Bill Text: NY A10286 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires owners and agents of multiple residences and multiple dwellings to provide names and contact information of residents to emergency personnel upon the request of such personnel, where the physical safety of such residents must be accounted for by ascertaining their whereabouts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-13 - referred to housing [A10286 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A10286-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10286 IN ASSEMBLY May 13, 2022 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Dinowitz) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the multiple residence law and the multiple dwelling law, in relation to requiring owners and agents of multiple residences and multiple dwellings to provide names and contact information of residents to emergency personnel The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The multiple residence law is amended by adding a new 2 section 16 to read as follows: 3 § 16. Multiple residence emergency information. 1. In the case of an 4 emergency affecting a multiple residence, the owner or agent of such 5 multiple residence shall provide emergency service personnel, upon the 6 request of such emergency service personnel, including but not limited 7 to local police and fire departments, with the names and contact infor- 8 mation of all affected residents or occupants as listed in the lease of 9 such multiple residence as is required to ascertain the safety of such 10 residents or occupants. For the purposes of this section, an emergency 11 shall include but not be limited to fires, gas leaks, building 12 collapses, natural disasters, acts of terrorism and other events where 13 the physical safety of residents must be accounted for by ascertaining 14 their whereabouts. 15 2. The owner or agent of such multiple residence shall update the list 16 of names and contact information of all affected residents or occupants 17 of such multiple residence upon the execution of a new lease, lease 18 renewal or lease amendment. Specific and informed written consent shall 19 be obtained by the owner or agent of the multiple residence from each 20 occupant or resident each time the list is updated and no occupant's or 21 resident's name or contact information shall be included in such list 22 without their specific and informed written consent. Written notice 23 shall be provided to the occupant or resident about the contact list and 24 shall include but not be limited to that such list is maintained by the 25 owner and the potential impact of opting-out. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02663-04-2A. 10286 2 1 3. Such list of names and contact information shall only be maintained 2 for the purpose of an emergency evacuation and shall not be dissem- 3 inated, used or accessed by emergency services personnel for any other 4 purposes. 5 § 2. The multiple dwelling law is amended by adding a new section 15 6 to read as follows: 7 § 15. Multiple dwelling emergency information. 1. In the case of an 8 emergency affecting a multiple dwelling, the owner or agent of such 9 multiple dwelling shall provide emergency service personnel, upon the 10 request of such emergency service personnel, including but not limited 11 to local police and fire departments, with the names and contact infor- 12 mation of all affected residents or occupants as listed in the lease of 13 such multiple dwelling as is required to ascertain the safety of such 14 residents or occupants. For the purposes of this section, an emergency 15 shall include but not be limited to fires, gas leaks, building 16 collapses, natural disasters, acts of terrorism and other events where 17 the physical safety of residents must be accounted for by ascertaining 18 their whereabouts. 19 2. The owner or agent of such multiple dwelling shall update the list 20 of names and contact information of all affected residents or occupants 21 of such multiple dwelling upon the execution of a new lease, lease 22 renewal or lease amendment. Specific and informed written consent shall 23 be obtained by the owner or agent of the multiple dwelling from each 24 occupant or resident each time the list is updated and no occupant's or 25 resident's name or contact information shall be included in such list 26 without their specific and informed written consent. Written notice 27 shall be provided to the occupant or resident about the contact list and 28 shall include but not be limited to that such list is maintained by the 29 owner and the potential impact of opting-out. 30 3. Such list of names and contact information shall only be maintained 31 for the purpose of an emergency evacuation and shall not be dissem- 32 inated, used or accessed by emergency services personnel for any other 33 purposes. 34 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 35 have become a law.
