Bill Text: NY A05415 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the inspection of non-fireproof buildings every three years; requires compliance with the New York city housing maintenance code and the New York city construction codes; requires those dwellings not in compliance with such code at the time of inspection to make repairs or improvements necessary to comply with such standards within six months of such inspection, or a lien shall be placed upon the dwelling.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to housing [A05415 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A05415-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5415

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 10, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Housing

        AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to requiring  the
          inspection of non-fireproof buildings and compliance with the New York
          city housing maintenance code and the New York city construction codes

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The multiple dwelling  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 140-a to read as follows:
     3    § 140-a. Inspection and compliance. 1. a. Every non-fireproof multiple
     4  dwelling  shall  be  inspected every three years for compliance with the
     5  fire safety standards set forth in the New York city housing maintenance
     6  code and the New York city construction codes.
     7    b. It shall be the duty of every person, firm  or  corporation  acting
     8  either  as owner, agent, contractor or lessee of such multiple dwellings
     9  to conduct such fire safety inspections which shall include but  not  be
    10  limited  to  electrical  wiring, circuits, outlets, switches, cords, and
    11  related equipment.
    12    c. Every person, firm or corporation acting either  as  owner,  agent,
    13  contractor or lessee of such multiple dwelling shall submit a fire safe-
    14  ty inspection report for each building owned or operated by such person,
    15  firm  or corporation to the department of buildings or other appropriate
    16  local agency every three years.
    17    2. Fire safety inspection reports shall include:
    18    a. the number and nature of the fire safety hazards found during  fire
    19  safety  inspections; and
    20    b. a description of the mitigation or repairs made in response to such
    21  fire  safety inspection, including the number of repairs or improvements
    22  made.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    3. Failure to submit a report by September first of the third year  in
     2  the  three-year  cycle shall result in a fine of one hundred dollars per
     3  day until the report has been submitted.
     4    4.  Those  dwellings not in compliance with such fire safety standards
     5  shall have six months from such inspection to make repairs  or  improve-
     6  ments necessary to comply with such standards.
     7    5.  An  owner, agent, contractor or lessee may contact the appropriate
     8  agency to assist with fire safety inspections should the  owner,  agent,
     9  contractor  or  lessee  believe  an area may be too dangerous to inspect
    10  without agency assistance.
    11    6. Owners of multiple dwellings who fail to make repairs  or  improve-
    12  ments  necessary  for  compliance with the New York city housing mainte-
    13  nance code and the New York city construction codes shall be subject  to
    14  a  fine  of one hundred dollars per day until the dwelling complies with
    15  such code. Any dwelling that remains non-compliant with such code for  a
    16  period  of  six  months or more shall cause a lien to be placed upon the
    17  dwelling until all repairs or improvements are complete  and  rents  are
    18  adjusted  based  on rent abatements, due to the unsafe conditions origi-
    19  nating from the owners' non-compliance.
    20    7. The New York city department of buildings  shall  promulgate  rules
    21  and regulations as necessary to effectuate these requirements.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.