File #: Int 0421-2026    Version: * Name: Allowing the occupancy of cellars in certain one- and two-family dwellings.
Type: Introduction Status: Laid Over in Committee
Committee: Committee on Housing and Buildings
On agenda: 1/29/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to allowing the occupancy of cellars in certain one- and two-family dwellings
Sponsors: Pierina Ana Sanchez, Farah N. Louis, Mercedes Narcisse
Council Member Sponsors: 3
Summary: This bill would allow ancillary dwelling units in cellars of one- and two-family dwellings, created as part of new construction, to be utilized as a rental unit, to be consistent with exemptions for ancillary dwelling units in cellars created in existing one- and two-family dwellings.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 421, 2. Int. No. 421, 3. Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council, 4. Memorandum in Support, 5. Committee Report 2/9/26
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
2/9/2026*Pierina Ana Sanchez Committee on Housing and Buildings Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/9/2026*Pierina Ana Sanchez Committee on Housing and Buildings Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/29/2026*Pierina Ana Sanchez City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/29/2026*Pierina Ana Sanchez City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 421

By Council Members P. Sanchez, Louis and Narcisse

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to allowing the occupancy of cellars in certain one- and two-family dwellings

 

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.

 

Int. #1404-2025

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