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Latest action Nov 10, 2026: Signed by mayor
If you own certain residential properties, you must notify HPD and qualified nonprofits before selling, and they get first chance and a right of first refusal to buy.
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Enacted, Local Law 164 of 2026, Nov 10, 2026
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If your housing project gets city money, you must pay $40/hour combined ($25 in wages), try to hire 30% NYC residents, and workers can sue you.
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provide for a private right of action for aggrieved workers
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Enacted, Local Law 21 of 2026, Jan 17, 2026
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Employment practices liabilityWorkers can bring wage and benefit claims under the new private right of action.
If you make unsolicited offers on homes that aren't for sale, you must state the estimated market value in writing, or face fines and lawsuits.
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This bill would include a private right of action.
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Enacted, Local Law 25 of 2025, Mar 15, 2025
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You can't pass your broker fee to tenants if you represent only the landlord, and you must disclose tenant fees in listings and leases or face penalties or suits.
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Any person who violates this bill would be subject to a civil penalty or civil action.
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Enacted, Local Law 119 of 2024, Dec 13, 2024
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Professional liability / Tech E&OBrokers face claims over improper fee charges and listing disclosures.
You could be sued by anyone claiming gender-motivated violence that you or your business enabled or took part in, including older incidents, within 18 months of the law's effective date.
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Any person claiming to be injured by a party who commits, directs, enables, participates in, or conspires in the commission of a crime of violence motivated by gender may bring a civil claim against that party.
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Enacted, Local Law 50 of 2026, Jan 29, 2026
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Employment practices liabilityEmployees or others may bring claims tied to gender-motivated violence at the workplace.
General liabilityThird-party injury claims could arise from violence enabled on business premises.
Employees could sue you directly in court over alleged sick and safe time violations, within two years, without first filing a city complaint.
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This bill would allow employees who are alleging a violation of their rights under the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) to commence a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction.
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Enacted, Local Law 22 of 2024, Jan 20, 2024
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Employment practices liabilityAdds employee lawsuits over leave and sick time violations.
If you own a 1- or 2-family home in a low-density district, your outdoor lights can't exceed 1 footcandle at the property line or you risk a fine.
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Enacted, Local Law 151 of 2026, Oct 10, 2026
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If you sit on a co-op board, you must acknowledge sale applications within 15 days and decide within 45 days or face HPD fines.
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Enacted, Local Law 58 of 2026, Jan 29, 2026
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Directors & officersCo-op boards face regulatory penalties and claims over sale approval delays.
If your building has 10+ units and uses street containers, you must train staff and supply protective gear, and may owe up to $55 per unit yearly.
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Enacted, Local Law 180 of 2025, Dec 12, 2025
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Workers' compensationRequired staff training and protective gear for handling refuse containers.
You must give occupants 60 days' notice before raising self-storage fees and must explain any termination, or face fines up to $1,000.
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Enacted, Local Law 162 of 2025, Nov 28, 2025
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Self-storage facilities must now get a DCWP license, while licensed storage warehouses no longer need to post a bond.
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Enacted, Local Law 171 of 2025, Nov 28, 2025
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You must inspect steam radiators every two years in apartments with kids under 6 and common areas, fix defects fast, and keep records or face fines.
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Enacted, Local Law 151 of 2025, Nov 8, 2025
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General liabilityRadiator hazards could injure tenants, and the bill sets inspection and repair deadlines.
Commercial propertyOwners must repair or replace building heating equipment on set deadlines.
You can get a stormwater construction permit before recording the maintenance easement, but fines for stormwater violations can now reach $15,000.
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Enacted, Local Law 150 of 2025, Oct 25, 2025
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Façade-repair sidewalk sheds get 3-month permits, and you could face DOB penalties if the shed stays up because repairs are late; renewals need work documentation.
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Enacted, Local Law 48 of 2025, Apr 17, 2025
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Commercial propertyTimelines for façade repairs on owned buildings are tightened.
General liabilitySheds over public sidewalks relate to pedestrian safety exposure.
If you own a building under façade inspection rules, you face new penalties for missing repair filing and completion deadlines, though you can request extensions.
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Enacted, Local Law 51 of 2025, Apr 17, 2025
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Commercial propertyFaçade repair deadlines and penalties affect owners' building maintenance obligations and costs.
New electrical code standards apply to your electrical work, and electricians and contractors face updated licensing, permitting, enforcement and penalty rules like other DOB-licensed trades.
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Enacted, Local Law 128 of 2024, Dec 21, 2024
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Commercial propertyUpdated electrical code changes building electrical systems, wiring and fire safety standards.
General liabilityElectrical work standards affect third-party injury and property damage exposure.
If a risk-based inspection cites your building, you must post a corrective plan in 10 days, fix defects in 30, and can't get non-emergency permits until façade fixes are done.
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Enacted, Local Law 79 of 2024, Jul 20, 2024
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Commercial propertyFaster façade and structural corrections raise building repair obligations and permit-blocking risk.
General liabilityStructural and façade hazards create third-party injury and damage exposure.
Commercial, manufacturing and industrial buildings face littering fines rising to $500 for a third violation within 12 months.
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Enacted, Local Law 67 of 2024, Jun 22, 2024
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If you own a parking structure, your Department of Buildings violation penalties would be doubled.
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Enacted, Local Law 70 of 2024, Jun 22, 2024
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If HPD gets complaints about an unoccupied unit causing hazards elsewhere, you must schedule an HPD inspection within 21 days or face violations.
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Enacted, Local Law 1 of 2024, Jan 6, 2024
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Commercial propertyHazardous conditions in vacant units may trigger violations and require repairs to building.
If you bid on city contracts or use subcontractors, giving false qualification or subcontractor information could cost you $1,000 to $25,000 per violation.
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Enacted, Local Law 67 of 2026, Mar 14, 2026
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Directors & officersRegulatory penalties for false statements may be pursued against company management.
If you employ security guards, you must pay them at least the public building service contract minimum wage, vacation and supplemental benefits, and face city and worker enforcement.
If you offer immigration assistance services, fines for violations jump to $5,000–$20,000, and ads with images must carry the required notice of services you can't provide.
