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📄 Primary Source07 of 11 · 2024

The Legislative Answer

Intro 948 → 1107-A → 948-A → 948-B → Intro 879

Published February 8, 2026 · Updated May 4, 2026

The bill that would restore the legal distinction between a private dwelling and a multiple dwelling has moved through five recorded versions across two City Council sessions. Every version below is in the public record.

  1. June 2024
    Intro 948
    Original bill. Prime sponsor Mercedes Narcisse, eight co-sponsors.
  2. Late 2024
    1107-A
    Companion / revised draft addressing verification carve-outs.
  3. Early 2025
    948-A
    First amended version — narrowed to owner-occupied one- and two-family homes.
  4. Fall 2025
    948-B
    Second amended version, aged into the record by Speaker Adrienne Adams ahead of an anticipated committee vote.
  5. April 30, 2026
    Intro 879
    Reintroduced current-session bill. Same core language, six of the original nine co-sponsors still on it.

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