Requires owner of a multiple dwelling to procure and maintain fire insurance on such multiple dwelling in the amount of the full cost to replace such multiple dwelling; requires owners of multiple dwellings to use insurance proceeds to replace such multiple dwellings; deems void provisions in other documents which are contrary to such insurance requirement; provides that failure to comply with such provisions shall constitute a misdemeanor; gives tenants a right to resume occupancy upon restoration of such multiple dwelling.
Requires the installation of fire extinguishers in all multiple dwellings.
Grants the commissioner of buildings of New York city the power to waive provisions of the multiple dwelling law with regard to construction or alteration of multiple dwellings.
Requires the installation of smoke detectors in common places of certain multiple dwellings.
Requires the installation of smoke detectors in common places of certain multiple dwellings.
Prohibits the issuance of a permit for the construction of a new multiple dwelling unless the multiple dwelling contains the minimum number of dwelling units required for the lot; defines minimum number of units required.
Requires the installation and maintenance of outdoor lithium-ion battery charging stations at multiple dwellings as part of the state uniform fire prevention and building code; prohibits charging lithium-ion batteries used in powered mobility devices inside of multiple dwellings.
Facilitates conversion of commercial buildings to residential uses in New York city (Part A); authorizes exemptions from real property taxation of certain multiple dwellings converted from commercial use in New York city that include affordable housing (Part B); relates to exemptions of eligible newly constructed rental multiple dwellings or conversions to rental multiple dwellings in villages, towns, and cities other than New York city (Part C).
Exempts owners of farms and the owners of multiple dwellings from complying with the scaffold law in certain instances.
Authorizes a tax abatement for alterations and improvements to multiple dwellings for purposes of preserving habitability in affordable housing.