Assembly Bill A1666

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring landlords to provide fire extinguishers in all rented apartments

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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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2019-A1666 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §378, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7767
2021-2022: A3819
2023-2024: A1172

2019-A1666 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires landlords to provide fire extinguishers in all rented apartments; authorizes the promulgation of standards related thereto.

2019-A1666 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1666
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. VANEL, ORTIZ, JEAN-PIERRE, MOSLEY, L. ROSENTHAL
   -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON,  SOLAGES  --  read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring fire extin-
   guishers in every rented dwelling

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 378 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 5-e to read as follows:
   5-E.  STANDARDS  FOR INSTALLATION OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS REQUIRING THAT
 EVERY LIVING UNIT NOT OCCUPIED BY THE OWNER OF SUCH LIVING  UNIT,  WHICH
 SHALL  INCLUDE  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO, A TWO-FAMILY DWELLING, OR ANY
 DWELLING ACCOMMODATION LOCATED IN A BUILDING OWNED AS A  CONDOMINIUM  OR
 COOPERATIVE  IN THE STATE OR ANY MULTIPLE DWELLINGS SHALL HAVE INSTALLED
 AN OPERABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER OF SUCH MANUFACTURE, DESIGN AND  INSTALLA-
 TION  STANDARDS  AS ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNCIL. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION, MULTIPLE DWELLING MEANS A DWELLING WHICH IS  EITHER  RENTED
 OR  LEASED  TO BE OCCUPIED, OR IS OCCUPIED AS THE TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT
 RESIDENCE OR HOME OF THREE OR MORE FAMILIES LIVING INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH
 OTHER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO  THE  FOLLOWING:  A  TENEMENT,  FLAT
 HOUSE,  MAISONETTE  APARTMENT, APARTMENT HOUSE, APARTMENT HOTEL, TOURIST
 HOUSE, BACHELOR APARTMENT, STUDIO APARTMENT, DUPLEX APARTMENT,  KITCHEN-
 ETTE  APARTMENT,  HOTEL,  LODGING  HOUSE, ROOMING HOUSE, BOARDING HOUSE,
 BOARDING AND NURSERY SCHOOL, FURNISHED ROOM HOUSE, CLUB, SORORITY HOUSE,
 FRATERNITY HOUSE, COLLEGE AND SCHOOL DORMITORY, CONVALESCENT, OLD AGE OR
 NURSING HOMES OR RESIDENCES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00853-01-9

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