Assembly Bill A4887

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the remediation and prevention of indoor mold

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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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2023-A4887 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Add §16-a, Pub Hous L; add Art 48-A §4809, Pub Health L; amd §462, add §235-j, RP L; add §27-2009.3, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4549
2011-2012: A1466
2013-2014: A1127
2015-2016: A969
2017-2018: A4964
2019-2020: A662, A10895
2021-2022: A415, A3714

2023-A4887 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the remediation and prevention of indoor mold; requires notification to prospective lessees.

2023-A4887 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4887
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. L. ROSENTHAL, LUPARDO, WEPRIN, CLARK -- Multi-
   Sponsored by -- M. of A. BENEDETTO, GUNTHER -- read once and  referred
   to the Committee on Housing
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public housing law, the public health law, and the
   real property law, in relation to the remediation  and  prevention  of
   indoor mold; and to amend the real property law and the administrative
   code  of  the  city  of  New  York, in relation to requiring notice of
   indoor mold history to prospective lessees of apartments
 
   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 a new section
 16-a to read as follows:
   § 16-A. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSIONER WITH RESPECT  TO  INDOOR
 MOLD.  1. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "MOLD" MEANS ANY FORM OF MULTICELLULAR FUNGI THAT LIVE ON PLANT OR
 ANIMAL MATTER AND IN INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS. TYPES OF MOLD INCLUDE, BUT ARE
 NOT LIMITED  TO,  CLADOSPORIUM,  PENICILLIUM,  ALTERNARIA,  ASPERGILLUS,
 FUSARIUM,  TRICHODERMA,  MEMNONIELLA, MUCOR, AND STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM,
 OFTEN FOUND IN WATER DAMAGED BUILDING MATERIALS.
   (B) "AFFECT" MEANS TO CAUSE A CONDITION BY THE PRESENCE OF MOLD IN THE
 DWELLING UNIT, BUILDING, APPURTENANT  STRUCTURE,  COMMON  WALL,  HEATING
 SYSTEM,  OR  VENTILATING  AND  AIR  CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT AFFECTS THE
 INDOOR AIR QUALITY OF A DWELLING UNIT OR BUILDING.
   (C) "ACCEPTABLE EXPOSURE LIMIT" MEANS A LEVEL OF MOLD  THAT  WILL  NOT
 ADVERSELY  AFFECT  THE  HEALTH OF RESIDENTS OF PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS, AND
 DOES NOT POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
   2. PROCEDURES FOR THE REMEDIATION AND PREVENTION  OF  MOLD  IN  PUBLIC
 HOUSING.  THE  COMMISSIONER  IS HEREBY DIRECTED AND AUTHORIZED TO CREATE
 PROCEDURES FOR THE REMEDIATION AND PREVENTION OF MOLD IN PUBLIC HOUSING.
 SUCH PROCEDURES SHALL INCLUDE:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03075-01-3
              

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