Assembly Bill A8129

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Increases penalties for failure to install window guards and provides for a program to educate the community on the risks associated with failure to so install

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  • 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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2013-A8129 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง17-123, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5084
2011-2012: A4701
2015-2016: A4886
2017-2018: A2262
2019-2020: A3105

2013-A8129 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases amount of civil and criminal penalties for failing to install window guards: for a second or subsequent violation the criminal penalties shall be increased to a fine of up to $1000 or imprisonment for up to one year, or both; for a first civil violation the fine shall be $1000, for a second violation the fine shall be $2500 and for any subsequent violation the fine shall be $5000.

2013-A8129 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8129

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             August 30, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Cities

AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
  relation  to  increasing  the  penalties for failing to install window
  guards in multiple dwellings

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

  Section  1. Subdivision c of section 17-123 of the administrative code
of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 22 of  the  city
of New York for the year 2002, is amended to read as follows:
  c.  The  department of health and mental hygiene shall promulgate such
regulations as it deems necessary to comply with the provisions of  this
section,  with  respect  to the annual notice to tenants, and the notice
requirement in all multiple dwelling leases.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL  ALSO
DEVELOP  A  PROGRAM  TO  EDUCATE  THE COMMUNITY OF THE RISK OF INJURY OR
DEATH TO CHILDREN WHEN RESIDING IN MULTIPLE DWELLINGS WHICH DO NOT  HAVE
WINDOW GUARDS INSTALLED.
  S  2.    Subdivision d of section 17-123 of the administrative code of
the city of New York, as added by local law number 33 of the city of New
York for the year 1986, is amended to read as follows:
  d. Any person who violates the provisions  of  this  section,  or  the
regulations  promulgated  hereunder,  shall  be  guilty of a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of up to five hundred dollars or  imprisonment  for
up  to six months or both FOR THE FIRST VIOLATION AND BY A FINE OF UP TO
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR IMPRISONMENT FOR UP TO ONE YEAR OR BOTH FOR  ANY
SUBSEQUENT  VIOLATION.  In addition, any violation of this section shall
constitute a civil violation subject to a penalty of not more than [five
hundred] ONE THOUSAND dollars [per] FOR THE FIRST violation,  TWO  THOU-
SAND  FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS  FOR THE SECOND VIOLATION AND FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION.   A  civil  violation  under  this

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04703-01-3

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