Bill Text: NY A10922 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Imposes penalties for non-compliance of DHCR orders by owners of dwelling units; $5,000 for each instance of non-compliance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-30 - referred to housing [A10922 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A10922-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         10922
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 30, 2010
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, MAISEL, GOTTFRIED, JAFFEE,
         MILLMAN, ROBINSON, KELLNER, AUBRY, SCARBOROUGH, GIBSON, CASTRO, POWELL
         -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of A. CRESPO, GLICK,  JEFFRIES,  PHEFFER,
         WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing
       AN  ACT  to  amend the public housing law and the administrative code of
         the city of New York, in relation to penalties for  non-compliance  of
         division of housing and community renewal orders
         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 a  new  section
    2  14-a to read as follows:
    3    S  14-A.  PENALTIES  FOR  NON-COMPLIANCE.  ANY  LANDLORD OR OWNER OF A
    4  MULTIPLE DWELLING WHO FAILS TO COMPLY WITH ANY ORDER BY THE DIVISION  OF
    5  HOUSING  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO  A  FINE  OF NOT MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND
    6  DOLLARS FOR EACH INSTANCE OF NON-COMPLIANCE.
    7    S 2. Title 26 of the administrative code of the city of  New  York  is
    8  amended by adding a new chapter 1 to read as follows:
    9                                  CHAPTER 1
   10                                MISCELLANEOUS
   11  SECTION 26-101 PENALTIES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE.
   12    S 26-101 PENALTIES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE. 1. ANY OWNER OF A DWELLING UNIT
   13  WHO FAILS TO COMPLY WITH ANY ORDER BY THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMU-
   14  NITY  RENEWAL  SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND
   15  DOLLARS FOR EACH INSTANCE OF NON-COMPLIANCE.
   16    2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   17    (A) THE TERM "OWNER" SHALL MEAN AND INCLUDE THE OWNER OR OWNERS OF THE
   18  FREEHOLD OF THE PREMISES OR LESSER ESTATE THEREIN, A MORTGAGEE OR VENDEE
   19  IN POSSESSION, ASSIGNEE OF RENTS, RECEIVER, EXECUTOR,  TRUSTEE,  LESSEE,
   20  AGENT,  OR ANY OTHER PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
   21  IN CONTROL OF A DWELLING; AND
   22    (B) THE TERM "DWELLING UNIT" SHALL MEAN ANY RESIDENTIAL  ACCOMMODATION
   23  IN A MULTIPLE DWELLING OR PRIVATE DWELLING.
   24    S  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
   25  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD16772-01-0