Int 0115-2022

Minimum temperatures required to be maintained in dwellings.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2022-03-24

Filed — closed without being enacted.

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Agenda: 2022-03-24Passed: 2023-12-31

Summary

During heating season, between October 1 and May 31, owners of residential buildings who are required to provide heat for their tenants must maintain certain minimum temperatures in areas of dwelling units that are used or occupied for living purposes. This bill would increase the minimum daytime (between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.) temperature during heating season from 68 degrees to 70 degrees, and it would increase the nighttime (between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.) temperature from 62 degrees to 66 degrees.

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

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11 passed · 39 died

This bill: 647 days in committee

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Sponsors (23)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council

2022-03-24 · City Council

ActionReferred to Comm by Council

2022-03-24 · City Council

HeardHearing Held by Committee

2022-04-06 · Committee on Housing and Buildings

HeldLaid Over by Committee

2022-04-06 · Committee on Housing and Buildings

HeardHearing Held by Committee

2022-04-06 · Committee on Fire and Emergency Management

HeldLaid Over by Committee

2022-04-06 · Committee on Fire and Emergency Management

HeardHearing Held by Committee

2022-04-06 · Special Committee on Twin Parks Citywide Taskforce on Fire Prevention

HeldLaid Over by Committee

2022-04-06 · Special Committee on Twin Parks Citywide Taskforce on Fire Prevention

ClosedFiled (End of Session)

2023-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (3)

Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2022-04-06 · 10:00 AM · HYBRID HEARING - Council Chambers - City Hall

Committee on Fire and Emergency Management · 2022-04-06 · 10:00 AM · HYBRID HEARING - Council Chambers - City Hall

City Council · 2022-03-24 · 1:30 PM · HYBRID HEARING - Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (8)

Full text

Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision a of section 27-2029 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 86 for the year 2017, is amended to read as follows: a. During the period from October first through May thirty-first, centrally-supplied heat, in any dwelling in which such heat is required to be provided, shall be furnished so as to maintain, in every portion of such dwelling used or occupied for living purposes: (1) between the hours of six a.m. and ten p.m., a temperature of at least [sixty-eight] seventy degrees Fahrenheit whenever the outside temperature falls below fifty-five degrees; and (2) between the hours of ten p.m. and six a.m., a temperature of at least [sixty-two] sixty-six degrees Fahrenheit. � 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law. NAW LS #6623/7054/7099/7155/7229 3/8/22 3:58 PM 1 1