Certification of No Harassment

Tenant protection before demolition or conversion permits

Before the Department of Buildings will approve permits to demolish certain residential buildings or change their use, the owner must first get a Certification of No Harassment from the housing agency HPD, a finding that tenants were not harassed out of the building. The requirement has long covered single room occupancy buildings and was expanded to a broader pilot program by Local Law 1 of 2018. This page tracks the Council legislation behind the program, from the 1998 single room occupancy bills through current proposals to make the pilot permanent.

Bills tracked
12
Enacted
4
Introduced
1998 to 2026

Local bills

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