BILL NUMBER: S2507
SPONSOR: SALAZAR
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to the community
districts in which pilot programs to address the legalization or conver-
sion of certain basement and cellar dwellings can be established by
local law
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This legislation adds four community districts to the list of fifteen
districts included in PART S of the ELFA Budget bill, chapter 56 of the
laws of 2024.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends general municipal law section 289 (4), which was added
as part of the 2024 enacted budget, and which established a pilot base-
ment and cellar legalization and conversion program, by adding Brooklyn
Community District 5 and Queens Districts 1, 3, and 4 to the list of
fifteen districts included in the budget bill.
Section 2 provides for the effective date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
The four community districts this bill will add to the pilot program are
communities in which the issue of legalization of basement or cellar
conversions have significant support due to the dire need for such
conversions in those communities. These are also areas in which trage-
dies have occurred due to unsafe conditions in illegally converted base-
ments or cellars. The sponsors of this bill represent the communities
being added to the pilot program.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
SENATE:
2024: S9272 (Salazar) - Referred to Housing, Construction & Community
Development.
ASSEMBLY:
2024: A10249 (Gonzalez-Rojas)- Referred to Housing.
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
Unknown.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been
in full force and effect on and after April 20, 2024.

Statutes affected:
S2507: 289 multiple dwelling law, 289(4) multiple dwelling law