NY State Senate Bill 2021-S7357

Senate Bill S7357

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires entities responsible for the provision of vital services to coordinate and work expeditiously to restore service whenever such service is interrupted

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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 03, 2022	committed to rules
Mar 07, 2022	advanced to third reading
Mar 03, 2022	2nd report cal.
Mar 02, 2022	1st report cal.620
Jan 05, 2022	referred to housing, construction and community development
Sep 03, 2021	referred to rules

Votes

- Mar 2, 2022 - Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee Vote
  S7357
  
  8
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  3
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee Vote: Mar 2, 2022
      
      aye (8)
      
      Brisport
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Mannion
      
      Myrie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      aye wr (3)
      
      Boyle
      
      Helming
      
      Martucci

2021-S7357 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9587
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §402-e, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S220, A3866

2021-S7357 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires entities responsible for the provision of vital services to coordinate and work expeditiously to restore service whenever such service is interrupted; includes gas as a vital service.

2021-S7357 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7357

SPONSOR: MYRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public housing law, in relation to requiring enti-
ties responsible for the provision of vital services to coordinate and
work expeditiously to restore service whenever such service is inter-
rupted

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this legislation is to include gas alongside other vital
services about which the New York City Housing Authority ("NYCHA") must
publish public information regarding reported disruptions, the length of
such disruption and the steps taken to restore services. The bill
further requires the department of housing preservation and development,
any other New York City or State agency with jurisdiction over the
conditions, and utility corporations in ownership of the infrastructure
required to provide such services, to remedy any such interruptions as
expeditiously as possible. The bill further provides that such utility
corporations that cannot demonstrate a good faith effort to comply with

this legislation be subject to a daily financial penalty for each occu-
pied unit affected by the interruption.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends subdivision 1 of section 402-e of the public housing
law, 2 as amended by chapter 47 of the laws of 2020, by adding gas to
the list of vital services on which NYCHA is required to publish regular
updates, and adds a new subdivision 5 that requires all government and
utility entities responsible for the provision of essential services
coordinate and work expeditiously to restore service whenever it is
required to be interrupted, and authorizes financial penalties for util-
ity companies who cannot demonstrate good-faith efforts to restore
service.

Section 2 provides for the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

As of August 2021, 56 NYCHA developments across New York City are expe-
riencing gas outages, some of which have lasted for several months or
longer. Like electricity, heat, water and working elevators, gas is a
vital service that enables residents to prepare their own food safely
and- especially during a pandemic- minimize unnecessary contact with
takeout and delivery food options. Because restoration of this essential
service can often take months, affected residents, not only incur addi-
tional food costs, they are forced to work with inadequate replacement
equipment like hotplates for an inordinate amount of time. This legis-
lation aims to protect NYCHA residents from these hardships by creating
an incentive for public authorities, city and state agencies, and utili-
ty companies to work together quickly and efficiently to restore vital
gas service to residents experiencing an outage.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S7357 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7357
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             September 3, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to  requiring  enti-
   ties responsible for the provision of vital services to coordinate and
   work  expeditiously to restore service whenever such service is inter-
   rupted

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 402-e of the public housing law,
 as amended by chapter 47 of the laws of  2020,  is  amended  and  a  new
 subdivision 5 is added to read as follows:
   1.  In order to ensure compliance and enforcement of the New York city
 housing authority's duty to provide heat, water,  electricity,  GAS  and
 elevator  service,  the  New  York  city housing authority shall publish
 information regarding reported disruptions in such services, the  length
 of such disruptions and the steps taken to restore services. Starting on
 May  first,  two  thousand  twenty,  the New York city housing authority
 shall publish such information on its website. For six months after  the
 original  publication  date,  the  New York city housing authority shall
 retain such information on its website.
   5. A. THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT,  OR  ANY
 AGENCY  OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK  OR  STATE  AGENCY CHARGED WITH THE
 INSPECTION OF CONDITIONS, REQUIRED TO REMEDY CONDITIONS, OR WITH GENERAL
 JURISDICTION TO REMEDY CONDITIONS, AND ANY UTILITY CORPORATION IN OWNER-
 SHIP OR CONTROL OF THE METERS, PIPES, FITTINGS, WIRES AND OTHER  APPARA-
 TUS  ASSOCIATED  WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SERVICE TO A RESIDENCE, SHALL
 ENSURE THAT ALL INTERRUPTIONS OF VITAL SERVICES SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION
 ONE OF THIS SECTION BE REMEDIED AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS PRACTICABLE.
   B. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION,  "EXPEDITIOUSLY  AS  PRACTICABLE"
 SHALL MEAN A REQUIREMENT THAT EACH RESPONSIBLE ENTITY DESCRIBED IN PARA-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13060-01-1

 S. 7357                             2
 
 GRAPH  A  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  TAKE  ALL  AVAILABLE ACTIONS TO RESTORE
 SERVICE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (I) APPLYING FOR EMERGENCY REPAIR PERMITS;
   (II)  COORDINATING  WITH  ALL  RELEVANT AGENCIES AND CORPORATIONS ON A
 PLAN OF RESTORATION;
   (III) COMMUNICATING SAID RESTORATION PLAN TO ALL  AFFECTED  RESIDENTS;
 AND
   (IV)  MITIGATING  THE EFFECTS OF SERVICE INTERRUPTION THROUGH MONETARY
 COMPENSATION OR REBATE.
   C. ANY UTILITY CORPORATION IN OWNERSHIP  OR  CONTROL  OF  THE  METERS,
 PIPES,  FITTINGS,  WIRES  AND OTHER APPARATUS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ESTAB-
 LISHMENT OF SERVICE TO A RESIDENCE WHO CANNOT DEMONSTRATE A  GOOD  FAITH
 EFFORT TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE LIABLE
 FOR  A  PENALTY  OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR EACH AFFECTED OCCUPIED
 UNIT FOR EACH DAY DURING WHICH SERVICE REMAINS INTERRUPTED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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