Bill Text: NY A07778 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the New York city department of buildings to confirm that there are no tenants living at certain properties prior to approving or issuing permits for the demolition or the substantial alteration or renovation of such properties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to cities [A07778 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07778-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7778

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 20, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Cities

        AN ACT to amend the New York city charter, in relation to requiring  the
          New  York  city  department  of buildings to confirm that there are no
          tenants living at certain properties prior  to  approving  or  issuing
          permits for the demolition or the substantial alteration or renovation
          of such properties

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

     1    Section 1. The New York city  charter  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 645-a to read as follows:
     3    §  645-a. Additional powers and duties of the department. In the event
     4  that a property owner submits an application for a permit for the  demo-
     5  lition  or  the  substantial alteration or renovation of any building or
     6  structure and represents to the department that no tenants are living at
     7  the property, the department shall independently confirm that there  are
     8  no  tenants    living at the property prior to approving or issuing such
     9  permit.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    11  ing the date upon which it shall have become a law. Effective immediate-
    12  ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
    13  necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
    14  authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.



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