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Int 1548-2017

Amending the definition of harassment to include repeatedly contacting or visiting a tenant under certain circumstances.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2017-04-05Local Law 2017/163

Enacted as Local Law 2017/163.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2017-04-05Passed: 2017-08-30Enacted: 2017-08-30

Summary

This bill would expand the definition of tenant harassment to include situations where an owner repeatedly contacts or visits the tenant at unusual hours or in a manner reasonably expected to harass the tenant, unless the tenant has given consent in writing to be contacted at such hours or in such manner.

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: 124 days in committee

Similar bills: median 646 days · 142 days when passed

Sponsors (8)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2017-04-05 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2017-04-05 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2017-04-19 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2017-04-19 · 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 (61)

Aye (48)
Vanessa L. GibsonRosie MendezVincent J. GentileCosta G. ConstantinidesRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.Chaim M. DeutschDaniel Dromm Barry S. GrodenchikBen KallosPeter A. KooKaren KoslowitzMark LevineCarlos MenchacaI. Daneek MillerBill PerkinsDonovan J. RichardsDeborah L. RoseHelen K. RosenthalRafael Salamanca, Jr.Ritchie J. TorresMark TreygerEric A. UlrichAntonio ReynosoCorey D. JohnsonJulissa Ferreras-CopelandPaul A. ValloneMelissa Mark-ViveritoAlan N. MaiselJumaane D. WilliamsAndrew CohenBrad S. LanderJames VaccaMargaret S. ChinDaniel R. GarodnickDavid G. GreenfieldRory I. LancmanStephen T. LevinInez D. BarronMathieu EugeneElizabeth S. CrowleyYdanis A. RodriguezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Jumaane D. WilliamsEric A. UlrichHelen K. RosenthalBarry S. GrodenchikMark LevineYdanis A. Rodriguez
Nay (1)
Joseph C. Borelli
Absent (10)
Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.Fernando Cabrera Darlene MealyAnnabel PalmaAndy L. KingJames G. Van BramerRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.Ritchie J. TorresRosie MendezRafael L. Espinal, Jr.
Excused (2)
Laurie A. CumboSteven Matteo

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 · 2017-04-19 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2017-04-05 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (18)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Clause (4) of subparagraph f-3 of paragraph 48 of subdivision a of section 27-2004 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 81 for the year 2015 is amended to read as follows: (4) knowingly falsifying or misrepresenting any information provided to such person; [or] � 2. Paragraph 48 of subdivision a of section 27-2004 of the administrative code of the city of New York, is amended by adding a new subparagraph f-4 to read as follows: f-4. repeatedly contacting or visiting any person lawfully entitled to occupancy of such unit (i) on Saturdays, Sundays or legal holidays, (ii) at times other than the hours between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. or (iii) in such a manner as can reasonably be expected to abuse or harass such person, provided that if such person has notified such owner in writing that such person consents to being contacted or visited at specified hours or in a specified manner, such owner may also contact or visit such person during such specified hours and in such specified manner, and provided further that an owner may contact or visit such person for reasons specifically authorized or mandated by law or rule; or � 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law, except that the commissioner of housing preservation and development may take such measures as are necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, before such effective date. LS 4496/2110 MPC 8/1/17 8:45PM - 2 -