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Enacted, Local Law 101 of 2025, Jul 30, 2025
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You must get a hotel license ($350, two years), staff the front desk and security, clean rooms daily, directly employ core staff, and provide panic buttons and training.
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Enacted, Local Law 104 of 2024, Nov 4, 2024
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Workers' compensationPanic buttons and trafficking training mandates affect employee safety at work.
Employment practices liabilityDirect employment mandate changes employment relationships and related claims.
General liabilityRequired security coverage and room cleanliness relate to guest premises safety.
Latest action Nov 10, 2026: Signed by mayor
If you own certain residential properties, you must notify HPD and qualified nonprofits before selling, and they get first chance and a right of first refusal to buy.
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Enacted, Local Law 164 of 2026, Nov 10, 2026
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Building setback limits along part of Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn go away, giving owners and developers more freedom on where to build.
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Enacted, Local Law 159 of 2026, Oct 24, 2026
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Owners of eligible co-ops, condos and affordable rentals can claim a J-51 abatement for qualifying work, but you must follow tenant protections or risk losing it.
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Enacted, Local Law 160 of 2026, Oct 24, 2026
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If you own buildings tied to past harassment findings or denied certifications, they can be added to the HPD list, and you must post tenant notice of a CONH application.
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Enacted, Local Law 138 of 2026, Sep 12, 2026
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You no longer have to replace your security grille with one that is 70% see-through by July 1, 2026, if your building is Group B or M.
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Enacted, Local Law 123 of 2026, Jul 30, 2026
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If your property is in the Fulton Street BID, the way your district charge is calculated will change, which could change what you pay.
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Enacted, Local Law 101 of 2026, May 30, 2026
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You can rent out a cellar ancillary dwelling unit in newly built one- or two-family homes, as is already allowed in existing homes.
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Enacted, Local Law 80 of 2026, Apr 9, 2026
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If you buy city tax liens, you must regularly bill the property owner and can't foreclose on owner-occupied one-family homes until a year passes and the lien hits set thresholds.
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Enacted, Local Law 62 of 2026, Jan 29, 2026
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If you buy city tax liens, you must make best efforts to transfer them to the land bank and report any obstacles to the City.
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Enacted, Local Law 65 of 2026, Jan 29, 2026
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If you build or own rental housing financed by HPD, half the units must be affordable to very low-income households, including at least 30% for extremely low-income.
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Enacted, Local Law 66 of 2026, Jan 29, 2026
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If you own a tenant-occupied building, you must provide cooling that holds 78°F in bedrooms on tenant request by 2030, and run owner-controlled systems June 15 to Sept 15.
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Enacted, Local Law 23 of 2026, Jan 17, 2026
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Commercial propertyNew cooling systems and installation or maintenance duties change building-systems exposure.
Alterations to existing buildings will follow a new Existing Building Code, with stricter structural stability checks and a new simplified home improvement permit.
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Enacted, Local Law 33 of 2026, Jan 17, 2026
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Commercial propertyNew code changes alteration and maintenance requirements for existing buildings.
General liabilityStructural assessment rules affect third-party injury and damage exposure from alterations.
Building, electrical and elevator inspection and code provisions are being changed to match the existing building code, so your construction and building work must follow the updated rules.
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Enacted, Local Law 42 of 2026, Jan 17, 2026
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Commercial propertyChanges to building code and inspection rules affect building systems and elevators of owned property.
A new Coney Island BID would be created, so property owners in the district would pay BID assessments and receive its services.
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Enacted, Local Law 43 of 2026, Jan 17, 2026
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New construction and renovation in the city must meet the updated 2025 energy code, with some NYC-specific changes, so plan for design and cost changes.
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Enacted, Local Law 47 of 2026, Jan 17, 2026
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Commercial propertyUpdated energy code changes building system requirements for new and renovated properties.
Above-ground tanks on your property in a 10-year rainfall flood risk area must be elevated under the building code.
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Enacted, Local Law 12 of 2026, Jan 3, 2026
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Commercial propertyTank elevation standards affect flood exposure of building systems on owned property.
Fines for non-hazardous awning and accessory sign violations are paused for three years, including signs installed before February 2025, with fee-waived permit help continuing.
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Enacted, Local Law 15 of 2026, Jan 3, 2026
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Your Lincoln Square BID charge may be calculated differently, and the district could provide additional services.
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Enacted, Local Law 186 of 2025, Dec 12, 2025
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If you own a building with a cooling tower, you must test it for microbes monthly in use season and apply biocide treatment in warm weather.
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Enacted, Local Law 159 of 2025, Nov 8, 2025
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Commercial propertyAdds required maintenance and treatment of building cooling systems.
General liabilityLegionella exposure could cause illness claims from third parties.
Gas piping inspections must be done by a licensed master plumber or a journeyman under one's supervision, and inspections now cover appliance connections.
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Enacted, Local Law 142 of 2025, Oct 25, 2025
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Commercial propertyBroader gas piping inspections and appliance connection checks affect building systems.
General liabilityPlumbing and gas work scope changes affect third-party injury and damage exposure.
Unlawful evictions would count as tenant harassment, so you must not evict tenants unlawfully or you risk harassment findings.
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Enacted, Local Law 144 of 2025, Oct 25, 2025
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If you own a building under a vacate order and want to demolish it, you must first document the steps you took to fix the related violations.
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Enacted, Local Law 110 of 2025, Aug 13, 2025
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The natural gas alarm requirement for dwelling units is delayed to 2027 at the earliest, and possibly to 2029.
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Enacted, Local Law 102 of 2025, Jul 30, 2025
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Commercial propertyDelays installation of gas safety alarms in owned buildings' dwelling units.
You can now use approved City Canvas artwork on sidewalk shed parapet panels instead of only a solid acceptable color.
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Enacted, Local Law 103 of 2025, Jul 30, 2025
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If you own a building with rent stabilized units, you must post an English and Spanish sign in the entrance common area about how tenants can check unit status.
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Enacted, Local Law 86 of 2025, Jun 27, 2025
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Sidewalk sheds must be at least 12 feet high with larger lighting, and shed and fence colors follow new rules, which can change your build and rental costs.
