Bill Text: NY A05324 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5324 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to curb repair in the city of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to cities [A05324 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A05324-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          5324
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 8, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Cities
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
          relation to curb repair
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  19-111 of the administrative code of the city of
     2  New York, as amended by local law number 104 of the city of New York for
     3  the year 1993, is amended to read as follows:
     4    § 19-111 Curbs. All curbs for the support of sidewalks hereafter to be
     5  laid shall be of the material or materials, dimensions and  construction
     6  required  in  department  specifications  for  such work, which shall be
     7  prescribed by the commissioner and kept on file in his  or  her  office.
     8  All curb and curb cut repairs shall be the responsibility of the depart-
     9  ment  and any owner of a one, two or three family home, after making his
    10  or her request on NYC 311, the official website of the city of New York,
    11  shall be entitled to have all  repairs  completed  within  a  reasonable
    12  amount  of time. For the purposes of this section, "reasonable amount of
    13  time" shall mean ninety days from the date the department  receives  the
    14  complaint.  If the repairs are not completed within such time, the home-
    15  owner shall be entitled to have all repairs done by a licensed  contrac-
    16  tor  and  to  receive  a  property tax credit for the reasonable cost of
    17  completing such repair.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09709-01-7