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Increasing the penalties for a violation of a stop work order.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2015-09-30Local Law 2017/157

Enacted as Local Law 2017/157.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2015-09-30Passed: 2017-08-30Enacted: 2017-08-30

Summary

This bill would increase the penalties for violating a stop work order from $5,000 to $6,000 for the initial violation and from $10,000 to $12,000 for subsequent violations.

Committee on Housing and BuildingsDepartment of Housing Preservation and Development, Department of Buildings and rent regulation.

How it compares

28% of similar bills passed

14 passed · 36 died

This bill: 677 days in committee

Similar bills: median 651 days · 288 days when passed

Sponsors (31)

Lifecycle

ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2015-09-30 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2015-12-10 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2015-12-10 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2017-08-08 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2017-08-08 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
ActionAmended by Committee
2017-08-08 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2017-08-08 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
AdvancedApproved by Council
2017-08-09 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2017-08-09 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Mayor
2017-08-25 · Mayor
AdvancedSigned Into Law by Mayor
2017-08-30 · Mayor
ActionRecved from Mayor by Council
2017-09-01 · City Council

Votes (11)

Aye (7)
Jumaane D. WilliamsHelen K. RosenthalBarry S. GrodenchikRafael Salamanca, Jr.Eric A. UlrichYdanis A. RodriguezMark Levine
Absent (4)
Ritchie J. TorresRafael L. Espinal, Jr.Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.Rosie Mendez

Heard at (4)

City Council · 2017-08-09 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2017-08-08 · 1:00 PM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 16th Fl.
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2015-12-10 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2015-09-30 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (18)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Section 28-207.2.6 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 141 for the year 2013, is amended to read as follows: � 28-207.2.6 Penalties. In addition to the penalties provided for in this chapter, any person who fails to comply with a stop work order shall be liable for a civil penalty in the amount of [five thousand dollars] $6,000 for the initial violation and [ten thousand dollars] $12,000 for every subsequent violation, to be paid to the department prior to the rescission of the stop work order; provided, however, this shall not apply to any work performed to remedy an unsafe or hazardous condition as authorized by order of the commissioner. � 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law, except that the commissioner of buildings may take such measures as are necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, before such effective date. JW/MPC LS 1050 6/7/17 3:00pm