Bill Text: NY A01717 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Imposes penalties for non-compliance of DHCR orders by owners of multiple dwelling units; provides a fine of $5,000 for each instance of non-compliance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to housing [A01717 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A01717-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1717
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 11, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, MAISEL, GOTTFRIED, JAFFEE,
         MILLMAN, ROBINSON, KELLNER,  AUBRY,  SCARBOROUGH,  GIBSON,  CASTRO  --
         Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of A.   CRESPO, GLICK, JEFFRIES, PHEFFER,
         WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing
       AN ACT to amend the public housing law and the  administrative  code  of
         the  city  of New York, in relation to penalties for non-compliance of
         division of housing and community renewal orders
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The public housing law is amended by adding a new section
    2  14-a to read as follows:
    3    S 14-A. PENALTIES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE.  ANY  LANDLORD  OR  OWNER  OF  A
    4  MULTIPLE  DWELLING WHO FAILS TO COMPLY WITH ANY ORDER BY THE DIVISION OF
    5  HOUSING SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A  FINE  OF  NOT  MORE  THAN  FIVE  THOUSAND
    6  DOLLARS FOR EACH INSTANCE OF NON-COMPLIANCE.
    7    S  2.  Title  26 of the administrative code of the city of New York is
    8  amended by adding a new chapter 1 to read as follows:
    9                                  CHAPTER 1
   10                                MISCELLANEOUS
   11  SECTION 26-101 PENALTIES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE.
   12    S 26-101 PENALTIES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE. 1. ANY OWNER OF A DWELLING UNIT
   13  WHO FAILS TO COMPLY WITH ANY ORDER BY THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMU-
   14  NITY RENEWAL SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN  FIVE  THOUSAND
   15  DOLLARS FOR EACH INSTANCE OF NON-COMPLIANCE.
   16    2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   17    (A) THE TERM "OWNER" SHALL MEAN AND INCLUDE THE OWNER OR OWNERS OF THE
   18  FREEHOLD OF THE PREMISES OR LESSER ESTATE THEREIN, A MORTGAGEE OR VENDEE
   19  IN  POSSESSION,  ASSIGNEE OF RENTS, RECEIVER, EXECUTOR, TRUSTEE, LESSEE,
   20  AGENT, OR ANY OTHER PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION, DIRECTLY OR  INDIRECTLY
   21  IN CONTROL OF A DWELLING; AND
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01796-01-1
       A. 1717                             2
    1    (B)  THE TERM "DWELLING UNIT" SHALL MEAN ANY RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION
    2  IN A MULTIPLE DWELLING OR PRIVATE DWELLING.
    3    S  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    4  have become a law.