Senate bill · S10695 (2025-26)
Relates to deadline for the processing of building permits by local governments and the city of New York
New York State Senate
Same as A11685, the matching bill in the Assembly.
Sponsor: Erik Bottcher (State Senator, District 47, Democratic)
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Summary
Requires local building departments to process and approve or deny applications for residential or mixed-use buildings within 30 days; provides that if the local department does not process the application within the required timeframe an applicant shall be permitted to retain a private professional to perform the permit review to determine compliance with state and/or local building codes.
Summary from NY Open Legislation. How we handle summaries
Amends the Executive Law.
Purpose, from the sponsor's memo
To streamline permitting processes for residential and mixed-use build- ings in NYS and NYC by allowing for developers to retain licensed, qual- ified third-party reviewers to expedite the permitting processes in the event of a building department backlog while still maintaining the building departments final authority
Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)
Where it stands
Assigned to a committee for review.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Up for a vote
- Passed one chamber
- Passed
- Enacted
Committee
Governmental Operations · New York State Assembly
Also referred to Rules · New York State Assembly, Rules · New York State Senate.
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The sponsor's argument
Why Erik Bottcher says this is needed
Permitting delays are a key driver of costs and delays for the develop- ment of affordable units. While building departments face backlogs, project delays tie up capital, increase financing costs, and slow down the delivery of desperately needed affordable units. This bill establishes a process to expedite reviews and offload respon- sibility from overburdened municipal building departments by allowing licensed engineers and architects to submit supplemental reports for expedited review. This process will only take effect if a building department is backlogged and will maintain the building department as the final authority.
This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.
Full history
- Sep 11, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO RULES
NY Senate
- Sep 2, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
NY Assembly
Read the record
- Read on NY Senate (opens in a new tab) The official record on nysenate.gov.