NYC Council committee
Housing and Buildings
The committee is the Council’s own label for what a bill is about; every bill is referred to one. Outcome numbers cover 2010 to 2025; the bills below are the full 2024 to 2027 session.
1,071
bills referred, 2010 to 2025
342
became law
31.9%
of this committee’s bills became law
From official Council records. The counts are the record; the interpretation is yours.
Who sits on it
Pierina Ana Sanchez · chairCarl WilsonCrystal HudsonKevin C. RileyNantasha M. WilliamsOswald J. FelizRita C. JosephShaun AbreuSusan ZhuangVirginia MaloneyYusef Salaam
11 members, from official Council rosters.
Became law
Establishing a rental assistance voucher program.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jul 31, 2026)
Making the certification of no harassment pilot program permanent and adding criteria for inclusion of certain buildings in the program.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Sep 14, 2026)
Occupancy of cellar ancillary dwelling units in newly constructed one- and two-family dwellings.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Apr 10, 2026)
Conforming the New York city energy conservation code to the New York state energy code with amendments unique to construction in the city.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jan 20, 2026)
Requiring the department of buildings and the department of small business services to provide education concerning the proper installation of awnings and accessory signs, and in relation to waiving penalties and fees related to such signs.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jan 5, 2026)
NYC construction codes, in relation to conforming provisions of such codes with provisions of the NYC existing building code and electrical and elevator inspections.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jan 20, 2026)
Requiring construction site safety trainings related to mental health and wellness, suicide risk and prevention, and alcohol and substance-misuse.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jan 5, 2026)
Enactment of the existing building code, and to repeal chapter 1 of title 27 of such code comprising the 1968 building code.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jan 20, 2026)
Deadlines for installing natural gas detectors and to repeal section 908.10 of the building code relating thereto.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jul 31, 2025)
Requiring a solid acceptable color or the display of artwork on temporary protective structures on construction sites.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jul 31, 2025)
Notifications regarding applications in New York City’s housing portal and designation of a representative to receive notifications.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Nov 10, 2025)
Allowing for practical experience gained separately but concurrently with an apprenticeship to count towards the supervised practical experience time requirement for the granting of high-pressure boiler operating engineer licenses.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jun 30, 2025)
Building inspections and reporting following complaints related to rats and conditions that attract rats.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jan 5, 2026)
Establishing timelines for cooperative corporations to approve or deny the sale of cooperative apartments.
Overridden by Council (Jan 29, 2026)
A pilot program to convert existing basement or cellar apartments to habitable dwelling units.
Recved from Mayor by Council (Dec 18, 2024)
Construction of ancillary dwelling units.
Recved from Mayor by Council (Dec 18, 2024)
Notices in connection with rent increase exemptions, real property tax abatements, and exemptions from payments in lieu of taxes for certain properties occupied by senior citizens or persons with disabilities.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Oct 27, 2025)
Posting certain information in multiple dwellings containing rent stabilized units.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jun 30, 2025)
Cooling systems in tenant-occupied dwellings.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jan 20, 2026)
Display of artwork on temporary protective structures on construction sites.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Nov 12, 2024)
Requiring the inspection of steam radiators in multiple dwellings.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Nov 10, 2025)
Establishing a proactive inspection program for buildings.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jul 22, 2024)
Requiring the department of housing preservation and development to report on the disposition of city property for affordable housing development
Recved from Mayor by Council (Dec 18, 2024)
Designation of an office or agency as responsible for assisting residents displaced by an emergency.
City Charter Rule Adopted (Aug 13, 2025)
Requiring additional documentation when an owner seeks to demolish a building and reporting on the correction of violations
City Charter Rule Adopted (Aug 13, 2025)
Providing community boards and elected officials with notice of sidewalk shed permits.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jan 5, 2026)
Required lighting under sidewalk sheds.
Recved from Mayor by Council (Apr 17, 2025)
Penalties for failing to complete façade repairs in a timely manner.
Recved from Mayor by Council (Apr 17, 2025)
Establishment of a Wards Island affordable housing task force.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jan 20, 2026)
Requiring tenant relocation services to the same community district, a nearby community district, or the same borough.