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Enacted, Local Law 47 of 2025, Apr 17, 2025
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General liabilityShed height and lighting standards affect pedestrian safety on public sidewalks.
Commercial propertyShed design and containment netting rules affect structures installed at owned buildings.
Building owners will inspect their facades less often, every 6 to 12 years instead of every 5, and the first inspection of a new building moves to year eight.
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Enacted, Local Law 49 of 2025, Apr 17, 2025
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Commercial propertyLess frequent façade inspections change how façade conditions are monitored on owned buildings.
You must upgrade sidewalk shed lighting to LED at 90 lumens per watt and shield fixtures near apartment windows to prevent light spill.
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Enacted, Local Law 50 of 2025, Apr 17, 2025
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General liabilityBetter shed lighting and glare shielding bear on pedestrian safety and neighbor light-trespass claims.
If your property is in the Madison Avenue BID, the way your district charge is calculated will change and the BID can spend more.
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Enacted, Local Law 8 of 2025, Jan 18, 2025
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Eligible condo, co-op and affordable rental owners can recover part of renovation costs through the J-51 abatement, but must follow tenant protections or lose benefits.
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Enacted, Local Law 122 of 2024, Dec 18, 2024
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If you own a building with an old basement or cellar unit, you can apply to legalize it, but returning tenants get a right of first refusal.
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Enacted, Local Law 126 of 2024, Dec 18, 2024
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Commercial propertyLegalizing and altering basement units affects building systems and occupancy of owned property.
If you build or own a one- or two-family home with an ancillary unit, it must meet new utility, egress, fire safety and flood-area rules.
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Enacted, Local Law 127 of 2024, Dec 18, 2024
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Commercial propertyFire separation, sprinklers, and egress requirements change building system standards.
You may paint approved or alternative artwork directly on your sidewalk shed or construction fence and keep it up while the permit is valid.
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Enacted, Local Law 111 of 2024, Nov 9, 2024
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If your property is in the new Cypress Hills Fulton BID, you will be assessed district charges to fund its services.
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Enacted, Local Law 96 of 2024, Oct 12, 2024
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If you own property in the expanded Long Island City BID area, you may pay district assessments under a new formula and a higher annual budget.
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Enacted, Local Law 97 of 2024, Oct 12, 2024
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If you own a Class 2 building that appears on the tax lien sale list, expect HPD inspections at least twice in four years; some owners get new deferral and exit options.
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Enacted, Local Law 82 of 2024, Jul 30, 2024
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If you own a parking structure, you must get condition assessments every four years and follow-up assessments within two years after a repair-or-monitor finding.
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Enacted, Local Law 71 of 2024, Jun 22, 2024
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Commercial propertyMore frequent inspections may uncover structural repairs to owned garages.
General liabilityStructural safety findings affect third-party injury exposure at parking structures.
If your DCWP-licensed garage or lot has 10+ spaces, you must install EV chargers in 20% of spots by 2035, unless you get a waiver.
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Enacted, Local Law 55 of 2024, Apr 6, 2024
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Commercial propertyNew EV charging equipment and electrical capacity installed in owned or leased facilities.
Rent stabilization rules stay in force for your regulated apartments until April 2027 instead of expiring in 2024.
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Enacted, Local Law 47 of 2024, Mar 25, 2024
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You can't consider an applicant's criminal record until after other qualifications, and you must give a written reason if you reject for reviewable history.
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Enacted, Local Law 24 of 2024, Jan 20, 2024
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If you owe old Environmental Control Board judgments, you can settle them during a 90-day window by paying the base penalty or 75 percent, with no interest.
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Enacted, Local Law 147 of 2026, Sep 12, 2026
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New businesses may be able to join a city program that coordinates inspections and plan reviews so you can open faster.
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Enacted, Local Law 132 of 2026, Aug 18, 2026
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If you are a partner or sole proprietor paying city unincorporated business tax, you get a smaller credit against your city personal income tax, so you pay more.
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Enacted, Local Law 133 of 2026, Aug 18, 2026
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If you hold a city contract over $100,000, you must self-certify no conflicts or misconduct and report any found within 10 business days.
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Enacted, Local Law 55 of 2026, Jan 29, 2026
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Directors & officersOfficers attest to no misconduct or conflicts, creating personal and regulatory exposure.
Until August 30, 2026, sanitation provider rules on receptacles and litter basket placement apply only if you got City Council funding or didn't apply for a receptacle siting by March 1, 2026.
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Enacted, Local Law 60 of 2026, Jan 29, 2026
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If you hold a covered DHS or criminal justice contract, you would get at least 25% of annual value upfront each quarter starting July 2027.
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Enacted, Local Law 11 of 2026, Jan 3, 2026
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If you have more than 200 employees working in NYC, you must file an annual pay data report with demographic and job information.
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Enacted, Local Law 173 of 2025, Dec 4, 2025
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Employment practices liabilityReported pay data by demographics may prompt pay discrimination claims.
You must give employees 32 extra hours of unpaid safe/sick time and let them use sick time for more reasons, such as child care and legal proceedings.
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Enacted, Local Law 145 of 2025, Oct 25, 2025
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Employment practices liabilityExpanded leave rights raise the chance of employee leave and retaliation claims.
If you run a regulated child care program, you must give parents the city's rights information when they enroll their child.
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Enacted, Local Law 129 of 2025, Sep 13, 2025
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If you bid on city contracts, you would gain a formal way to protest agency procurement decisions, except accelerated, emergency and small purchases.
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Enacted, Local Law 107 of 2024, Nov 9, 2024
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You must give every new hire your written lactation room policy and keep it available at your workplace and on your intranet, if you have one.
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Enacted, Local Law 109 of 2024, Nov 9, 2024
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Employment practices liabilityEmployees may claim lactation accommodation failures or missing policy distribution.
Any clause in your employment agreements that shortens the time employees have to file discrimination or harassment claims will be void and unenforceable.
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Enacted, Local Law 62 of 2024, May 11, 2024
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Employment practices liabilityEmployees keep full time to bring discrimination and harassment claims despite contract limits.
