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(a) If a Story in an Eligible Multiple Dwelling contains one or more Affordable Housing Units, not less than thirty percent of the Dwelling Units on such Story shall be Market Units, provided, however, that the Agency may waive such requirement where either: (1) the Affordable Housing Units comprise more than fifty pe

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Effective: 1/15/2025

§ 64-06 Distribution Requirements.

RCNY § 64-06

(a)If a Story in an Eligible Multiple Dwelling contains one or more Affordable Housing Units, not less than thirty percent of the Dwelling Units on such Story shall be Market Units, provided, however, that the Agency may waive such requirement where either: (1) the Affordable Housing Units comprise more than fifty percent of the units in such Eligible Multiple Dwelling; or (2) there is only one Dwelling Unit on such Story.

(b)Each Building Segment in an Eligible Multiple Dwelling must contain one or more Affordable Housing Units and have the same or similar proportion of Affordable Housing Units to Market Units.

(c)All Common Areas in an Eligible Multiple Dwelling shall be open and accessible to the residents of all of the rental Dwelling Units in such Eligible Multiple Dwelling, including the residents of any Affordable Housing Units.

(d)The Agency may disapprove any Building configuration that would frustrate the intent and purpose of paragraph (a) of subdivision six of the Act and subdivisions (a) through (c) of this section by segregating Affordable Housing Units or limiting the ability of residents of Affordable Housing Units to access an Eligible Multiple Dwelling’s Common Areas. (Added City Record 12/16/2024, eff. 1/15/2025)

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