Assembly Bill A7054A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to water contamination, lead paint and air quality testing in New York city housing authority buildings

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    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2019-A7054 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5053
Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§402-e & 402-f, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A6093, S5259
2023-2024: S4376

2019-A7054 - Summary

Relates to water contamination, lead paint and air quality testing in New York city housing authority buildings.

2019-A7054 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
     S. 5053                                                  A. 7054
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed,  and  when  printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Housing,
   Construction and Community Development
 
 IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. FRONTUS -- Multi-Sponsored  by  --
   M. of A. EPSTEIN, RICHARDSON, WALKER, WRIGHT -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Housing
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public housing law, in relation to water contam-
   ination and air quality testing in New  York  city  housing  authority
   buildings
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public  housing  law  is  amended  by  adding  two  new
 sections 402-e and 402-f to read as follows:
   §  402-E. WATER CONTAMINATION AND AIR QUALITY TESTING. 1. THE NEW YORK
 CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY SHALL PROVIDE FOR ANNUAL WATER TESTING TO MONITOR
 FOR LEAD OR COPPER CONTAMINATION IN EACH BUILDING UNDER THE JURISDICTION
 OF THE AUTHORITY. THE AUTHORITY SHALL TRANSMIT A COPY OF SUCH RESULTS TO
 THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH. FOR PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,  TAP  WATER
 SHALL  BE  CONSIDERED  CONTAMINATED  IF  SUCH  WATER EXCEEDS THE LEAD OR
 COPPER ACTION LEVEL BASED ON FIRST-DRAW TAP SAMPLES AS PROVIDED IN RULES
 AND REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AUTHORIZED UNDER SECTION TWO
 HUNDRED ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   2. THE AUTHORITY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH SHALL
 BE REQUIRED TO CONDUCT ANNUAL INDOOR AIR QUALITY TESTING TO MONITOR  FOR
 AIR  QUALITY  IN  EACH BUILDING UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE AUTHORITY.
 THE AUTHORITY SHALL TRANSMIT A COPY OF SUCH RESULTS TO THE  COMMISSIONER
 OF  HEALTH. THE AUTHORITY SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE TO ALL TENANTS WHERE SUCH
 AIR QUALITY TEST RESULTS EXCEED DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH INDOOR  AIR  GUIDE-
 LINES OR THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10903-01-9

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2019-A7054A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5053
Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§402-e & 402-f, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A6093, S5259
2023-2024: S4376

2019-A7054A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to water contamination, lead paint and air quality testing in New York city housing authority buildings.

2019-A7054A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
     S. 5053--A                                            A. 7054--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed,  and  when  printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Housing,
   Construction and Community Development -- committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee

 IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. FRONTUS -- Multi-Sponsored  by  --
   M. of A. EPSTEIN, RICHARDSON, WALKER, WRIGHT -- read once and referred
   to  the  Committee  on  Housing -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in  relation  to  water  contam-
   ination,  lead  paint and air quality testing in New York city housing
   authority buildings
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  public  housing  law  is  amended  by adding two new
 sections 402-e and 402-f to read as follows:
   § 402-E. WATER CONTAMINATION, LEAD PAINT AND AIR QUALITY  TESTING.  1.
 THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY SHALL PROVIDE FOR ANNUAL WATER TEST-
 ING  TO  MONITOR  FOR  LEAD OR COPPER CONTAMINATION IN THE WATER OF EACH
 BUILDING UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE AUTHORITY.  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL
 TRANSMIT  A  COPY  OF  SUCH  RESULTS  TO THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH. FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, TAP WATER SHALL BE CONSIDERED CONTAMINATED  IF
 SUCH  WATER  EXCEEDS THE LEAD OR COPPER ACTION LEVEL BASED ON FIRST-DRAW
 TAP SAMPLES AS PROVIDED IN RULES AND REGULATIONS OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 HEALTH  AUTHORIZED  UNDER  SECTION  TWO HUNDRED ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
 LAW.
   2. THE AUTHORITY, IN CONJUNCTION  WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH,
 SHALL  CONDUCT  LEAD  PAINT  TESTING TO MONITOR FOR THE PRESENCE OF LEAD
 PAINT IN EACH BUILDING UNDER THE  JURISDICTION  OF  THE  AUTHORITY.  THE
 AUTHORITY  SHALL  PROVIDE NOTICE TO ALL TENANTS WHERE SUCH TESTING INDI-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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