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Int 0200-2022

Reporting on objections to orders for the abatement or remediation of lead conditions.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Healthintroduced 2022-04-14Local Law 2023/112

Enacted as Local Law 2023/112.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2022-04-14Passed: 2023-08-13Enacted: 2023-08-13

Summary

This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (“DOHMH”) to submit to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council, and make publicly available on DOHMH’s website, a semiannual report on the number of objections filed by multiple dwelling owners to DOHMH lead abatement orders. The report would be required to include the number of objections filed by the New York City Housing Authority and to specify the reasons why any objections are found to have merit, including faulty testing or paint sampling, or an exemption based on the dwelling’s construction date.

Committee on HealthDepartment of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and EMS (health-related issues).

How it compares

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20 passed · 30 died

This bill: 454 days in committee

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Sponsors (31)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2022-04-14 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2022-04-14 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2023-04-25 · Committee on Health
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2023-04-25 · Committee on Health
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2023-04-25 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2023-04-25 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2023-07-13 · Committee on Health
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2023-07-13 · Committee on Health
ActionAmended by Committee
2023-07-13 · Committee on Health
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2023-07-13 · Committee on Health
AdvancedApproved by Council
2023-07-13 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2023-07-13 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2023-08-13 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2023-08-15 · City Council

Votes (9)

Aye (9)
Mercedes NarcisseJoann Ariola Kalman Yeger Oswald J. FelizJulie MeninCharles BarronMarjorie VelázquezCrystal HudsonLynn C. Schulman

Heard at (9)

City Council · 2023-07-13 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Health · 2023-07-13 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
Committee on Health · 2023-04-26 · 11:00 AM · 250 Broadway - Committee Room, 14th Floor
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2023-04-26 · 11:00 AM · 250 Broadway - Committee Room, 14th Floor
Committee on Health · 2023-04-25 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2023-04-25 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Health · 2023-04-19 · 11:00 AM · 250 Broadway - Committee Room, 14th Floor
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2023-04-19 · 11:00 AM · 250 Broadway - Committee Room, 14th Floor
City Council · 2022-04-14 · 1:30 PM · HYBRID HEARING - Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (20)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Title 17 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 17-916 to read as follows: � 17-916 Report regarding objections to department orders. a. The department shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council, and make publicly available on the department's website, a report on the number of objections to department orders for lead abatement or remediation received by the department pursuant to paragraph 3 of subdivision d of section 173.13 of the health code, or successor provision. Such report shall specify the number of such objections received from a housing development operated by the New York city housing authority. The department shall issue such report twice a year no later than August 30 for the period covering January through June of the same year, and no later than February 28 for the period covering July through December of the prior year. b. The report required pursuant to subdivision a of this section shall include the number of orders withdrawn in full by the department, disaggregated by the reasons such orders were withdrawn, including, but not limited to: 1. Faulty paint sampling or testing by the department; 2. Inconclusive or contradicting test results; or 3. Exemptions due to the date a tested dwelling was erected. � 2. This local law takes effect immediately. Session 12 HKA/CP LS #1966 7/5/23 2:49 PM Session 11 PLS LS #9113 Int. #1461-2019