Bill Text: NY A06448 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6448

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires the installation of automatic sprinkler systems and emergency fire escapes in multi-family dwellings over two stories.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A06448 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06448-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6448

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 11, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. J. A. GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the  instal-
          lation  of  automatic  sprinkler systems and emergency fire escapes in
          certain multi-family dwellings

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

     1    Section  1.  Section 378 of the executive law is amended by adding two
     2  new subdivisions 5-e and 5-f to read as follows:
     3    5-e. Standards for installation of automatic sprinkler systems requir-
     4  ing that the owner of every multi-family dwelling with a height over two
     5  stories, regardless of age or  historic  designation  of  the  dwelling,
     6  shall  have  installed  in  such  dwelling an automatic fire suppression
     7  system on each floor level of such dwelling in which people reside.
     8    5-f. Standards for installation of emergency  fire  escapes  requiring
     9  that  the  owner  of  every multi-family dwelling with a height over two
    10  stories, regardless of the age or historic designation of the  dwelling,
    11  shall  have  installed in such dwelling an emergency fire escape on each
    12  floor level of such dwelling, excluding the first floor level.  For  the
    13  purposes  of  this  subdivision,  the  term  "emergency fire escape" may
    14  include an exterior stairway, a standard fire escape, a roll  out  emer-
    15  gency ladder, or any other apparatus the council deems appropriate.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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