Senate Bill S6633

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Increases civil penalties for violations of building maintenance standards within the city of New York

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S6633 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง27-2115, NYC Ad Cd

2009-S6633 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases civil penalties for violations of state and local laws which pertain to building maintenance and operation within the city of New York.

2009-S6633 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S6633 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6633

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 21, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MONSERRATE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction
  and Community Development

AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
  relation  to  the imposition of civil penalties for violation of state
  and local laws for building maintenance and operation

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.   Subdivision (a) of section 27-2115 of the administrative
code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 65  of  the
city of New York for the year 1987, is amended to read as follows:
  (a)  A person who violates any law relating to housing standards shall
be subject to a civil penalty of not less than [ten] FIFTEEN dollars nor
more  than [fifty] SEVENTY-FIVE dollars for each [non-hazardous] CLASS A
violation, not less than [twenty-five] FIFTY dollars nor more than [one]
TWO hundred [dollars] and [ten] TWENTY dollars per day for each [hazard-
ous] CLASS B violation, AND fifty dollars per day for each  [immediately
hazardous]  CLASS C violation, occurring in a multiple dwelling contain-
ing five or fewer dwelling units, from the date set  for  correction  in
the  notice  of violation until the violation is corrected, and not less
than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred fifty dollars and, in addi-
tion, one hundred twenty-five dollars  per  day  for  each  [immediately
hazardous]  CLASS C violation, occurring in a multiple dwelling contain-
ing more than five dwelling units, from the date set for  correction  in
the  notice  of  violation  until the violation is corrected.   A person
wilfully making a false certification of correction of a violation shall
be subject to a civil penalty of  not  less  than  [fifty]  SEVENTY-FIVE
dollars nor more than [two hundred fifty] THREE HUNDRED dollars for each
violation  falsely  certified, in addition to the other penalties herein
provided.
  S 2.  This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after  it  shall
have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00053-03-0

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