File #:

Int 0717-2026    Version: *

Name:

Requiring the department of buildings to inform property owners of permit sign-off requirements.

Type:

Introduction

Status:

Committee

Committee:

Committee on Housing and Buildings

On agenda:

2/24/2026

Enactment date:

Law number:

Title:

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of buildings to inform property owners of permit sign-off requirements

Sponsors:

Yusef Salaam

Council Member Sponsors:

1

Summary:

This bill would require the Department of Buildings (DOB) to notify property owners with open permits that the permits must receive DOB sign-off. This notification would also inform property owners of the consequences of failing to obtain sign-off. DOB would be required to email the notice to owners within seven days of a permit’s issuance and then every ninety days until sign-off is received, except that once the permit approaches expiration or expires, DOB would be required to email the notice every two weeks until sign-off is received.

Attachments:

1. February 24, 2026 - Stated Meeting Agenda