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Int 0975-2018

Denying building permits where a residential building has an excessive number of violations.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2018-06-07Local Law 2019/104

Enacted as Local Law 2019/104.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2018-06-07Passed: 2019-06-08Enacted: 2019-06-08

Summary

This bill would require the Department of Buildings to deny a building permit when a building of fewer than 35 units has an average of at least three open, immediately hazardous or hazardous housing maintenance code violations or immediately hazardous or major construction code violations per unit, or, when a building has 35 units or more, it has an average of at least two open, immediately hazardous or hazardous housing maintenance code violations or immediately hazardous or major construction code violations per unit. The bill would not apply to condominiums or cooperatives, and exempts permits sought to correct outstanding DOB or HPD violations, permits necessary to protect public health and safety, properties that are the subject of certain court proceedings, and permits required for certain DOB or HPD programs.

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

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16 passed · 34 died

This bill: 333 days in committee

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Sponsors (10)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2018-06-07 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2018-06-07 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2018-12-13 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2018-12-13 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2019-05-07 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2019-05-07 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
ActionAmended by Committee
2019-05-07 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2019-05-07 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
AdvancedApproved by Council
2019-05-08 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2019-05-08 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2019-06-08 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2019-06-11 · City Council

Votes (60)

Aye (53)
Bill PerkinsRitchie J. TorresMark TreygerPaul A. ValloneJames G. Van BramerKalman Yeger I. Daneek MillerAntonio ReynosoCorey D. JohnsonAlicka Ampry-Samuel Diana I. AyalaInez D. BarronFernando Cabrera Margaret S. ChinAndrew CohenCosta G. ConstantinidesRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.Laurie A. CumboChaim M. DeutschRuben Diaz, Sr.Daniel Dromm Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.Mathieu EugeneVanessa L. GibsonBarry S. GrodenchikBen KallosPeter A. KooKaren KoslowitzRory I. LancmanBrad S. LanderMark LevineAlan N. MaiselCarlos MenchacaFrancisco P. MoyaKeith Powers Donovan J. RichardsCarlina Rivera Ydanis A. RodriguezDeborah L. RoseHelen K. RosenthalRafael Salamanca, Jr.Robert F. HoldenAndy L. KingAdrienne E. AdamsFernando Cabrera Margaret S. ChinRafael L. Espinal, Jr.Barry S. GrodenchikCarlina Rivera Helen K. RosenthalRitchie J. TorresRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.Bill Perkins
Nay (2)
Joseph C. BorelliSteven Matteo
Absent (1)
Eric A. Ulrich
Excused (4)
Justin L. BrannanMark Gjonaj Stephen T. LevinMark Gjonaj

Heard at (5)

City Council · 2019-05-08 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2019-05-07 · 10:00 AM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 14th Fl.
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2018-12-13 · 10:30 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2018-12-06 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2018-06-07 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (20)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Article 105 of chapter 1 of title 28 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 28-105.1.3 to read as follows: � 28-105.1.3 Denial of permits for excessive violations. The commissioner shall, no less than once every six months, compile a list of multiple dwellings that includes: (i) all multiple dwellings containing fewer than 35 units that have a ratio of open hazardous or immediately hazardous housing maintenance code violations or immediately hazardous or major construction code violations that equal in the aggregate three or more such violations for every dwelling unit in such multiple dwelling; and (ii) all multiple dwellings containing 35 units or more that have a ratio of open hazardous or immediately hazardous housing maintenance code violations or immediately hazardous or major construction code violations that equal in the aggregate two or more such violations for every dwelling unit in such multiple dwelling. The commissioner shall not issue permits for multiple dwellings on such list. If the owner of a multiple dwelling on such list corrects open hazardous or immediately hazardous housing maintenance code violations or immediately hazardous or major construction code violations in such multiple dwelling so that the ratio of such violations to the number of dwelling units in such multiple dwelling falls below those outlined in this section, the commissioner shall remove such multiple dwelling from such list. Such denial shall not apply where a dwelling unit within such multiple dwelling is owned as a condominium or held by a shareholder of a cooperative corporation under a proprietary lease. Exceptions: 1. Where the issuance of such permit is necessary to correct an outstanding violation of this code, the housing maintenance code or any other applicable provisions of law or rule. 2. Where the issuance of such permit is necessary to perform work to protect public health and safety. 3. For a portion of a property occupied by a tenant who is not an owner of such property or responsible for any existing violations in such property. 4. Where a property was the subject of an in rem foreclosure judgment in favor of the city and was transferred by the city to a third party pursuant to section 11-412.1 of the code. 5. Where a property is the subject of a court order appointing an administrator pursuant to article 7-a of the real property actions and proceedings law in a case brought by the department of housing preservation and development. 6. Where a property is the subject of a loan provided by or through the department of housing preservation and development or the New York city housing development corporation for the purpose of rehabilitation that has closed within the five years preceding the application for such permit. 7. For a property where the department of housing preservation and development or the New York city housing development corporation notifies the commissioner that the permit is required in connection with the implementation of a program of such department or corporation. � 2. This local law takes effect 210 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. MAJ/GZ/AS LS # 4542/ Int. No 1044-2016 LS #1203 4/10/19 6:20pm