NYC Council · Int 1479-2025 · Filed (End of Session)

Minimum living room size requirements in multiple dwelling units.

Introduced

Moved

Reached a final decision

Introduced Nov 25, 2025

Official status: Filed (End of Session)

Derived from the official record below.

Officially: “A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the New York city building code, in relation to minimum living room size requirements in multiple dwelling units” Read the full text

Housing and Buildings

What it does

This bill would amend the Housing Maintenance Code and the Building Code to increase minimum floor area and the least minimum dimension of bedrooms and other types of living rooms in newly constructed multiple dwellings.

Summary written by City Council staff, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite with cited sections coming. Not legal advice.