Bill Text: NY A03381 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires radiator covers for dwelling units, when requested; imposes civil penalties for failure to abide with the provisions of the section.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-27 - advanced to third reading cal.944 [A03381 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A03381-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        3381--B
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 27, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. ROSENTHAL, TITUS, BENEDETTO, ESPAILLAT, CLARK,
         MILLMAN, J. RIVERA, KELLNER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  AUBRY,
         BRENNAN, CARROZZA, COLTON, GALEF, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, LANCMAN, V. LOPEZ,
         MARKEY,  MAYERSOHN,  PHEFFER,  SCHIMEL,  SWEENEY,  TOWNS,  WEISENBERG,
         WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities --  recom-
         mitted  to the Committee on Cities in accordance with Assembly Rule 3,
         sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
         amended  and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said
         committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and  recommit-
         ted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
         relation to requiring radiator  covers  when  requested  for  dwelling
         units
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is  amended
    2  by adding a new section 17-124 to read as follows:
    3    S  17-124  RADIATOR  COVERS. A. THE OWNER, OR AGENT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE
    4  FOR THE LEASING OR MANAGEMENT OF A MULTIPLE DWELLING SHALL  PROVIDE  AND
    5  INSTALL RADIATOR COVERS FOR ALL RADIATOR UNITS IN A DWELLING UNIT WITHIN
    6  NINETY  DAYS  OF  THE  RECEIPT  OF  A WRITTEN REQUEST BY A TENANT OF THE
    7  DWELLING UNIT.
    8    B. ANY OWNER OR AGENT WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION A  OF
    9  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT LESS THAN TEN
   10  DOLLARS AND NO MORE THAN FIFTY DOLLARS FOR EACH DWELLING UNIT IN WHICH A
   11  VIOLATION OCCURS BETWEEN JUNE FIRST AND SEPTEMBER THIRTIETH, AND A CIVIL
   12  PENALTY OF NOT LESS THAN  TWENTY-FIVE  DOLLARS  AND  NO  MORE  THAN  ONE
   13  HUNDRED  TEN DOLLARS PER DAY FOR EACH DWELLING UNIT IN WHICH A VIOLATION
   14  OCCURS BETWEEN OCTOBER FIRST AND MAY THIRTY-FIRST.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   16  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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