Adopted edition
NYS Uniform Code 2020 (based on 2018 I-Codes)
Effective
State · NY
New York building codes at a glance.
Statewide NYS Uniform Code. NYC enforces a separate NYCBC 2022. Long Island counties hit 130 mph coastal design.
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IECC zones 4A, 5A, 6A · ASCE 7 design wind 95–130 mph
Adoption model
Statewide
Permits issued: State
Coverage status
Indexed
Parcel layer + adopted-edition library + amendment overlay all live.
Climate zones (IECC)
4A · 5A · 6A
Drives R-value, fenestration U-factor, and air-leakage envelope rules.
Design wind speed
95–130 mph
ASCE 7 Risk Category II, 3-second gust at 33 ft. Fastener spec follows.
Special zones
- HVHZ (not applicable)
- WUI (not applicable)
- FEMA SFHA overlays (present)
Compliance track
What's required to build here.
Statewide NYS Uniform Code. NYC has its own building code (NYCBC 2022). Long Island enforces coastal wind requirements.
Statute reference: dos.ny.gov/division-building-standards-and-codes
Sample counties
How NY varies inside the state.
4 of the highest-volume counties in New York, with notes on local rules that diverge from the state floor.
§01
Nassau (Long Island)
130 mph coastal
§02
Suffolk (Long Island)
130 mph coastal
§03
New York City
NYCBC 2022 separately
§04
Erie (Buffalo)
90 mph design
County directory
All 62 counties in New York.
Each county page shows the adopted edition, county-level amendments, and permit-office contact.
- Albany
- Allegany
- Bronx
- Broome
- Cattaraugus
- Cayuga
- Chautauqua
- Chemung
- Chenango
- Clinton
- Columbia
- Cortland
- Delaware
- Dutchess
- Erie
- Essex
- Franklin
- Fulton
- Genesee
- Greene
- Hamilton
- Herkimer
- Jefferson
- Kings
- Lewis
- Livingston
- Madison
- Monroe
- Montgomery
- Nassau
- New York
- Niagara
- Oneida
- Onondaga
- Ontario
- Orange
- Orleans
- Oswego
- Otsego
- Putnam
- Queens
- Rensselaer
- Richmond
- Rockland
- Saratoga
- Schenectady
- Schoharie
- Schuyler
- Seneca
- St. Lawrence
- Steuben
- Suffolk
- Sullivan
- Tioga
- Tompkins
- Ulster
- Warren
- Washington
- Wayne
- Westchester
- Wyoming
- Yates
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