If you hold human services contracts with the city, your employees must complete anti-racism training every year, or you can run your own approved curriculum.
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Enacted, Local Law 13 of 2024, Jan 6, 2024
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More senior and disabled tenants will qualify for rent increase exemptions, so you may be unable to raise rent on more units, retroactive to July 1, 2026.
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If you lease storefront space, you must give a written lease, renewal terms and premises information, and face court penalties and damages for violations; tenants gain protections.
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The bill would permit a court to impose civil penalties and award damages, equitable relief, attorneys’ fees and court costs for failure to comply with these requirements.
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You can't schedule home care aides for shifts over 12 hours or more than 56 hours a week without their written opt-in, and you must give them a rights notice.
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Employment practices liabilityScheduling and hour-limit violations can lead to employee claims and penalties.
Workers' compensationLimits on long shifts relate to fatigue and workplace injury risk.
You must give employees unpaid leave for bone marrow or living organ donation, and you can face penalties if you don't.
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Employment practices liabilityEmployees could bring leave-denial or retaliation claims.
Your building could be inspected for required street numbers, and you could face enforcement if they're missing, including after a 311 complaint.
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You must file a construction waste plan with your building permit application, follow it, and risk fines or contractor license loss if you don't.
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If your property has a cooling tower that isn't properly registered or certified, you could get a violation and must disinfect it, or stop using it if vacant.
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Commercial propertyCooling tower systems on owned property must be disinfected or shut down after violations.
General liabilityDisinfection duties address Legionella-type health risks to third parties.
If you own vacant commercial space in a qualifying area, you could get city money to upgrade it for child care use.
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You may now build shared housing rooming units in new or converted class A multiple dwellings, which was not previously permitted.
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If your sidewalk shed or scaffolding damages a city-owned tree, you must repair or replace it within six months.
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General liabilityCovers property damage to city-owned trees caused by your equipment.
Discrimination based on sex characteristics, including intersex traits, is clearly covered as gender discrimination, so you must not treat people differently on that basis.
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Employment practices liabilityClarifies discrimination claims by employees and applicants can cover intersex traits.
If a tenant is diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease, you must give tenants shower hoses and the city's information materials within 24 hours of notice.
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General liabilityTenant health exposure and failure-to-comply claims tied to building water systems.
You could not hold or win city contracts if your business engages in immigration enforcement, and this would apply to your existing city contracts.
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You can apply to a city pilot that matches your small business with a social media content creator for marketing help.
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You can't install or use facial or other biometric recognition to identify tenants or their guests in your multiple dwelling.
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Cyber & privacyRestricts collection and use of tenants' biometric data.
If you provide human services under a city contract, you must pay your human services employees at least the prevailing wage.
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Employment practices liabilityWage requirements raise exposure to employee wage claims.
If you're cited through the citizen air complaint program, you would get cure options and clearer timelines for reviewing and fighting complaints.
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If you own a multiple dwelling, you must post a sign naming the owners, including beneficial owners or partners if an entity owns it.
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If you own distressed property, more buildings could qualify for city foreclosure and transfer, but you get new notices and chances to avoid the transfer.
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If you get a littering violation for the area next to your building, you can ask to do community service instead of paying the fine.
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If you hold a city human services contract, you must report to the agency within 30 days whenever you sign a subcontract with a certified MWBE.
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If your business has operated in NYC 20+ years, you could be nominated for a legacy registry and get grants. Landlords offering a 10-year lease could get grants too.
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If you own a building with a cooling tower, you must have it cleaned at least three times a year, including once in June or July.
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Commercial propertyAdds a required maintenance duty for building cooling systems.
General liabilityCleaning duty bears on third-party illness claims such as Legionnaires' disease.
If you own residential property, you must disclose certain information to the City before evicting an older adult tenant.
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If you own a building, you must report Legionella test results of 10 CFU/mL or higher to the health department.
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General liabilityReported Legionella findings may increase tenant and visitor bodily injury claim exposure.
If you provide a chatbot, you must secure and limit use of user data, give users access to it, disclose that it's not human, and not imply licensed-professional advice.
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Cyber & privacyNew data security, privacy, and access duties for chatbot user data.
Professional liability / Tech E&OAdvice-equivalence restrictions affect claims over chatbot-provided guidance.
If you are a city contractor, you must post whistleblower protection information covering AI-related reports, and your employees get protection for reporting AI risks.
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Employment practices liabilityEmployee whistleblower retaliation claims expand to AI-related reporting.
Mobility devices like e-bikes can no longer be stored or charged in apartments in R-2 buildings, so you must keep them out of units you own or manage.
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Next hearing Fri, Nov 20, 2026 at 9:30 AM, Committee on Fire and Emergency Management, Council Chambers - City Hall. Agenda
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Commercial propertyRemoves a fire code exception, changing fire-safety exposure in residential buildings.
Eligible small businesses can get technology literacy training, including how to use AI, through an SBS program.
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Next hearing Tue, Dec 1, 2026 at 1:00 PM, Committee on Small Business, 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 2. Agenda
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If you hold a city contract, the city must pay the undisputed part of an invoice on time and tell you in writing about any disputed portion.
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Next hearing Wed, Feb 10, 2027 at 10:00 AM, Committee on Contracts, 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 1. Agenda
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You can't buy, sell, or use software that sets rents or prices from competitors' non-public data, and you could be fined or sued.
People can sueRead the clause
This bill would also make available a private right of action to enforce the prohibitions.
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Cyber & privacyRestricts collection and use of competitor data for pricing tools.
Professional liability / Tech E&OPricing software providers face claims over prohibited tools and services.
If you are a commercial landlord with a fee-shifting lease clause, tenants are presumed to recover attorneys' fees from you when you default or lose a case you bring.
People can sueRead the clause
The tenant would be able to recover attorneys’ fees through a legal proceeding commenced against the landlord or through a counterclaim in any legal proceeding commenced by the landlord against the tenant.
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General liabilityLandlords face added legal-fee exposure from tenant claims and counterclaims.
If you are a landlord accused of tenant harassment, courts can order you to restore possession to lawful occupants who aren't tenants.
