Int 0722-2015
Minimum temperatures required to be maintained in dwellings.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2015-03-11Local Law 2017/086
Enacted as Local Law 2017/086.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2015-03-11Passed: 2017-05-30Enacted: 2017-05-30
Summary
During heating season, between October 1 and May 31, owners of residential buildings who are required to provide heat for their tenants must maintain certain minimum temperatures in areas of dwelling units that are used or occupied for living purposes. This bill would increase the minimum nighttime (between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.) temperature during heating season from 55 degrees to 62 degrees, regardless of the outdoor temperature.
Committee on Housing and Buildings — Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Department of Buildings and rent regulation.
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Sponsors (16)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2015-03-11 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2015-03-11 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2016-01-14 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2016-01-14 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2016-01-14 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2017-05-23 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2017-05-23 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
ActionAmended by Committee
2017-05-23 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2017-05-23 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
AdvancedApproved by Council
2017-05-24 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Mayor
2017-05-30 · Mayor
AdvancedSigned Into Law by Mayor
2017-05-30 · Mayor
ActionRecved from Mayor by Council
2017-06-02 · City Council
Votes (62)
Aye (55)
Melissa Mark-ViveritoInez D. BarronJoseph C. BorelliFernando Cabrera Margaret S. ChinCosta G. ConstantinidesRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.Elizabeth S. CrowleyLaurie A. CumboChaim M. DeutschDaniel Dromm Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.Mathieu EugeneJulissa Ferreras-CopelandDaniel R. GarodnickVincent J. GentileVanessa L. GibsonDavid G. GreenfieldBarry S. GrodenchikCorey D. JohnsonBen KallosAndy L. KingPeter A. KooKaren KoslowitzRory I. LancmanBrad S. LanderStephen T. LevinMark LevineAlan N. MaiselSteven MatteoDarlene MealyCarlos MenchacaI. Daneek MillerAnnabel PalmaBill PerkinsAntonio ReynosoDonovan J. RichardsYdanis A. RodriguezDeborah L. RoseHelen K. RosenthalRafael Salamanca, Jr.Ritchie J. TorresMark TreygerJames VaccaPaul A. ValloneJames G. Van BramerJumaane D. WilliamsRuben WillsJumaane D. WilliamsYdanis A. RodriguezRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.Mark LevineHelen K. RosenthalBarry S. GrodenchikRafael Salamanca, Jr.
Nay (1)
Eric A. Ulrich
Abstain (2)
Andrew CohenEric A. Ulrich
Absent (4)
Rosie MendezRosie MendezRafael L. Espinal, Jr.Ritchie J. Torres
Heard at (4)
City Council · 2017-05-24 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2017-05-23 · 1:00 PM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 16th Fl.
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2016-01-14 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2015-03-11 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (21)
- Legislative History Report
- Summary of Int. No. 722-A
- Summary of Int. No. 722
- Int. No. 722 - 3/11/15
- March 11, 2015 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Committee Report 1/14/16
- Hearing Testimony 1/14/16
- Hearing Transcript 1/14/16
- Proposed Int. No. 722-A - 5/30/17
- Committee Report 5/23/17
- Hearing Testimony 5/23/17
- Hearing Transcript 5/23/17
- May 24, 2017 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Fiscal Impact Statement
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 5-24-17
- Mayor's Letter
- Int. No. 722-A (FINAL)
- Local Law 86
- Minutes of the Recessed Stated Meeting of May 10, 2017 held on May 24, 2017
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - May 24, 2017
- Minutes of the Recessed Stated Meeting of May 24, 2017 held on June 6, 2017
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision a of section 27-2029 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
a. During the period from October first through May thirty-first, centrally-supplied heat, in any dwelling in which such heat is required to be provided, shall be furnished so as to maintain, in every portion of such dwelling used or occupied for living purposes:
(1) between the hours of six a.m. and ten p.m., a temperature of at least sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit whenever the outside temperature falls below fifty-five degrees; and
(2) between the hours of ten p.m. and six a.m., a temperature of at least [fifty-five] sixty-two degrees Fahrenheit [whenever the outside temperature falls below forty degrees].
� 2. This local law shall take effect on October 1, 2017, except that the commissioner of housing preservation and development may take any actions necessary for its implementation, including promulgation of rules, before such effective date.
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