{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-21-315","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 21-315","heading":"§ 21-315 Adult shelters operating in excess of two hundred persons.","body":"a. For the purposes of this section, a shelter for adults that operates with a permitted census in excess of two hundred persons pursuant to subdivision b of section 21-312 of this code shall be termed \"a grandfathered shelter.\" In the event that any grandfathered shelter is closed, it may be replaced pursuant to the following provisions:\n\n1. The Kingsboro Shelter Building 6 operating with a census of two hundred twenty-one persons permitted pursuant to subdivision b of section 21-312 of this code may be replaced with a shelter with a maximum census of two hundred twenty-one persons.\n\n2. The Brooklyn Women's Shelter operating with a census of two hundred twenty-nine persons permitted pursuant to subdivision b of section 21-312 of this code may be replaced with a shelter with a maximum census of two hundred twenty-nine persons.\n\n3. The Atlantic Shelter operating with a census of three hundred fifty persons permitted pursuant to subdivision b of section 21-312 of this code may be replaced with a shelter with a maximum census of three hundred fifty persons.\n\n4. The Borden Shelter operating with a census of four hundred ten persons permitted pursuant to subdivision b of section 21-312 of this code may be replaced with a shelter with a maximum census of three hundred fifty persons.\n\n5. The Bellevue Shelter operating with a census of eight hundred fifty persons permitted pursuant to subdivision b of section 21-312 of this code may be replaced with two shelters each with a maximum census of four hundred persons.\n\n6. The Camp LaGuardia Shelter operating with a census of one thousand seventeen persons permitted pursuant to subdivision b of section 21-312 of this code may be replaced with two shelters each with a maximum census of four hundred persons.\n\n7. The Charles H. Gay Shelter operating with a census of one thousand thirty-seven persons permitted pursuant to subdivision b of section 21-312 of this code may be replaced with two shelters each with a maximum census of four hundred persons.\n\nb. Each new shelter which replaces a shelter listed in subdivision a of this section shall comply with applicable statutes, laws, rules and regulations, including, but not limited to, section 197-c of the New York city charter.","path":["New York City Administrative Code","Title 21","Chapter 3: Department of Homeless Services"],"source_url":"https://files.amlegal.com/pdffiles/NewYorkCity/Admin/XML.zip","current_through":"Local Law 2026/135 (enacted August 31, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:48:57Z","sha256":"cd7d0896928706c542250b36b5d10aab2101a71073c490c316abf23d37f90fcf","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-21-314.2","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-21-316"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}