Bill Text: NY A02134 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires owners and agents of multiple residences and multiple dwellings to provide names and contact information of residents to emergency personnel upon the request of such personnel, where the physical safety of such residents must be accounted for by ascertaining their whereabouts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-17 - approval memo.21 [A02134 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A02134-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2134--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 23, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Housing -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the multiple residence law and the multiple dwelling law, in relation to requiring owners and agents of multiple residences and multiple dwellings to provide names and contact information of residents to emergency personnel The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The multiple residence law is amended by adding a new 2 section 16 to read as follows: 3 § 16. Multiple residence emergency information. 1. In the case of an 4 emergency affecting a multiple residence, the owner or agent of such 5 multiple residence shall provide emergency service personnel, upon the 6 request of such emergency service personnel, including but not limited 7 to local police and fire departments, with the names and contact infor- 8 mation of all affected residents or occupants as listed in the lease of 9 such multiple residence as is required to ascertain the safety of such 10 residents or occupants. For the purposes of this section, an emergency 11 shall include but not be limited to fires, gas leaks, building 12 collapses, natural disasters, acts of terrorism and other events where 13 the physical safety of residents must be accounted for by ascertaining 14 their whereabouts. 15 2. The owner or agent of such multiple residence shall update the list 16 of names and contact information of all affected residents or occupants 17 of such multiple residence upon the execution of a new lease, lease 18 renewal or lease amendment. Specific and informed written consent shall 19 be obtained by the owner or agent of the multiple residence from each 20 occupant or resident each time the list is updated and no occupant's or 21 resident's name or contact information shall be included in such list 22 without their specific and informed written consent. Written notice EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01438-02-3A. 2134--A 2 1 shall be provided to the occupant or resident about the contact list and 2 shall include but not be limited to that such list is maintained by the 3 owner and the potential impact of opting-out. 4 3. Such list of names and contact information shall only be maintained 5 for the purpose of an emergency evacuation and shall not be dissem- 6 inated, used or accessed by emergency services personnel or dissem- 7 inated, used or accessed by the owner or agent of such multiple resi- 8 dence for any other purposes. 9 § 2. The multiple dwelling law is amended by adding a new section 15 10 to read as follows: 11 § 15. Multiple dwelling emergency information. 1. In the case of an 12 emergency affecting a multiple dwelling, the owner or agent of such 13 multiple dwelling shall provide emergency service personnel, upon the 14 request of such emergency service personnel, including but not limited 15 to local police and fire departments, with the names and contact infor- 16 mation of all affected residents or occupants as listed in the lease of 17 such multiple dwelling as is required to ascertain the safety of such 18 residents or occupants. For the purposes of this section, an emergency 19 shall include but not be limited to fires, gas leaks, building 20 collapses, natural disasters, acts of terrorism and other events where 21 the physical safety of residents must be accounted for by ascertaining 22 their whereabouts. 23 2. The owner or agent of such multiple dwelling shall update the list 24 of names and contact information of all affected residents or occupants 25 of such multiple dwelling upon the execution of a new lease, lease 26 renewal or lease amendment. Specific and informed written consent shall 27 be obtained by the owner or agent of the multiple dwelling from each 28 occupant or resident each time the list is updated and no occupant's or 29 resident's name or contact information shall be included in such list 30 without their specific and informed written consent. Written notice 31 shall be provided to the occupant or resident about the contact list and 32 shall include but not be limited to that such list is maintained by the 33 owner and the potential impact of opting-out. 34 3. Such list of names and contact information shall only be maintained 35 for the purpose of an emergency evacuation and shall not be dissem- 36 inated, used or accessed by emergency services personnel or dissem- 37 inated, used or accessed by the owner or agent of such multiple dwelling 38 for any other purposes. 39 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 40 have become a law.
