Statutes and regulations

Green residential building program

N.Y. PBA Law § 1872 · New York · Statutes

Act PBA › Article 8 › Title 9 › Section 1872

\n (c) "Qualified occupied square footage" means the habitable spaces of\na residential building pursuant to standards and criteria established by\nthe authority, and shall not include storage areas,

Rooms in basements and cellars

N.Y. MDW Law § 216 · New York · Statutes

Act MDW › Article 7 › Title 1 › Section 216

Such room shall be thoroughly dry and fit for human habitation.\n f.

Coordination of reporting; limitations; lead agency

N.Y. ENV Law § 8-0111 · New York · Statutes

Act ENV › Article 8 › Section 8-0111

construction of housing in cities, towns, and villages with\npopulations of one million or more that shall:\n (1) be connected to existing community or public water and sewerage\nsystems at the commencement of habitation … housing in cities, towns, and villages with\npopulations of fewer than one million persons that shall:\n (1) be connected to existing community or public water and sewerage\nsystems at the commencement of habitation

General prohibitions and restrictions

N.Y. ABC Law § 102 · New York · Statutes

Act ABC › Article 8 › Section 102

burglar's instruments;\n (c) Buying or receiving or criminally possessing stolen property;\n (d) Unlawful entry of a building;\n (e) Aiding escape from prison;\n (f) Unlawfully possessing or distributing habit

Issuance of licenses; fee; bonds

N.Y. GBS Law § 74 · New York · Statutes

Act GBS › Article 7 › Section 74

burglar's\ninstruments; (c) buying or receiving or criminally possessing stolen\nproperty; (d) unlawful entry of a building; (e) aiding escape from\nprison; (f) unlawfully possessing or distributing habit

Extension of the time for payment and suspension of payment of real estate tax liens

N.Y. PVH Law § 606 · New York · Statutes

Act PVH › Article 13 › Section 606

deteriorated or\ndeteriorating neighborhood or one imminently threatened with\ndeterioration, and that unless the project is carried out, the property\nwill become unsafe and unfit for continued human habitation

Definitions

N.Y. PBG Law § 605 · New York · Statutes

Act PBG › Article 14-A › Section 605

for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping\naccommodation for human beings, including a car, park, abandoned\nbuilding, bus or train station, airport, campground, or other place not\nmeant for human habitation

Application for licenses

N.Y. GBS Law § 72 · New York · Statutes

Act GBS › Article 7 › Section 72

activities set forth in\nsection seventy-one of this article except exclusively as to the\nfinancial rating, standing, and credit responsibility of persons, firms,\ncompanies or corporations or as to personal habits

New York state community restoration fund

N.Y. PBA Law § 2405-F · New York · Statutes

Act PBA › Article 8 › Title 17 › Part 1 › Section 2405-F

; (D) accumulation of\ntrash, refuse or other debris; (E) absence of window coverings such as\ncurtains, blinds, or shutters; (F) absence of furnishings or personal\nitems consistent with residential habitation

Conditions of probation and of conditional discharge

N.Y. PEN Law § 65.10 · New York · Statutes

Act PEN › Part 2 › Title E › Article 65 › Section 65.10

discharge, the court shall, as a\ncondition of the sentence, consider restitution or reparation and may,\nas a condition of the sentence, require that the defendant:\n (a) Avoid injurious or vicious habits

Manufactured home parks; duties, responsibilities

N.Y. RPP Law § 233 · New York · Statutes

Act RPP › Article 7 › Section 233

Warranty of habitability, maintenance, disruption of services. … nrent-to-own contract, and all areas used in connection therewith in\ncommon with other manufactured home tenants or residents including all\nroads within the manufactured home park are fit for human habitation

Town ordinances

N.Y. TWN Law § 130 · New York · Statutes

Act TWN › Article 9 › Section 130

governing utilities, facilities, and other physical\ncomponents and conditions essential to make dwellings, dwelling units,\nrooming houses, rooming units, and premises safe, sanitary and fit for\nhuman habitation … inspection of dwellings, dwelling units, rooming\nhouses, and rooming units, and the condemnation and vacation of those\ndwellings, dwelling units, rooming houses, and rooming units unfit for\nhuman habitation

Powers and duties of the commissioner

N.Y. SOS Law § 17 · New York · Statutes

Act SOS › Article 2 › Section 17

provides emergency shelter to homeless persons, in which\nthere are conditions that are dangerous, hazardous, imminently\ndetrimental to life or health, or otherwise render the building not fit\nfor human habitation

Powers of the corporation

N.Y. PVH Law § 654 · New York · Statutes

Act PVH › Article 12 › Section 654

naccommodations;\n (ii) to construct dwelling accommodations and undertake site\npreparation related thereto;\n (iii) to restore abandoned, vacant or occupied city or privately-owned\ndwelling accommodations to habitable

Public health and health planning council; powers and duties; sanitary code

N.Y. PBH Law § 225 · New York · Statutes

Act PBH › Article 2 › Title 2 › Section 225

Wellness incentives to be considered shall include,\nbut not be limited to, smoking status, physical fitness activities,\nfrequency of physician fitness evaluations and dietary habits.

Repairs, vacation and demolition of buildings

N.Y. MDW Law § 309 · New York · Statutes

Act MDW › Article 8 › Section 309

and may, in addition\nto ordinary repairs, maintenance and replacement, make other\nimprovements to effect a rehabilitation of the property, in such fashion\nas is consistent with maintaining safe and habitable

Exemption from taxation of alterations and improvements to multiple dwellings to eliminate fire and health hazards; abatement

N.Y. RPT Law § 489 · New York · Statutes

Act RPT › Article 4 › Title 2 › Section 489

To be included, a room must meet the\nrequirements of habitability as provided in the relevant housing\nmaintenance code.