City Charter Rule Adopted (Aug 13, 2025)
Including unlawful evictions in the definition of tenant harassment and making a recommendation on such evictions as a factor in a certification of no harassment.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Oct 27, 2025)
Continuation of the New York city rent stabilization law.
Recved from Mayor by Council (Mar 25, 2024)
Abatement of taxation for alterations and improvements to certain multiple dwellings.
Recved from Mayor by Council (Dec 18, 2024)
Study on structural loadbearing capacity of parking garages.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jun 24, 2024)
Increased penalties for department of buildings violations issued to parking structures.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jun 24, 2024)
Increasing the frequency of parking structure inspections.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jun 24, 2024)
Studying sidewalk shed designs and improving the aesthetics of existing sidewalk sheds.
Recved from Mayor by Council (Apr 17, 2025)
Removing construction-related equipment.
Recved from Mayor by Council (Apr 17, 2025)
Exterior wall inspection requirements.
Recved from Mayor by Council (Apr 17, 2025)
Scope of gas piping systems inspections, ordinary plumbing work, reestablishing the plumbing and fire suppression piping contractor license board, emergency work, and seizure.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Oct 27, 2025)
Electrical code and local law 55 for the year 2024, in relation to electric vehicle supply equipment in open parking lots and parking garages, and repealing chapter 3 of title 27 of the administrative code of the city of New York in relation thereto.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Dec 23, 2024)
Tenant education and outreach on residential vacate orders due to damage caused by fires.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Oct 15, 2024)
Electric vehicle supply equipment in open parking lots and parking garages.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Apr 8, 2024)
Moving now
Annual reporting on participation by city households in the housing choice voucher homeownership program.
Referred to Comm by Council (Sep 24, 2026)
Increasing fees charged to buildings not discharged from the alternative enforcement program within the first four months of an initial notice.
Referred to Comm by Council (Sep 24, 2026)
An expansion of the alternative enforcement program.
Referred to Comm by Council (Sep 24, 2026)
Notice of tax lien applicability of certain violations issued by the department of buildings.
Referred to Comm by Council (Sep 24, 2026)
Establishing a public outreach and education program to assist homeowners at risk of displacement.
Referred to Comm by Council (Sep 24, 2026)
Requiring the department of buildings to submit a report on the racial, geographic, and socioeconomic disparities in the enforcement of building violations.
Referred to Comm by Council (Sep 24, 2026)
Authorizing electronic registration of dwellings with the department of housing preservation and development.
Referred to Comm by Council (Sep 10, 2026)
The declaration of a public nuisance by the department of housing preservation and development in connection with lead hazards.
Referred to Comm by Council (Sep 10, 2026)
Requiring the department of HPD to provide notice to council members of residential buildings that have failed to file registration statements.
Referred to Comm by Council (Sep 10, 2026)
Stop work order inspections of worksites with major renovations.
Referred to Comm by Council (Sep 10, 2026)
Abatement of taxation for alterations and improvements to certain multiple dwellings.
Approved by Council (Sep 24, 2026)
Installation of protective devices for seniors and persons with a disability who reside in multiple dwellings, and the provision of a tax abatement for certain related installations.
Referred to Comm by Council (May 14, 2026)
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Establishing an office of conversion assistance.
Filed (End of Session) (Dec 31, 2025)
Prohibiting no-pet clauses from leases for unsubsidized units in multiple dwellings.
Filed (End of Session) (Dec 31, 2025)
Prohibiting developers receiving city financial assistance from restricting pet ownership in dwelling units offered for rent in housing development projects.
Filed (End of Session) (Dec 31, 2025)
Shared Housing
Filed (End of Session) (Dec 31, 2025)
Minimum living room size requirements in multiple dwelling units.
Filed (End of Session) (Dec 31, 2025)
Providing financial assistance to low-income tenants displaced due to housing demolition, substantial rehabilitation, change of use, or removal of rent or income restrictions.
Filed (End of Session) (Dec 31, 2025)
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