People can sueRead the clause
in tenant harassment claims, lawful occupants may not be denied injunctive relief, including restoration of possession, because they are not tenants
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Customers, competitors, and others could sue you over unfair, deceptive, or abusive business practices.
People can sueRead the clause
This bill would be enforced by a private right of action.
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General liabilityBroad new lawsuits over deceptive or unfair practices, including advertising injury claims.
Directors & officersManagement may face claims alleging unlawful business practices.
Employees, applicants, and customers get six years instead of three to sue you over discrimination or harassment under the city human rights law.
People can sueRead the clause
increase from three years to six years the statute of limitations to file a civil action by persons aggrieved by unlawful discriminatory practices or acts of discriminatory harassment or violence under the city human rights law.
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Employment practices liabilityLonger window for discrimination and harassment claims by employees and applicants.
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You must give tipped workers daily pay and tip breakdowns and let customers tip the way they paid. Workers can sue you under a new private right of action.
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The bill also creates additional administrative remedies and a private right of action.
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Employment practices liabilityTipped workers can bring wage-and-tip claims, including through the new private right of action.
Employers could face broader discrimination claims, including punitive damages and individual liability, as the human rights law is read more liberally and vicarious liability rules are repealed.
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clarify the interpretation of specific sections of the law as they pertain to punitive damages, mistakenly perceived alcoholism, municipal immunity, individual liability
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Employment practices liabilityDiscrimination claims with punitive damages and individual liability raise employment claim exposure.
Directors & officersIndividual liability may reach managers and officers personally.
You can't consider vaccination status when hiring, firing, or setting job terms, and employees or applicants could sue you.
People can sueRead the clause
Finally, the bill would authorize administrative remedies for violations, as well as a private right of action.
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Employment practices liabilityEmployees and applicants can bring claims over hiring, firing, and employment terms.
If you do private sewer work, you must certify you've retained two licensed exterminators to get a DEP permit, and notify adjacent property owners in writing.
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If your building stays in the alternative enforcement program past four months after the initial notice, you will be charged higher fees.
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You must keep the exterior and interior of offices, schools and stores dark at night, unless an exemption applies, or risk a $1,000 fine.
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General liabilityDarker premises at night may raise third-party injury claims.
If you own a property with a lead water service line, you must replace it and get a certification within 10 years or face fines; permit fees are waived.
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Commercial propertyRequires replacement of a building's water service line, a building system.
If you own or operate a building, you face much higher fines for not installing backflow prevention devices or not filing the annual report.
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Commercial propertyBackflow prevention devices are building water systems that owners must install and maintain.
If you're a contractor, you could be fined for work done after a permit expires, and you may owe related inspection fees instead of the building owner.
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Landlords of rent regulated buildings must notify before altering or demolishing units, and the window for HPD inspection fees changes.
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If you own a vacant home in foreclosure, you must post a $5,000 bond for upkeep or pay $200 a day in penalties.
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Commercial propertyOwners must fund maintenance and violation fixes on vacant buildings during foreclosure.
Newsstand operators and property owners face higher fines if a newsstand sits too close to a hydrant or a hydrant is blocked, including by piled snow.
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You can't sell gas-powered leaf blowers or lawn mowers after 2025, and you can't use them after 2026, or you face penalties.
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You could not refuse housing to someone because of current or past sex work, and a city board would review unfair work practices against sex workers.
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Employment practices liabilityNew unfair work practice enforcement could generate claims from workers who engage in sex work.
If you own non-owner-occupied property, you can be fined up to $5,000 for not fixing sidewalk defects the city orders repaired or that you should have known about.
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You could face a higher maximum fine for ignoring an order from the Commission on Human Rights.
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If the city finds you discriminated against a tenant over their income source, you face mandatory fines of $5,000 up to $250,000 based on building size.
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If you discriminate based on source of income, you may be denied a Certification of No Harassment, which can block certain permits for your building.
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If your community facility is used for something your certificate of occupancy doesn't allow, the city could declare it a public nuisance and seal it.
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Commercial propertySealing of premises over certificate of occupancy violations affects use of the property.
If you run a housing company or similar entity found to have discriminated by source of income, the City can deny your tax exemption.
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If you evict a tenant unlawfully, you face higher fines and lose city subsidies and tax breaks for 5 years, unless you set aside affordable units.
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If you use the stipulated fine or commercial abatement programs, higher-earning businesses will pay higher reduced fines than they do now.
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If you employ or engage people to sell tickets in public spaces, your business must get a city license, and a seller's violations could put it at risk.
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You would need a city license to run a massage business, must post it, and may only use licensed (or exempt) massage staff and keep records proving it.
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Repeat Fair Work Week violations cost up to double the fines, and unpaid penalties can cost you your food service permit and trigger severance for staff.
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Employment practices liabilityScheduling and wage-related violations raise employee claim and penalty exposure.
If a worker dies on the job, you must give the city additional information or face a $1,000 to $2,500 fine per violation.
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Workers' compensationWorkplace fatalities must be reported and are compiled in a public database.
If you fundraise or do political consulting for city candidates, you cannot lobby them after they are elected, and violations bring civil penalties.
Fines
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Directors & officersRegulatory actions and penalties may target management of firms that lobby.
You can no longer enter non-compete agreements with employees, existing ones are void, and each violation can cost you $500.
Fines
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Employment practices liabilityEmployee claims over non-compete agreements and employment practices could increase.
You can't run E-Verify on applicants you haven't hired, you must post your E-Verify enrollment notice, and each violation can cost you $10,000.
New requirement
Disclosure / reporting
Fines
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In committee
Hearing held
Approved by committee
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Employment practices liabilityHiring and work-authorization screening practices could draw employee or applicant claims.
You could face a misdemeanor and fines if you put a GPS tracker on someone else's vehicle without their consent.
Fines
New requirement
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Hearing held
Approved by committee
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Cyber & privacyUnauthorized location tracking is surveillance of personal data and creates exposure.
You must give employees 5 extra paid hours a year for preventative medical screening, on top of sick time, and can't make them make up the hours.
New requirement
Fines
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In committee
Hearing held
Approved by committee
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Employment practices liabilityNew leave entitlement creates employee claims risk for failure to provide paid time.
