Bill Text: NY S02368 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Imposes penalties for non-compliance of DHCR orders by owners of multiple dwelling units; provides a fine of $5,000 for each instance of non-compliance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [S02368 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S02368-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2368
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 13, 2017
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        Introduced by Sen. ALCANTARA -- 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 public housing law and the  administrative  code  of
          the  city  of New York, in relation to penalties for non-compliance of
          division of housing and community renewal orders
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The public housing law is amended by adding a new section
     2  14-a to read as follows:
     3    § 14-a. Penalties for non-compliance.  Any  landlord  or  owner  of  a
     4  multiple  dwelling who fails to comply with any order by the division of
     5  housing shall be subject to a  fine  of  not  more  than  five  thousand
     6  dollars for each instance of non-compliance.
     7    §  2.  Title  26 of the administrative code of the city of New York is
     8  amended by adding a new chapter 1 to read as follows:
     9                                  CHAPTER 1
    10                                MISCELLANEOUS
    11  Section 26-101 Penalties for non-compliance.
    12    § 26-101 Penalties for non-compliance. 1. Any owner of a dwelling unit
    13  who fails to comply with any order by the division of housing and commu-
    14  nity renewal shall be subject to a fine of not more than  five  thousand
    15  dollars for each instance of non-compliance.
    16    2. For purposes of this section:
    17    (a) the term "owner" shall mean and include the owner or owners of the
    18  freehold of the premises or lesser estate therein, a mortgagee or vendee
    19  in  possession,  assignee of rents, receiver, executor, trustee, lessee,
    20  agent, or any other person, firm or corporation, directly or  indirectly
    21  in control of a dwelling; and
    22    (b)  the term "dwelling unit" shall mean any residential accommodation
    23  in a multiple dwelling or private dwelling.
    24    § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    25  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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