NY S03239

Adds three new sections to Penal Law Article 270 defining terms and establishing two new felony offenses related to unpermitted building alterations in one to four family dwellings located in cities with populations of one million or more.

Creates "Failure to obtain a building permit or certificate of occupancy for a dwelling in the second degree" as a class D felony when a dwelling owner fails to obtain required permits for alterations, the dwelling is illegally altered with owner authorization, and physical injury results directly or indirectly from those alterations.

Creates "Failure to obtain a building permit or certificate of occupancy for a dwelling in the first degree" as a class C felony when similar conditions exist but result in serious physical injury instead of ordinary physical injury.

Defines "altered" as any change to structural parts of a building or changes that impede egress during fire or emergency evacuation; defines "illegally altered" as alterations violating building code or local law.

Takes effect sixty days after becoming law.