Bill Text: NY A06093 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to water contamination, lead paint and air quality testing in New York city housing authority buildings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to housing [A06093 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A06093-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6093 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 10, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FRONTUS -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Housing AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to water contam- ination, lead paint and air quality testing in New York city housing authority buildings 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 two new 2 sections 402-f and 402-g to read as follows: 3 § 402-f. Water contamination, lead paint and air quality testing. 1. 4 The New York city housing authority shall provide for annual water test- 5 ing to monitor for lead or copper contamination in the water of each 6 building under the jurisdiction of the authority. The authority shall 7 transmit a copy of such results to the commissioner of health. For 8 purposes of this section, tap water shall be considered contaminated if 9 such water exceeds the lead or copper action level based on first-draw 10 tap samples as provided in rules and regulations of the department of 11 health authorized under section two hundred one of the public health 12 law. 13 2. The authority, in conjunction with the commissioner of health, 14 shall conduct lead paint testing to monitor for the presence of lead 15 paint in each building under the jurisdiction of the authority. The 16 authority shall provide notice to all tenants where such testing indi- 17 cates the presence of lead paint in a building under the jurisdiction of 18 the authority. 19 3. The authority, in conjunction with the commissioner of health shall 20 be required to conduct annual indoor air quality testing to monitor for 21 air quality in each building under the jurisdiction of the authority. 22 The authority shall transmit a copy of such results to the commissioner 23 of health. The authority shall provide notice to all tenants where such EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05151-01-1A. 6093 2 1 air quality test results exceed department of health indoor air guide- 2 lines or the occupational safety and health administration. 3 4. The authority shall be civilly liable for actual damages of any 4 tenant, if it is determined that such tenant has suffered adverse health 5 conditions caused by the indoor air quality, lead paint presence or 6 water contamination of a building under the jurisdiction of the authori- 7 ty. 8 § 402-g. Falsifying authority records notification. 1. The New York 9 city housing authority shall provide information to all employees that 10 any employee of the authority who falsifies records, including, but not 11 limited to: (a) providing inaccurate water contamination results, lead 12 paint test results or indoor air quality reports; (b) falsifying any 13 signature; or (c) making a false entry in or falsely altering any record 14 or other written instrument filed with the authority shall be guilty of 15 tampering with public records in the second degree pursuant to section 16 175.20 of the penal law. 17 2. The authority shall refer any case of an employee falsifying 18 records to local law enforcement. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
