Int 1356-2025
Banning smoking in multiple dwellings.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Healthintroduced 2025-08-14
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2025-08-14Passed: 2025-12-31
Summary
This bill would ban smoking in all areas of multiple dwellings.
Committee on Health — Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and EMS (health-related issues).
How it compares
28% of similar bills passed
14 passed · 36 died
This bill: 139 days in committee
Similar bills: median 652 days · 220 days when passed
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Int 1187-2013
Banning smoking in the common areas of all multiple dwellings.
62dFiled
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1430dFiled
Int 0977-2015
Banning smoking in city-financed housing.
793dFiled
Int 0484-2014
Prohibiting smoking and the use of electronic cigarettes in the common areas of all multiple dwellings.
1049dEnacted
Int 0256-2002
Prohibition of smoking in public places and places of employment.
124dEnacted
Int 1585-2017
Disclosure of smoking policies for class A multiple dwellings.
104dEnacted
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Sponsors (2)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2025-08-14 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2025-08-14 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2025-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2025-08-14 · 1:45 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (4)
- Summary of Int. No. 1356
- Int. No. 1356
- August 14, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 8-14-25
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 17-502 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivisions bbb to read as follows:
bbb. "Multiple dwelling" means any dwelling which is to be occupied by or is occupied as the residence or home of three or more families living independently of each other.
� 2. Section 17-503 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision e to read as follows:
e. Smoking is prohibited in all areas of multiple dwellings.
� 3. Paragraph 3 of subdivision e of section 17-508 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 80 for the year 20121 is amended to read as follows:
3. Every person who violates subdivision d of this section shall be liable for a civil penalty of one hundred dollars for each violation, except that every person who violates subdivision d of this section by smoking, or using an electronic cigarette, in a pedestrian plaza as prohibited by paragraph seven of subdivision c of section 17-503 or in a park or other property under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation as prohibited by paragraph three of subdivision d of section 17-503 shall be liable for a civil penalty of fifty dollars for each violation. [Every owner of a class A multiple dwelling who violates subdivision d-1 of this section, and every tenant-shareholder, condominium unit owner and tenant who violates subdivision d-2 of this section, shall be liable for a civil penalty of one hundred dollars for each violation, provided that a violation of paragraph two, three or four of subdivision d-1 shall be considered a single violation regardless of whether such owner failed to disclose a smoking policy, to provide notification of adoption of such policy or a material change to such policy, or to make available copies of such policy to more than one person.]
� 4. Subdivisions tt, uu, vv, ww, xx and yy of section 17-502 of the administrative code of the city of New York are REPEALED.
� 5. Subdivision b of section 17-505 of the administrative code of the city of New York is REPEALED.
� 6. Section 17-506.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York is REPEALED.
� 7. Subdivisions d-1 and d-2 of section 17-508 of the administrative code of the city of New York are REPEALED.
� 8. Subdivision b of section 17-513.2 of the administrative code of the city of New York is REPEALED.
� 9. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law.
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