{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-27-2084","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 27-2084","heading":"§ 27-2084 Occupancy of cellars and basements in converted dwellings.","body":"a. Except as provided in 27-2082 of this article, no dwelling unit in the cellar of a converted dwelling may be occupied for living purposes unless:\n\n(1) The yard adjoining such dwelling unit; has a minimum depth of thirty feet or more at every point; is open and unobstructed except as permitted by subdivision nine of section twenty-six of the multiple dwelling law; and abuts the exterior wall of such dwelling at a level no higher than the floor of any room contained in the dwelling unit; and\n\n(2) The department determines that the dwelling unit is habitable. Such a cellar shall be deemed a basement for the purpose of all requirements of the multiple dwelling law and of this code.\n\nb. Except as provided in section 27-2082 of this article, no dwelling unit in the basement of a converted dwelling may be occupied unless:\n\n(1) Every living room has a minimum height of seven feet in every part; and\n\n(2) Every living room has at least one window which complies with the provisions of subdivision b of section 27-2059 of article one of this subchapter, except that the top of at least one window shall be a minimum of six feet above the floor, or if the room does not comply with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph two, it complies with the provisions of subdivision c of section 27-2059 of article one of this subchapter.\n\nc. The basement of a dwelling converted in accordance with the provisions of subdivision four of section one hundred seventy-seven of the multiple dwelling law may be occupied only if the dwelling is classified and recorded in the department as such a converted dwelling prior to January first, nineteen hundred sixty-six.","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":"5af4783a3dc73ba56712a342328911a74e6db794e72386e33c7bf490e3f89e9e","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-27-2083","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-27-2085"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}