Int 1721-2017
Amending the definition of harassment.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2017-09-27Local Law 2018/024
Enacted as Local Law 2018/024.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2017-09-27Passed: 2017-12-31Enacted: 2017-12-31
Summary
This bill would amend the definition of harassment to include acts or omissions related to violations of the construction code.
Committee on Housing and Buildings — Department 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: 63 days in committee
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Sponsors (6)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2017-09-27 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2017-09-27 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2017-10-19 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2017-10-19 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2017-10-19 · Committee on Immigration
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2017-10-19 · Committee on Immigration
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2017-11-29 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2017-11-29 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
ActionAmended by Committee
2017-11-29 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2017-11-29 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
AdvancedApproved by Council
2017-11-30 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2017-11-30 · City Council
HeardHearing Scheduled by Mayor
2017-12-18 · Mayor
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2017-12-31 · Administration
Votes (62)
Aye (51)
Rafael Salamanca, Jr.Jumaane D. WilliamsRafael L. Espinal, Jr.Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.Mark LevineRitchie J. TorresBarry S. GrodenchikYdanis A. RodriguezBarry S. GrodenchikCosta G. ConstantinidesDaniel Dromm Helen K. RosenthalDonovan J. RichardsFernando Cabrera Margaret S. ChinAndrew CohenRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.Elizabeth S. CrowleyLaurie A. CumboRafael L. Espinal, Jr.Mathieu EugeneDaniel R. GarodnickVincent J. GentileVanessa L. GibsonDavid G. GreenfieldCorey D. JohnsonAndy L. KingBrad S. LanderStephen T. LevinAlan N. MaiselDarlene MealyCarlos MenchacaI. Daneek MillerAntonio ReynosoYdanis A. RodriguezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Mark TreygerJames VaccaPaul A. ValloneJames G. Van BramerJumaane D. WilliamsBen KallosMark LevineMelissa Mark-ViveritoRory I. LancmanDeborah L. RoseAdrienne E. AdamsInez D. BarronChaim M. DeutschKaren KoslowitzBill Perkins
Nay (4)
Eric A. UlrichEric A. UlrichJoseph C. BorelliSteven Matteo
Absent (5)
Rosie MendezPeter A. KooRosie MendezAnnabel PalmaJulissa Ferreras-Copeland
Not voting (2)
Helen K. RosenthalRitchie J. Torres
Heard at (5)
City Council · 2017-11-30 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2017-11-29 · 1:30 PM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 16th Fl.
Committee on Immigration · 2017-10-19 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2017-10-19 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2017-09-27 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (17)
- Summary of Int. No. 1721-A
- Summary of Int. No. 1721
- Int. No. 1721
- September 27, 2017 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Committee Report 10/19/17
- Hearing Testimony 10/19/17
- Hearing Transcript 10/19/17
- Proposed Int. No. 1721-A - 11/28/17
- Committee Report 11/29/17
- Hearing Transcript 11/29/17
- November 30, 2017 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 11-30-17
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - November 30, 2017
- Fiscal Impact Statement
- Int. No. 1721-A (FINAL)
- Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor
- Local Law 24
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph 48 of subdivision a of section 27-2004 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding new subparagraphs a-1 and a-2 to read as follows:
a-1. knowingly providing to any person lawfully entitled to occupancy of a dwelling unit false or misleading information relating to the occupancy of such unit;
a-2. [0]making a false statement or misrepresentation as to a material fact regarding the current occupancy or the rent stabilization status of a building or dwelling unit on any application or construction documents for a permit for work which is to be performed in the building containing the dwelling unit of any person lawfully entitled to occupancy of such dwelling unit if such building is governed by the New York city construction codes;
� 2. Paragraph 48 of subdivision a of section 27-2004 of the administrative code of the city of New York, is amended to add new subparagraphs b-2 , b-3 and b-4 to read as follows:
b-2. repeated failures to correct hazardous or immediately hazardous violations of this code or major or immediately hazardous violations of the New York city construction codes, relating to the dwelling unit or the common areas of the building containing such dwelling unit, within the time required for such corrections;
b-3. repeated false certifications that a violation of this code or the New York city construction codes, relating to the building containing such dwelling unit, has been corrected;
b-4. engaging in repeated conduct within the building in violation of section 28-105.1 of the New York city construction codes;
� 3. 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.
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