Bill Text: NY S02592 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that an owner of a residential building which has been deemed unsafe because of an arson related fire shall be charged the actual cost of demolition.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CITIES 1 [S02592 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S02592-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2592 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 23, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to demolition costs of residential property The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 11-301 of the administrative code of the city of 2 New York, as amended by local law number 68 for the year 2007, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 § 11-301 When taxes, assessments, sewer rents, sewer surcharges [and], 5 water rents and demolition costs to be liens on land assessed. All taxes 6 and all assessments and all sewer rents, sewer surcharges [and], water 7 rents and demolition costs, and the interest and charges thereon, which 8 may be laid or may have heretofore been laid, upon any real estate now 9 in the city, shall continue to be, until paid, a lien thereon, and shall 10 be preferred in payment to all other charges. The words "water rents" 11 whenever they are used in this chapter shall include uniform annual 12 charges and extra and miscellaneous charges for the supply of water, 13 charges in accordance with meter rates, minimum charges for the supply 14 of water by meter, annual service charges and charges for meters and 15 their connections and for their setting, repair and maintenance, penal- 16 ties and fines and all lawful charges for the supply of water imposed 17 pursuant to the New York city municipal water finance authority act, 18 which is set forth in title two-A of article five of the public authori- 19 ties law. Charges for expense of meters, their connections, setting, 20 repair or maintenance shall not be due or become a charge or lien on the 21 premises where a water meter shall be installed or against which a 22 charge shall be made, until such charge shall have been definitely fixed 23 by the commissioner of environmental protection, and an entry of the 24 amount thereof shall have been made with the date of such entry in the 25 book in which the charges for water supplied by meter against such prem- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03823-01-3S. 2592 2 1 ises are to be entered. A charge in accordance with meter rates or mini- 2 mum charges for the supply of water measured by meter, and a service 3 charge shall not be due or become a lien or charge upon the premises 4 where such meter is installed until an entry shall have been made indi- 5 cating that such premises are metered, with the date of such entry in 6 the book in which the charges for water by meter measurement against 7 such premises are to be entered. The words "sewer rents" when used in 8 this chapter shall mean any rents or charges imposed pursuant to section 9 24-514 of the code or pursuant to the New York city municipal water 10 finance authority act, which is set forth in title two-A of article five 11 of the public authorities law. The words "sewer surcharges" when used in 12 this chapter shall mean the charges imposed pursuant to section 24-523 13 of the code or pursuant to the New York city municipal water finance 14 authority act, which is set forth in title two-A of article five of the 15 public authorities law. Whenever an increase in the amount of uniform 16 annual charges or extra or miscellaneous charges shall have been made or 17 a charge shall have been made for water services for any building 18 completed subsequent to the first day of January in each year, the 19 amount of such increase of the charge or new charge for such new build- 20 ing shall not be due or become a lien or charge against the premises 21 until the amounts thereof shall have been entered with the date of such 22 entries, respectively, in the books in which the uniform annual charges 23 and extra or miscellaneous charges against such premises are to be 24 entered. The words "tax lien" when used in this chapter shall mean the 25 lien arising pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or pursuant to 26 the New York city municipal water finance authority act, which is set 27 forth in title two-A of article five of the public authorities law, as a 28 result of the nonpayment of taxes, assessments, sewer rents, sewer 29 surcharges, water rents, demolition costs, any other charges that are 30 made a lien subject to the provisions of this chapter, the costs of any 31 advertisements and notices given pursuant to this chapter, any other 32 charges that are due and payable, a surcharge pursuant to section 11-332 33 of this chapter if the tax lien is sold, interest and penalties thereon 34 and the right of the city to receive such amounts. The words "tax lien 35 certificate" when used in this chapter shall mean the instrument 36 evidencing a tax lien and executed by the commissioner of finance or his 37 or her designee at such time as such lien is transferred to a purchaser 38 upon sale of such lien by the city. The words "demolition costs" when 39 used in this chapter shall mean the charges imposed for the demolition 40 of a residential building which is set forth in section 11-357 of this 41 chapter. 42 § 2. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by 43 adding a new section 11-357 to read as follows: 44 § 11-357 Demolition costs on residential buildings. 1. An owner of 45 residential property which has been deemed an unsafe building or struc- 46 ture as a result of arson and such owner has been ordered by the commis- 47 sioner to demolish such building pursuant to title twenty-eight of this 48 chapter, shall be billed for the actual cost of the demolition and shall 49 be no more than twenty-five percent of the total insurance settlement 50 reached between the owner and their insurance carrier. This section 51 shall not apply if such arson was committed by the legal owner of the 52 residential property or an occupant of the residential property. 53 2. The commissioner of buildings of the city of New York shall cause 54 to be transmitted to the commissioner of finance an account of all demo- 55 lition costs pursuant to subdivision one of this section as the same 56 become due or accrue.S. 2592 3 1 3. The owner of residential property containing one, two or three-fa- 2 mily units who fails to pay the demolition cost, pursuant to subdivision 3 one of this section, as the same become due or accrue shall not be sold 4 by the city as a tax lien for a period of ten years. The owner of resi- 5 dential property containing one, two or three-family units who has a 6 lien on such property for costs associated with the demolition of a 7 building on such property for a period of twenty years shall have ten 8 years to cure any back taxes or present liens on such property. The 9 interest fees related to such back taxes or present liens shall be 10 waived. 11 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
