Assembly Bill A6197

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires owners of multiple dwellings in cities with a population of one million or more to designate a secure space for packages to be delivered to

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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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2021-A6197 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Multiple Dwelling Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §57, Mult Dwell L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A263

2021-A6197 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires owners of multiple dwellings in cities with a population of one million or more to designate a secure, locked, monitored space, accessible only to staff, residents, or delivery people, for packages to be delivered to.

2021-A6197 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6197
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 10, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   owners  of  multiple  dwellings  in  cities  with  a population of one
   million or more to designate a secure space for packages to be  deliv-
   ered to

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The section heading of section 57 of the multiple  dwelling
 law is amended and a new subdivision 3 is added to read as follows:
   Bells; mail receptacles; PACKAGES.
   3.  (A)  IN  CITIES WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, WHENEVER
 THE OWNER OF A MULTIPLE DWELLING HAS NOT ARRANGED  FOR  PACKAGES  TO  BE
 DELIVERED  TO OCCUPANTS THEREOF BY HIMSELF, HIS AGENT OR EMPLOYEES, SUCH
 OWNER SHALL DESIGNATE A SECURE SPACE WITHIN THE BUILDING FOR PACKAGES TO
 BE DELIVERED TO.  SUCH SPACE MAY BE A PACKAGE ROOM,  MANAGEMENT  OFFICE,
 CLOSET, OR OTHER SIMILARLY DESIGNATED SPACE, AND SUCH SPACE SHALL BE:
   (I) LOCKED;
   (II)  ACCESSIBLE  ONLY  TO  STAFF, RESIDENTS OR DELIVERY PEOPLE WITH A
 KEY;
   (III) MONITORED BY A CAMERA OR OTHER SURVEILLANCE DEVICE; AND
   (IV) A SPACE OTHER THAN THE BUILDING VESTIBULE OR LOBBY.
   (B) THE CREATION  OF  SUCH  PACKAGE  ROOM  SHALL  NOT  RESULT  IN  ANY
 INCREASED  COST  TO  THE  TENANT.  IF  NO SUCH SPACE IS AVAILABLE IN THE
 BUILDING, THEN BUILDING STAFF ARE REQUIRED TO DELIVER  PACKAGES  TO  THE
 DOORWAYS OF THE RESIDENTS TO WHICH THEY ARE ADDRESSED.
   (C)  FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL RESULT IN THE OWNER
 OF THE MULTIPLE DWELLING BEING  RESPONSIBLE  FOR  THE  FULL  REPLACEMENT
 PRICE  OF  ANY  ITEM  LOST  OR  STOLEN, SO LONG AS THE TENANT IS ABLE TO
 PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF LOSS AND THE VALUE OF SUCH  LOST  OR  STOLEN  ITEMS.
 SUCH  EVIDENCE  MAY INCLUDE A DELIVERY CONFIRMATION.  A TENANT SHALL NOT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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