You could face higher maximum city fines if the Commission on Human Rights finds you engaged in unlawful discrimination.
Fines
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Hearing held
Approved by committee
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Enacted
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Employment practices liabilityLarger discrimination penalties raise exposure from employee and applicant claims.
If you build or convert a property into a transient hotel, you must file a community impact statement with your construction documents before permits are approved.
New requirement
Disclosure / reporting
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Hearing held
Approved by committee
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Awaiting mayor
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Insurance lines
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More landlords will be pulled into HPD's alternative enforcement program, including repeat buildings, so owners of distressed buildings face closer enforcement and program charges.
New requirement
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Hearing held
Approved by committee
Passed Council
Awaiting mayor
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If you own a building with a lead hazard order from the health department, the city must declare the hazard a public nuisance.
New requirement
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Commercial propertyPublic nuisance status raises remediation duties for owned building conditions.
General liabilityLead hazard nuisance declarations increase third-party injury exposure for owners.
You can't be ticketed for residential littering violations while you or someone in charge is on site actively cleaning or getting ready to clean.
New benefit
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Hearing held
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If you own or operate a community infrastructure property, the city can't sell your tax liens and must offer you installment plans and counseling.
New benefit
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You no longer need a fire barrier between your mobility device battery charging area and your repair or servicing station, which can cut build-out costs.
New benefit
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Hearing held
Approved by committee
Passed Council
Awaiting mayor
Enacted
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Commercial propertyRemoving fire barriers changes fire-safety features of charging and repair space.
If a tenant asks, you must install protective devices like grab bars and floor treads at no cost to them, and may claim a tax abatement.
New requirement
New benefit
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Hearing held
Approved by committee
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General liabilityInstalled safety devices change premises safety and tenant injury exposure.
You can't be fined by DSNY for uncleared sidewalk snow or ice until city agencies finish clearing streets and their own infrastructure and certify it.
New benefit
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Hearing held
Approved by committee
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Enacted
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Insurance lines
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If you host short-term rentals in an owner-occupied one- or two-family home, you can host up to 4 guests, be away during stays, and lock private rooms.
New benefit
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Hearing held
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General liabilityMore guests and unattended stays may raise injury and property damage exposure.
If you build housing with public financing, you must pay for repairs that come up within 10 years of construction.
New requirement
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Hearing held
Approved by committee
Passed Council
Awaiting mayor
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Commercial propertyDevelopers take on repair costs for building defects and systems for 10 years after construction.
If you own or operate certain energy storage systems, you must have them remotely monitored and independently inspected under the fire code.
New requirement
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Hearing held
Approved by committee
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Awaiting mayor
Enacted
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Commercial propertyFire safety monitoring and inspection duties for energy storage systems on owned or leased property.
General liabilityFire risk from battery systems can injure third parties on premises.
You must post a sign near each public restroom with a diaper changing table saying baby wipes should not be flushed.
Disclosure / reporting
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If you own a building and get notice of an unsafe exterior wall, you must tell the building's occupants about it.
Disclosure / reporting
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General liabilityFailure to warn occupants of unsafe walls could raise injury claims.
If your co-op board denies a sale, you must give the prospective buyer a written statement of all reasons within five days of deciding.
Disclosure / reporting
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Directors & officersBoard decisions to withhold consent and stated reasons may draw claims against directors.
If you build new multiple dwellings, you must include more space to store refuse, recyclables, and organic waste.
New requirement
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Hearing held
Approved by committee
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Enacted
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Insurance lines
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You must keep every XRF lead inspection report permanently, and HPD will presume your paint is lead-based unless you prove otherwise.
New requirement
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General liabilityPresumed lead paint raises tenant bodily-injury exposure and the burden of proving units are lead-free.
If you own a building with more than five class C violations, homeless families with children can't be newly placed there until violations are certified corrected.
New requirement
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Hearing held
Approved by committee
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If your commercial property is in a qualifying corridor with high storefront vacancy, you may be able to get certain fees waived.
New benefit
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If you own a multiple dwelling and make eligible energy efficiency upgrades, you can get certain city penalties waived or reduced.
New benefit
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Enacted
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Commercial propertyEnergy efficiency retrofits change building systems of owned property.
If you must file energy efficiency and emissions reports, you can submit them as one consolidated report in years when the efficiency report is due.
New benefit
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Enacted
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If you own a covered residential building, you must make the roof drain onto a permeable surface under DEP rules.
New requirement
Introduced
In committee
Hearing held
Approved by committee
Passed Council
Awaiting mayor
Enacted
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Commercial propertyRoof drainage changes to the building affect water and drainage exposure on owned property.
You can use zero-emissions credits to meet your building's Local Law 97 emissions limits, which gives you another way to comply.
New benefit
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Approved by committee
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Awaiting mayor
Enacted
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Construction applications you filed before the effective dates of Local Laws 92 and 94 of 2019 are not subject to their requirements.
New benefit
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Small residential energy storage systems skip remote monitoring and reporting rules, and medium systems get expedited permitting.
New benefit
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Hearing held
Approved by committee
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Awaiting mayor
Enacted
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Commercial propertyLess monitoring of battery systems may change fire and safety exposure for installed property.
If DOT finds an illegal curb cut on your property, you must get the permits or restore the curb, or the city will do it and bill you.
New requirement
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Hearing held
Approved by committee
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Awaiting mayor
Enacted
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If you develop affordable housing, you must follow city lottery rules on applicant notices and screening, such as no rejecting solely on credit score.
New requirement
Disclosure / reporting
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Approved by committee
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Awaiting mayor
Enacted
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The city must create a program to incentivize you to keep rent stabilized units stabilized longer, which you could use if you own such units.
New benefit
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Awaiting mayor
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You won't get a sidewalk repair violation if city sidewalk work is planned to start within 90 days, and any notice must mention planned city repairs.
New benefit
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If you own property next to a city-managed tree, you can ask Parks to remove it and replace it with a less harmful one.
New benefit
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Small mixed-use buildings without storage space can apply to DSNY for an exemption from rigid-container trash rules, and pending violations get dismissed.
