The house is owned by one of the roommates aunt, it has been unoccupied for a year, and we will be paying to help with mortgage and utilities we use.
Garden City law states:
http://www.ecode360.com/ecode3-back/getSimple.jsp?guid=9147185One-family dwellings: buildings containing not more than one dwelling unit occupied exclusively for residential purposes by the immediate family of the owner or tenant, not having more than one kitchen or one kitchenette and with not more than two lodgers or boarders residing with a family.
My understanding is that each one of us, since we have different last names, are considered a family each.
Is there a NYS definition of immediate family pertaining to housing rules and regulations?
More specifically, would first-cousins be considered within immediate family?
Will it be illegal for us 5 to live in this single family house, even though it has 5 bedrooms.