Historic Preservation in New York (2026)
23 rules on the books across New York, 23 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Historic-Cultural Monuments
How buildings, sites, and trees are nominated and designated as Historic-Cultural Monuments, the protections that follow, and the demolition-stay process.
Albany
Significant RestrictionsAlbany's Commission on Monuments and Public Art inventories, approves, and can recommend re-contextualization or…
Read full rule →Babylon
Significant RestrictionsAny exterior change, demolition, or move of a designated Town of Babylon landmark or historic-district property needs a…
Read full rule →Brookhaven
Significant RestrictionsBrookhaven designates historic landmarks and historic districts by Town Board vote after a public hearing, on the…
Read full rule →Buffalo
Significant RestrictionsNo City-owned statue or monument in Buffalo can be removed, relocated, or installed without sign-off from both the…
Read full rule →Cheektowaga
Significant RestrictionsCheektowaga's Historic Preservation Commission, created under Town Code Chapter 134 in November 2024, can designate a…
Read full rule →Clarkstown
Significant RestrictionsClarkstown's Architectural Historic Review Board (AHRB) sets the criteria for identifying historic, architectural and…
Read full rule →Greenburgh
Significant RestrictionsGreenburgh's Historic Preservation Board can recommend that the Town Board designate a building, structure, site or…
Read full rule →Hamburg Village
Significant RestrictionsIn the Village of Hamburg, the Historic Preservation Commission designates individual landmarks, scenic landmarks and…
Read full rule →Hempstead
Significant RestrictionsChapter 76 of the Hempstead Code lets the seven-member Landmarks Preservation Commission designate any place, structure…
Read full rule →Huntington
Significant RestrictionsHuntington's Historic Preservation Commission can recommend, and the Town Board can designate, any site with special…
Read full rule →Irondequoit
Significant RestrictionsIn the Town of Irondequoit, the Historic Preservation Commission recommends and the Town Board decides which properties…
Read full rule →Islip
Significant RestrictionsIslip protects historically or aesthetically significant sites through a Planned Landmark Preservation Overlay District…
Read full rule →New York
Significant RestrictionsDesignated NYC landmarks and interior landmarks can't be altered, reconstructed, or demolished without prior approval…
Read full rule →North Hempstead
Significant RestrictionsNorth Hempstead's seven-member Historic Landmarks Preservation Commission designates buildings, structures, sites…
Read full rule →Oyster Bay
Significant RestrictionsOyster Bay's seven-member Landmarks Preservation Commission can designate any place, site, structure or building of…
Read full rule →Rochester
Significant RestrictionsRochester designates landmarks, including cultural and civic sites, through the Preservation Board and Planning…
Read full rule →Southampton
Significant RestrictionsIn the Town of Southampton outside the villages, the Town Board designates local landmarks, cultural resources and…
Read full rule →Southampton Village
Significant RestrictionsChapter 65 of the Village of Southampton Code does not use the term cultural monument; it designates landmarks. The…
Read full rule →Syracuse
Significant RestrictionsSyracuse designates historic landmarks and cultural monuments as "protected sites" or "preservation districts" through…
Read full rule →Troy
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Troy, New York, the Planning Commission recommends designation of historic buildings, sites, objects…
Read full rule →Yonkers
Significant RestrictionsBefore altering, adding to, or demolishing a City-designated landmark or any building inside a designated historic…
Read full rule →New Rochelle
Light RestrictionsNew Rochelle lets its City Council recognize buildings, structures or sites as "historically significant" under § 170-3…
Read full rule →Rockland County
Light RestrictionsRockland County's 13-member Historic Preservation Board can list a property on the County Register of Historic Places…
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