New benefit
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Awaiting mayor
Enacted
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If you are a landlord, you must let residential tenants pay the security deposit in up to six equal monthly installments added to rent.
New requirement
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In committee
Hearing held
Approved by committee
Passed Council
Awaiting mayor
Enacted
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If you own a building with solar panels, you get narrower clear rooftop paths and alternative access rules for adjoining buildings 25 feet wide or less.
New benefit
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In committee
Hearing held
Approved by committee
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Awaiting mayor
Enacted
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Commercial propertyChanges fire-access rules for rooftops of buildings with solar installations.
You must register all commercial premises you own and report vacancy details, and residential owners must report unit counts and vacancy status.
Disclosure / reporting
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Hearing held
Approved by committee
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Enacted
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Once DEP updates its map, you can't have a cellar or basement accessory dwelling unit in a groundwater flood risk area, and new ones can't be built there.
New requirement
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Commercial propertyFlood-area limits on basement units change how owned buildings can be used and their flood exposure.
If you operate a large warehouse, you could face new city emissions rules aimed at the vehicle traffic your site attracts.
New requirement
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In committee
Hearing held
Approved by committee
Passed Council
Awaiting mayor
Enacted
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Insurance lines
Commercial autoRules on vehicle emissions tied to warehouses may change fleet operations.
Sidewalk sheds in parks and playgrounds must not block them, and must be built with a 12-foot clear ceiling and removable cross-bracing.
New requirement
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Hearing held
Approved by committee
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Enacted
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General liabilityShed design changes affect pedestrian safety and third-party injury exposure.
If you sell or manage HDFC co-op units, you will face new transparency requirements about those sales.
Disclosure / reporting
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In committee
Hearing held
Approved by committee
Passed Council
Awaiting mayor
Enacted
Stage 2 of 7: In committee
Insurance lines
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You must install a vehicle weigh station, turn away cars that would overload a garage level, and (if licensed) post weight limits and notify the public.
New requirement
Disclosure / reporting
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In committee
Hearing held
Approved by committee
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Awaiting mayor
Enacted
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General liabilityOverloaded levels risk injury or damage to customers and vehicles on premises.
Commercial propertyWeight limits and weigh stations relate to garage structural loading and building systems.
By 2030 you must bring business, mercantile, and residential buildings (not 1-2 family homes) up to bird-friendly glass standards, and use bird-friendly glass whenever you replace glazing.
New requirement
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In committee
Hearing held
Approved by committee
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Enacted
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Insurance lines
Commercial propertyRequires exterior glazing and facade retrofits on owned or leased buildings.
If you run an industrial facility making 100 percent recycled paper products from recycled paper, you would be exempt from the building emissions limits of Local Law 97.
New benefit
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In committee
Hearing held
Approved by committee
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Enacted
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If you own a multi-family apartment building, you must install carbon monoxide detectors in basement common areas, except areas used to enter or exit apartments.
New requirement
Introduced
In committee
Hearing held
Approved by committee
Passed Council
Awaiting mayor
Enacted
Stage 2 of 7: In committee
Insurance lines
Commercial propertyAdds required safety detection equipment to building systems you own or manage.
General liabilityFailure to install detectors could raise tenant injury claims on premises.
If your building exceeds its Local Law 97 emissions limit, you can use renewable energy credits to offset only up to 10% of its electricity emissions.
New requirement
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In committee
Hearing held
Approved by committee
Passed Council
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Enacted
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Insurance lines
Commercial propertyEmissions limit compliance may force building system retrofits.
If you own an eligible 3-unit building enrolled in STAR, you can get official waste bins free or be reimbursed for bins you bought.
New benefit
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Hearing held
Approved by committee
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New multiple dwellings you build must have larger bedrooms and living rooms, with bigger minimum floor area and smallest dimension.
New requirement
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In committee
Hearing held
Approved by committee
Passed Council
Awaiting mayor
Enacted
Stage 2 of 7: In committee
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You must give tenants a city notice about elected officials when they sign or renew a lease, and whenever a tenant asks for it.
Disclosure / reporting
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Hearing held
Approved by committee
Passed Council
Awaiting mayor
Enacted
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If you own a multiple dwelling, you must post electric space heater safety notices in the common areas.
Disclosure / reporting
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Awaiting mayor
Enacted
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When you file construction work with DOB, you must list the accessibility features you will build or change, and DOB will publish them online.
Disclosure / reporting
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Hearing held
Approved by committee
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Enacted
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You could not discriminate based on a person's family or relationship structure in hiring, housing, or serving customers.
New requirement
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Employment practices liabilityEmployees and applicants may claim discrimination based on family or relationship structure.
When you deduct from a security deposit, you must give the tenant an itemized statement plus receipts or invoices for repairs.
Disclosure / reporting
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Approved by committee
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Enacted
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If you are a landlord, you must give displaced low-income tenants financial assistance, 90 days' notice, and tenant-rights information.
New requirement
Disclosure / reporting
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Approved by committee
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Enacted
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You must provide at least one separate gender-neutral bathroom wherever the Plumbing Code requires plumbing fixtures, in addition to sex-separated ones.
New requirement
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Hearing held
Approved by committee
Passed Council
Awaiting mayor
Enacted
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Commercial propertyRequires plumbing and bathroom fixture changes to buildings.
If you must provide heat, you now have to keep apartments at least 70 degrees by day and 66 at night during heating season.
New requirement
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Hearing held
Approved by committee
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Enacted
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Commercial propertyHigher heating minimums may require upgrades or more load on building heating systems.
You must give tenants in your building and adjacent buildings two weeks' notice of non-minor construction and file that notice with the Office of the Tenant Advocate.
Disclosure / reporting
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You can't request, check or use a credit history when a tenant's rent is paid in whole or part by Section 8 or CityFHEPS.
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Approved by committee
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When you use tenant screening reports, you must also give applicants the criteria you use to reject them.
Disclosure / reporting
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Enacted
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Some buildings with qualifying dwelling units may fall outside the emissions limits and energy conservation rules, so you may no longer need to comply.
