Senate Bill S6837

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the re-inspection of dwellings with mold violations

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee


  • 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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2025-S6837 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3685
Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §§27-2017.3 & 27-2017.6, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A4577
2023-2024: A3065

2025-S6837 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the re-inspection of dwellings with mold violations.

2025-S6837 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6837 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6837
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 25, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed  to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and
   Community Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation  to  requiring  the  re-inspection  of  dwellings  with  mold
   violations

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  c of section 27-2017.3 of the administrative
 code of the city of New York, as added by local law  number  55  of  the
 city of New York for the year 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  1.  The  date  for  correction  of  a non-hazardous [or hazardous]
 violation pursuant to [subdivisions] SUBDIVISION a or b of this  section
 shall  be [as set forth in subdivision c of section 27-2115] THIRTY DAYS
 AFTER SERVICE OF THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION AS PROVIDED ON SUCH NOTICE.
   2. The date for correction of [an immediately] A  hazardous  violation
 pursuant  to  subdivision  a  OR B of this section shall be [twenty-one]
 FIFTEEN days after service of the notice of  violation  as  provided  on
 such notice.
   3.    THE  DATE  FOR  CORRECTION OF AN IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS VIOLATION
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION  SHALL  BE  SEVEN  DAYS  AFTER
 SERVICE OF THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION AS PROVIDED ON SUCH NOTICE.
   4.  The  department  may  postpone  the  date  by which an immediately
 hazardous violation issued pursuant to subdivision  a  of  this  section
 shall  be  corrected  upon  a  showing,  made  within  the  time set for
 correction in the notice, that prompt action to  correct  the  violation
 has  been  taken but that full correction cannot be completed within the
 time provided because of serious technical  difficulties,  inability  to
 obtain  necessary materials, funds or labor, inability to gain access to
 the dwelling unit wherein the violation exists, or such other portion of
 the building as may be necessary to make the required repair,  provided,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06149-01-5
              

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