NY State Senate Bill 2025-S1838

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Jan 14, 2025	referred to finance

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2025-S1838 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:: Add §99-aa, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S8146
2023-2024: S5207, S8500

2025-S1838 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes municipalities to establish an emergency repair pilot program; enables municipalities to repair immediately hazardous code violations in buildings where the owner has not undertaken such repairs in a reasonable time.

2025-S1838 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1838

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing
certain municipalities to establish an emergency repair pilot program;
and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

 
PURPOSE:

To create a pilot emergency repair program to allow cities to directly
address code violations where the owner has not undertaken repairs.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends the general municipal law by adding new amendment 99-a
to direct the Secretary of State, with assistance from the Division of
Housing and Community Renewal to establish a pilot program in which
participating cities will be required to adopt a local law that will
permit them to repair hazardous code violations immediately buildings
where the owner has not undertaken repairs and permit them to bill the

owner for repair costs. The Secretary of State shall, subject appropri-
ations, provide technical assistance and support to participating cities
to ensure the successful implementation of these local laws and publish
a model local law that participating cities may adopt.

The pilot program created by this bill will last until May 1, 2029.
During this, the secretary of state, in conjunction with the division of
housing and community renewal will file a report annually to evaluate
the effectiveness of the pilot program with the legislature and the
governor.

Section 2: Sets effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Around New York State, there are properties in cities that have been
issued code violations by the jurisdictional municipality but continue
to be in a state of disrepair either due to negligence or unwillingness
by the owner to make the necessary repairs. This can create extreme
safety issues for renters who reside at the property, and the property
values in the surrounding neighborhood are slowly deteriorating. This
bill seeks to remedy this issue by creating a program that would author-
ize participating municipalities to make direct code enforcement repairs
that the landlord has failed or refused to do.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

Senate

2021: N/A

2022: S8146A, Passed. Senate

2023: S207B, Vetoed Memo.138

2024: S8500A, Passed Senate

Assembly

2021: N/A

2022: A9504A, Amend and Recommit to Local Governments

2023: A1662A, Vetoed Memo.138

2024: A9160, Reported Referred to Ways and Means

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed May 1, 2029.

2025-S1838 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1838
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. SKOUFIS, HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  authorizing
   certain municipalities to establish an emergency repair pilot program;
   and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration there-
   of

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 99-aa to read as follows:
   §  99-AA.    EMERGENCY REPAIR PILOT PROGRAM. SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION,
 THE SECRETARY OF STATE, WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND
 COMMUNITY RENEWAL, SHALL ESTABLISH A PILOT  PROGRAM  WITH  PARTICIPATING
 MUNICIPALITIES  FOR  AN EMERGENCY REPAIR PROGRAM. THE SECRETARY OF STATE
 SHALL ONLY ALLOW MUNICIPALITIES DESIGNATED AS A CITY TO  PARTICIPATE  IN
 SUCH PILOT PROGRAM. THE EMERGENCY REPAIR PROGRAM SHALL REQUIRE A MUNICI-
 PALITY  THAT  HAS ELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM TO ENACT A LOCAL
 LAW TO ENABLE THE MUNICIPALITY  TO  REPAIR  IMMEDIATELY  HAZARDOUS  CODE
 VIOLATIONS  IN BUILDINGS WHERE THE OWNER HAS NOT UNDERTAKEN SUCH REPAIRS
 IN A REASONABLE TIME. THE MUNICIPALITY SHALL BILL  THE  OWNER  FOR  SUCH
 REPAIR COSTS.  THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DIVISION
 OF  HOUSING  AND  COMMUNITY  RENEWAL,  SHALL,  AS APPROPRIATION PERMITS,
 PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATING MUNICIPALITIES  TO  ENSURE
 SUCCESSFUL  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  THE  LOCAL  LAW REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE
 PILOT PROGRAM.  ADDITIONALLY, THE SECRETARY OF  STATE,  WITH  ASSISTANCE
 FROM  THE  DIVISION  OF  HOUSING  AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL, SHALL PREPARE A
 MODEL LOCAL LAW THAT MUNICIPALITIES MAY ADOPT TO SATISFY THE  LOCAL  LAW
 REQUIREMENT  OF  THE PILOT PROGRAM. SUCH LOCAL LAW SHALL BE PUBLISHED ON
 THE WEBSITES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND THE DIVISION OF HOUSING  AND
 COMMUNITY  RENEWAL.  FURTHERMORE, THE SECRETARY OF STATE, IN CONJUNCTION
 WITH THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL, SHALL FILE A  REPORT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04769-01-5

 S. 1838                             2
 
 ANNUALLY  TO  EVALUATE  THE  EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EMERGENCY REPAIR PILOT
 PROGRAM WITH THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE
 RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO WHETHER THE PROGRAM SHALL BE CONTINUED OR MODIFIED
 IN  ANY  WAY AND THE REASONS THEREFOR.  NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 APPLIED TO A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING  THAT  IS  OWNER-OCCUPIED  OR  IS  THE
 PRIMARY  RESIDENCE  OF A HOMEOWNER. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL PROMUL-
 GATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS  OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed May 1, 2029.

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Senate Bill S1838

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

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2025-S1838 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S1838 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S1838 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1838 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

James Skoufis

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

co-Sponsors

Michelle Hinchey

2025-S1838 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S1838 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S1838 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1838 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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