{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-27-2077","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 27-2077","heading":"§ 27-2077 Conversions to rooming units prohibited.","body":"a. No rooming unit which was not classified and recorded as such in the department prior to May fifteenth, nineteen hundred fifty-four or converted to such use prior to April thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-six, shall be created in any dwelling, whether such conversion is effected with or without physical alterations, except for rooming units:\n\n(1) Owned or controlled and operated by a hospital for occupancy by nurses and interns on its staff; or\n\n(2) Owned and operated without profit by an educational, religious or charitable institution as a residence for the aged, or for working girls or women, or for working boys or men, or for delinquent, dependent or neglected children, or for students attending a school or college; or,\n\n(3) approved by the commissioner of the department and created with the substantial assistance of loans, grants or subsidies from any federal, state or local agency or instrumentality; or\n\n(4) approved by the commissioner of the department and owned, operated or used by any federal, state or local agency or instrumentality or by a non-profit organization.\n\nb. When the ownership, operation or use by an institution or public agency for any of the purposes enumerated in subdivision a ceases, the certificate of occupancy shall expire.","path":["New York City Administrative Code","Title 27","Chapter 2: Housing Maintenance Code"],"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":"a399b34abe7e39da0e514f40fb5438fe7d8c19b82d721076c1ed8d34eda17a51","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-27-2076","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-27-2078"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}