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                                  1459

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 10, 2011
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL, LANCMAN, CASTRO, BOYLAND, COLTON,
  JACOBS, GIBSON, CRESPO, DINOWITZ, MILLMAN -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.
  of  A. GOTTFRIED, MAYERSOHN, ORTIZ, ROBINSON -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Housing

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the division
  of housing and community renewal to establish  a  publicly  accessible
  online database of building-wide major capital improvements

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

  Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  260-a
to read as follows:
  S 260-A. MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT DATABASE. THE COMMISSIONER OF HOUS-
ING  AND  COMMUNITY RENEWAL SHALL PUBLISH ON THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY RENEWAL WEBSITE A  DATABASE  OF  BUILDING-WIDE  MAJOR  CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS  INSTALLED  BY ANY LANDLORD IN EVERY CITY WITH A POPULATION
OF MORE THAN ONE MILLION INHABITANTS. SUCH  DATABASE  SHALL  INCLUDE  AN
ENTRY THAT DESCRIBES THE ITEM OR REPAIR, INCLUDING:
  1. THE COST;
  2. MAKE AND MODEL;
  3. WHERE THE ITEM WAS PURCHASED;
  4. THE NAME OF COMPANY OR INDIVIDUAL CONDUCTING THE INSTALLATION; AND
  5. THE INSTALLATION COST.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01776-01-1