STATE OF NEW YORK
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6896
IN SENATE
March 4, 2016
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Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT to amend the town law, the second class cities law, and the
general municipal law, in relation to the maintenance of sidewalks;
and to repeal sections 16-123 and 19-152 of the administrative code of
the city of New York relating thereto
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 130 of the town law is amended to
2 read as follows:
3 4. Sidewalks. Regulating the manner of construction, reconstruction
4 and repair of sidewalks, the materials to be used, the grades and the
5 widths thereof and prohibiting any construction, reconstruction or
6 repair which does not comply with such regulations[; requiring the owner
7 and occupant of premises abutting on any street where a sidewalk has
8 been laid, to keep the sidewalk in front of such premises, free and
9 clear from snow, ice, dirt and other obstructions and upon default ther-
10 eof provide for the removal thereof at the expense of the owners of such
11 premises and that such charge shall become a lien upon the premises
12 benefited thereby, until paid].
13 § 2. Section 92 of the second class cities law is amended to read as
14 follows:
15 § 92. Repair of sidewalks; removal of snow and ice. The commissioner
16 of public works shall have full power and authority to [require the
17 owner of property abutting upon a street to] repair any sidewalk [in
18 front thereof] abutting upon a street or bring the same to true grade,
19 and to remove the snow and ice therefrom. [Where the owner of such prop-
20 erty shall fail or neglect to repair any sidewalk or bring the same to
21 true grade for five days after written notice so to do has been served
22 on him, either personally or by delivering the same at his residence, or
23 if he be a non-resident by mailing the same to him at his last known
24 place of residence, or if the name of the owner or his place of resi-
25 dence can not be ascertained after due diligence, by posting the same in
26 a conspicuous place upon the premises; or where the owner of any such
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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