Committee on Housing and Buildings · Dec 18, 2025
Thursdayat least 14 min2 officials identified0 public speakers7 agenda itemsRoll call: 7 present (clerk)Video: Viebit
The committee took up a slate of bills for a vote, including Intro 571A, 902B, 994A, 1120B, 1321A, 1422A and 1490B.
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- 1:02This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to publish a study on the feasibility of building affordable housing on Wards Island. The study would assess such factors as cost, restrictio
- 1:16This bill would give certain not-for-profits or joint ventures between not-for-profits and other entities, as certified by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (“HPD”), a first opportunity to submit a s
- 1:38This bill would require that, by June 1, 2030, owners of tenant-occupied buildings provide cooling systems capable of maintaining 78 degrees Fahrenheit in rooms in which tenants sleep, upon the request of the tenant. Thi
- 1:53This bill would set timelines for decisions regarding the sale of co-op apartments. It would generally require the co-op to acknowledge receipt of application materials within 15 days, and provide notice of whether it ha
- 2:08This bill would create the Existing Building Code (“EBC”), modeled on the 2021 International Existing Building Code, which would improve and simplify requirements for the alteration and maintenance of the City’s existing
- 2:34NYC construction codes, in relation to conforming provisions of such codes with provisions of the NYC existing building code and electrical and elevator inspections.
- 2:43This bill would implement section 28-1001.3 of the Administrative Code, which requires the New York City Department of Buildings to submit proposed updates to the City’s Energy Conservation Code (“NYCECC”) to bring it up
What happened
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- The committee took up a slate of bills for a vote, including Intro 571A, 902B, 994A, 1120B, 1321A, 1422A and 1490B.0:24
- Intro 1321A was described as creating the New York City Existing Building Code, and Intro 1490B as updating the energy conservation code.0:24
- Before the vote, sponsors spoke on their bills, including Intro 1120 on cooperative sales and Intro 571 on a Ward’s Island study.4:04
- The result was announced as “all items are adopted by the committee with the exception of proposed introduction 902B, which is adopted by the committee with 6 in the affirmative.”13:59
Who spoke
2 officials identified · talk time, most first.
- Lincoln RestlerDistrict 33 · 5.3 minFirst speaks at 7:46
- Pierina Ana SanchezChair · District 14 · 4.3 minFirst speaks at 0:24
Roll call: 7 present, 0 excused, 0 absent. From the clerkPublic comment: 0 speakers.
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Hamlet, “Committee on Housing and Buildings, Dec 18, 2025: New York.” https://cities.myhamlet.com/nyc/housing-and-buildings/meetings/2025-12-18. Data as of Oct 9, 2026 (version d14b03c); meeting of Dec 18, 2025.