling law amendment nyc new york live work. Tenant objected to bsas interpretation of multiple dwelling law that legalized sixthfloor additions to east village tenements. New york state multiple dwelling law habitat magazine. Nys multiple dwelling law mdl new york city nyc lofts.
Article 7c of the new york multiple dwelling law, commonly known as the 1982 loft law, was designed to protect the residential tenants of certain former commercial buildings in new york city from substandard conditions, eviction, and unfair rent increases. The term nuisance shall be held to embrace public nuisance as known at common law or in equity jurisprudence. Section 83 of new yorks multiple dwelling law provides that whenever there are thirteen or more families occupying any multiple dwelling, and the owner does not reside therein, there shall be a janitor, housekeeper or some other person responsible on behalf of the owner. New york state multiple dwelling law chapter 7 of the laws of 1929, as amended article 9 registry of names and service of papers section 325. This chapter shall be known as the multiple dwelling law. Chapter 396 of the laws of 2016, enacted on october 21, 2016, establishes two new provisions of law. Terms used in new york laws multiple dwelling article 4. Here is the complete, searchable text of the new york state multiple dwelling law, the guiding document for the construction and habitability of new york city. Relates to clarifying certain provisions relating to occupancy of class a multiple dwellings. Nys multiple dwelling law chapter 7 of the laws of 1929, as amended. State with 325,000 or more people, and currently, only new. Virgil hatchera commercial unit owner in the predominantly residential 420 west 23rd street condominiumcommenced a housing part hp proceeding in the new york city civil court against the condominium, alleging that the 45unit building was in violation of the new york city administrative code and the new york state multiple dwelling. New york state nys multiple dwelling law mdl article 7b joint livingwork quarters for artists, or general residential occupancy of loft, commercial or.
New york multiple dwelling law section 306 judicial. Section 261103 requires owners of multiple dwellings to post a notice in a conspicuous place within view of the area in the multiple dwelling to which mail is delivered regarding the availability of a housing information guide for tenants and owners. Nyc is a trademark and service mark of the city of new york. Definitions article 2 8 14 miscellaneous application provisions article 3 25 multiple dwellingsgeneral provisions title 1 26 37 light and air title 2 50 68 fire protection and safety title 3 75 84 sanitation and health article 4 100.
New york state multiple dwelling law habitat magazine, new. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a dwelling, other than a frame dwelling, three stories or less in height erected after april eighteenth, nineteen hundred twentynine as a one or twofamily dwelling may be converted to a multiple dwelling to be occupied by not more than three families in all, with a maximum occupancy of two families on each floor in a two story. New york state multiple dwelling law by not available. New york multiple dwelling law section 4 definitions. Terms used in new york laws multiple dwelling article 3 title 3. A multiple dwelling shall not be deemed to include a. Originally erected as a multiple dwelling in accordance with the laws in effect prior to april 12, 1901, and recorded as ol in the tenement house department now. New york consolidated laws, multiple dwelling law mdw. We hear more than three million cases a year involving almost every type of endeavor. In new york, home rule was an outgrowth of the nineteenth century political struggle between new york city, dominated by one political party, and the rural areas of the state, dominated by another political party. Multiple dwelling law section 286, tenant protection mdl section 286.
The complete multiple dwelling law 605k table of contents. The new york state multiple dwelling law restricts renting out a class a multiple dwelling for periods of fewer than 30 days when the host is not present. Another fight is brewing at albany over the multiple dwelling law, which replaced the old tenement house law two years ago and has caused more than one sharp. Finding the multiple dwelling registration mdr for your. The official home page of the new york state unified court system. Multiple dwelling property inspections office of the state comptroller. New york multiple dwelling law section 34 rooms in. Relates to interim multiple dwelling units and making certain provisions relating to such permanent.
The floor area ratio far of any dwelling or dwellings on a lot shall not exceed 12. Project pages allow you to export groupings of code across different chapters and. New york, have legalized adus in different ways and for different reasons. New york state multiple dwelling law not be subject to the requirements of this chapter only so long as it continues to be so occupied provided there are local laws applicable to such building and such building is in compliance with such local laws. An act to amend the multiple dwelling law and the administrative code of. In 2010, the new york state multiple dwelling law, chapter 7 of the laws of 1929 1 was amended to prohibit shortterm rentals of less than 30 days in class a multiple dwellings. The proposed rule implements new york city administrative code section 261103, which was recently enacted by local law 45 of 2014. The legislature hereby finds and declares that a serious public emergency exists in the housing of a considerable number of persons in cities having a population of over one million, which emergency has been created by the increasing number of conversions of commercial and.