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Int 0939-2015

Increasing the penalties for work without a permit.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2015-09-30Local Law 2017/156

Enacted as Local Law 2017/156.

Official record · Legistar

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

Summary

This bill would increase the penalties for work without a permit on a one- or two-family dwelling from 4 times the amount of the fee for such permit to 6 times and for work without a permit on all other buildings from 14 times to 21 times.

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

How it compares

32% of similar bills passed

16 passed · 34 died

This bill: 677 days in committee

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Sponsors (31)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2015-09-30 · City Council
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
AdvancedSigned Into Law by Mayor
2017-08-30 · Mayor
ActionRecved from Mayor by Council
2017-09-01 · City Council

Votes (11)

Aye (7)
Mark LevineHelen K. RosenthalRafael Salamanca, Jr.Barry S. GrodenchikJumaane D. WilliamsYdanis A. RodriguezEric A. Ulrich
Absent (4)
Rosie MendezRafael L. Espinal, Jr.Ritchie J. TorresRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.

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 28-213.1.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 33 for the year 2007, is amended to read as follows: � 28-213.1.1 Penalty for work without permit on one or two-family dwelling. Where work has been performed without a permit on a one-family or two-family dwelling the penalty shall equal [four] six times the amount of the fee payable for the permit. Where only part of the work has been performed without a permit, the penalty shall be reduced proportionately according to the amount of work still to be performed at the time a permit is issued. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such penalty shall be less than [five hundred dollars] $600, nor more than $10,000. �2. Section 28-213.1.2 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 33 for the year 2007, is amended to read as follows: � 28-213.1.2 Penalty for work without permit on other than one or two-family dwelling. The penalty for work without a permit on buildings other than one or two-family dwellings shall be [fourteen] 21 times the amount of the fee payable for such permit. Where only part of the work has been performed without a permit, the penalty shall be reduced proportionately according to the amount of work still to be performed at the time a permit is issued. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such penalty shall be less than [five thousand dollars] $6,000, nor more than $15,000. �3. 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, prior to such effective date. JW/MPC LS 1383 6/7/17 3:00pm