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Declaration of a public nuisance by the department of housing preservation and development in connection with lead hazards

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Healthintroduced 2023-04-27

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2023-04-27Passed: 2023-12-31

Summary

This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to declare a lead hazard a public nuisance where the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene issues a commissioner’s order to correct or remediate a condition related to lead hazards.

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

How it compares

30% of similar bills passed

15 passed · 35 died

This bill: 248 days in committee

Similar bills: median 465 days · 306 days when passed

Sponsors (19)

Lifecycle

HeardHearing on P-C Item by Comm
2023-04-25 · Committee on Health
HeldP-C Item Laid Over by Comm
2023-04-25 · Committee on Health
HeardHearing on P-C Item by Comm
2023-04-25 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeldP-C Item Laid Over by Comm
2023-04-25 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2023-04-27 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2023-04-27 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2023-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (3)

City Council · 2023-04-27 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
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

Attachments (8)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision b of section 27-2114 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 805 for the year 1984, is amended by adding a new paragraph i to read as follows: i. Where the department of health and mental hygiene issues a commissioner's order to correct or remediate a condition pursuant to section 27-2056.14 of the code or section 173.13 of the health code or any successor rule related to the issuance of orders requiring the correction or remediation of lead hazards, the department shall, subject to the notice and filing requirements contained in subdivision b of this section, declare such lead hazard to constitute a public nuisance. The department may also declare, in the instance of multiple violations of article 14 of subchapter 2 of this chapter, that such violations constitute a public nuisance. � 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law. MJC/SIL LS 2290, 4096, 5922 4/19/23 1