Assembly Bill A7778

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the New York city department of buildings to confirm that there are no tenants living at certain properties prior to approving or issuing permits for demolition or substantial alteration

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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-A7778 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1479
Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
New York City Charter
Laws Affected:
Add §645-a, NYC Chart
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8810
2021-2022: A4405, S801
2023-2024: A3208, S3156

2019-A7778 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the New York city department of buildings to confirm that there are no tenants living at certain properties prior to approving or issuing permits for the demolition or the substantial alteration or renovation of such properties.

2019-A7778 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7778
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 20, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Cities
 
 AN ACT to amend the New York city charter, in relation to requiring  the
   New  York  city  department  of buildings to confirm that there are no
   tenants living at certain properties prior  to  approving  or  issuing
   permits for the demolition or the substantial alteration or renovation
   of such properties
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The New York city  charter  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 645-a to read as follows:
   §  645-A. ADDITIONAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT. IN THE EVENT
 THAT A PROPERTY OWNER SUBMITS AN APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT FOR THE  DEMO-
 LITION  OR  THE  SUBSTANTIAL ALTERATION OR RENOVATION OF ANY BUILDING OR
 STRUCTURE AND REPRESENTS TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT NO TENANTS ARE LIVING AT
 THE PROPERTY, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRM THAT THERE  ARE
 NO  TENANTS    LIVING AT THE PROPERTY PRIOR TO APPROVING OR ISSUING SUCH
 PERMIT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law. Effective immediate-
 ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07262-01-9

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