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Approved by committee
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If you build housing with city financial assistance, you must set aside 10% of units for mobility needs and 5% for vision or hearing needs.
New requirement
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Hearing held
Approved by committee
Passed Council
Awaiting mayor
Enacted
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General liabilityMore accessible-unit design and build requirements raise accessibility-related exposure.
Condo and co-op buildings could get lower emissions penalties and adjusted limits for green space or past upgrades like solar or submetering.
New benefit
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Hearing held
Approved by committee
Passed Council
Awaiting mayor
Enacted
Stage 2 of 7: In committee
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You can't adopt or enforce rules barring residents from displaying religious items on their entry door or doorframe, except for safety, obstruction, or maintenance reasons.
New requirement
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Approved by committee
Passed Council
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Enacted
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You can't put a no-pet clause in leases for units that don't receive city financial assistance.
New requirement
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Hearing held
Approved by committee
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Awaiting mayor
Enacted
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When you file a PW1 for work on a building, you must report its affordable units, planned new affordable units, and their income eligibility.
Disclosure / reporting
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Approved by committee
Passed Council
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Enacted
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You must list a named contact person on work site and sidewalk shed panels, and put the permit holder's phone number on DOB permits.
Disclosure / reporting
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Hearing held
Approved by committee
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Enacted
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Your building gets seven more years before Local Law 97 emissions reduction requirements and related penalties apply.
New benefit
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Hearing held
Approved by committee
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Awaiting mayor
Enacted
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Commercial propertyDelays emissions-driven retrofits of building systems.
Your condo, co-op, or apartment building is exempt from Local Law 97 emissions limits and penalties for 2024 and 2025.
New benefit
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In committee
Hearing held
Approved by committee
Passed Council
Awaiting mayor
Enacted
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Commercial propertyChanges timing of building emissions limits and retrofit pressure on owned buildings.
If you work as a distressed property consultant, you must give prospective customers more disclosures before they sign on.
Disclosure / reporting
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Enacted
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Professional liability / Tech E&OIncomplete or wrong disclosures to clients could lead to claims over consulting services.
If you own a dangerous tree, the city can order you to fix it, do the work itself, bill you, and lien your property if unpaid.
New requirement
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Approved by committee
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General liabilityTrees posing danger to people or property raise third-party injury and damage exposure.
Commercial propertyOwners face tree hazards and liens affecting owned real property.
Only individuals who meet new qualification rules can inspect, test, and maintain your fire and smoke dampers and smoke control systems, on set schedules.
New requirement
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Hearing held
Approved by committee
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Enacted
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Commercial propertyChanges testing and maintenance requirements for building fire and smoke safety systems.
If you run a co-op, you must give a buyer with an accepted offer your financial information within 14 days of their request.
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Directors & officersCo-op boards face added exposure over the accuracy and timeliness of financial disclosures.
If you get city financial assistance for a housing project, you can't put pet restrictions in your leases, and any such terms are void.
New requirement
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Hearing held
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Your funeral firm can apply for an annual DOT permit to park authorized funeral vehicles in no-parking spots near your establishment for up to four hours.
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You must let covered employees use earned safe and sick time to attend their child's school events, including parent-teacher meetings.
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Employment practices liabilityLeave denial or retaliation claims could rise with the expanded permitted use.
If you run a supervised release program under a city contract, you must notify the court and parties within 5 or 10 days of a missed check-in.
Disclosure / reporting
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If you contract with certain city agencies, you must report pay and employment data by race, gender and pay band to the city, which will analyze it for disparities.
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Employment practices liabilityPay disparity analysis by protected class may prompt employee discrimination claims.
You must pay employees a city minimum wage of $29 to $30 an hour phased in by 2030-2031, with yearly inflation-based increases.
New requirement
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Employment practices liabilityWage and hour claims from employees could rise with a much higher minimum wage.
You could post your remote job openings on a city-run website, once the city verifies that your business and the jobs are legitimate.
New benefit
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You must hold a reintegration meeting with each employee returning from parental leave, unless they opt out in writing.
New requirement
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Employment practices liabilityMissed or mishandled return-from-leave meetings could prompt employee claims.
You must give employees paid personal time for any reason, earning one hour per 30 worked, up to 80 hours a year.
New requirement
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Employment practices liabilityNew paid leave rights create leave and wage/hour claim exposure.
If you hold an emergency city client-services contract during a disease outbreak, you may have to pay in-person workers time and one-half hazard pay.
You may have to give paid safe and sick time to qualifying independent contractors, not just employees.
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Employment practices liabilityLeave claims could now come from contractors who meet the new definition of employee.
You must give caregivers reasonable workplace accommodations and take part in a cooperative dialogue with them about those accommodations.
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Employment practices liabilityCaregiver accommodation and discrimination claims by employees or applicants become possible.
You could not refuse to hire, or deny service to, someone because of their actual or perceived poverty.
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Employment practices liabilityApplicants and employees may claim discrimination based on poverty.
If you run a pre-K center under a DOE contract, you must pay education staff at least DOE rates and provide similar benefits or cash in lieu.
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Employment practices liabilityPay and benefit parity rules can lead to wage and benefit claims by staff.
Film, TV, and theater productions that commit to hiring and accommodating people with disabilities can apply for city grants.
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You could get free, individualized legal help from the city on making your leased business space accessible to people with disabilities, if funding is appropriated.
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If you hold a city contract and committed to working with community members or groups, you must report on that work to the agency every quarter.
Disclosure / reporting
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If you run a child day care center, you would no longer pay Parks Department permit fees for park use and could apply for permits online.
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You could get reimbursed for buying and installing a panic button that alerts the police, if you take part in the city's pilot program.
New benefit
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You could get reimbursed by the Police Department for buying and installing panic buttons that alert police in an emergency.
New benefit
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In committee
Hearing held
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Awaiting mayor
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Stage 2 of 7: In committee
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If you have over 100 employees, you must tell current staff about openings before choosing a candidate and share info about who was selected.
Disclosure / reporting
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In committee
Hearing held
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Awaiting mayor
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Stage 2 of 7: In committee
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Employment practices liabilityEmployees may claim unfair promotion practices tied to the new notice duties.