Reviewed September 7, 2026.
New York City’s major-building definition changed effective December 11, 2024. For applicable initial permits and permit requests, the height triggers are an existing or proposed building with seven or more stories or a height of 75 feet or more. The old ten-story or 125-foot figures are no longer the general current threshold.
Additional triggers remain: a building footprint of 100,000 square feet or more regardless of height, or a DOB Commissioner designation based on unique construction or demolition hazards. See DOB’s official notice on Local Law 147 of 2021.
Check permit timing and the type of work
The notice applies the change to initial permits issued and initial permit requests submitted on or after December 11, 2024, and explains treatment of earlier filings whose initial permits had not been requested or issued. Do not classify a project using its application date alone.
Major-building status affects site-safety requirements, which must be evaluated for the particular work under Chapter 33 and applicable rules. The notice states that the change does not alter the separate façade-work site-safety trigger of more than 14 stories or 200 feet. Professional licensing qualifications and stop-work-order clearance requirements require their own review.
Kushnick Pallaci PLLC assists clients throughout New York with construction compliance and project disputes. Contact 631-752-7100 or vtp@kushnicklaw.com.
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