Int 0048-2010
Annual census of vacant properties.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2010-02-11
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2010-02-11Passed: 2013-12-31
Committee on Housing and Buildings — Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Department of Buildings and rent regulation.
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Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2010-02-11 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2010-02-11 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2013-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2010-02-11 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 15 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new subdivision f to read as follows:
f. Citywide census of vacant properties. a. The office of operations or such other office or department as may be designated by the mayor shall conduct a census each year of every vacant building and vacant lot within the city and shall disaggregate the results by borough and community district. The first such census shall be initiated no later than ninety days after the effective date of this subdivision and shall be completed within one hundred eighty days thereafter. A new vacancy census shall be conducted every twelve months thereafter. For the purposes of this section, “a vacant building” is a building which is not being used for any purpose for which it may lawfully be used and a “vacant lot” shall mean a parcel of land on which no lawful structure exists and which is not otherwise being used for any purpose for which it may lawfully be used.
b. The departments of environmental protection, buildings and sanitation and the fire department shall provide to the office of operations such records concerning the physical condition of and services provided to any building or parcel of land within the city as shall any other agency for which the office of operations makes such request in order to aid the office in determining whether any building or lot is vacant.
c. A list of the vacant buildings and vacant lots disclosed as a result of such census, the owners of each such vacant building or vacant lot and when the office of operations was first able to determine when such building or lot became vacant shall be compiled and such list shall be made available to the public in print and on the city’s website. The office of operations shall also track each such building or lot to determine when it is no longer is vacant. Sources of information relating to ownership shall include, but not be limited to, records of the department of housing preservation and development, the department of finance and the department of buildings and each agency shall provide to the office of operations such information as shall be requested.
§2. This local law shall take effect immediately.
BH
Int. No. 1089/2009
1/28/2010 11:33 AM