Int 1369-2016

Reporting on bedbug-related violations in dwellings.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2016-11-29

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2016-11-29Passed: 2017-12-31

Summary

This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to report annually on the bedbug-related complaints received by the Department, the notices of violation issued by the Department regarding bedbugs, the average time it takes for bedbug violations to be corrected by property owners, the steps taken by the Department to remediate bedbug violations that are not corrected by property owners, and the public education conducted by the Department to inform tenants and property owners of bedbug prevention and remediation measures and responsibilities. The bill would also require the Department to publish a map on its web site of all bedbug-related complaints and their status, to be updated quarterly.

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

How it compares

24% of similar bills passed

12 passed · 38 died

This bill: 397 days in committee

Similar bills: median 657 days · 452 days when passed

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Sponsors (5)

Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.(prime)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council

2016-11-22 · City Council

ActionReferred to Comm by Council

2016-11-29 · City Council

HeardHearing Held by Committee

2017-05-02 · Committee on Housing and Buildings

HeldLaid Over by Committee

2017-05-02 · Committee on Housing and Buildings

ClosedFiled (End of Session)

2017-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (2)

Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2017-05-02 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall

City Council · 2016-11-29 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (6)

Full text

Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Article 4 of subchapter 2 of chapter 2 of title 27 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding new sections 27-2018.2 and 27-2018.3 to read as follows: � 27-2018.2 Report on bedbug-related violations. In March 2017 and every 12 months thereafter, the department shall submit to the mayor and the council and make publicly available online a report on the bedbug-related violations of this article addressed by the department during the preceding 12-month period, including: a. The number of bedbug-related notices of violation issued by the department; b. The number of dwellings for which the department issued bedbug-related notices of violation; c. The number of bedbug-related violations that the department deemed corrected by the owner and the average number of days between the notice of violation and such correction; d. The number of bedbug-related violations that the department ordered corrected by the owner pursuant to section 27-2125 and, if applicable, the average number of days between such order and the correction by the owner; e. The number of bedbug-related violations that the department corrected pursuant to section 27-2125, the average number of days between the notice of violation and the correction by the department and the cost of such corrections; and f. The nature and frequency of outreach conducted by the department to educate tenants and landlords about bedbug remediation responsibilities and the department's enforcement authority. � 27-2018.3 Map of bedbug-related complaints. The department shall make publicly available online a map, to be updated quarterly, of all bedbug-related complaints received by the department, disaggregated by (i) complaints under pending investigation; (ii) complaints investigated and closed without any finding of a violation; (iii) complaints investigated in which a notice of violation was issued and the department has not deemed the violation corrected; and (iv) complaints investigated in which a notice of violation was issued and the department has deemed the violation corrected. �2. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law, except that the commissioner may take such measures as are necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, before such effective date. HB LS # 8234, 8239 12/28/2016 1:57 PM 1 1