Int 0751-2024

Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 15 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 15-151 to read as follows: � 15-151 Residential fire emergency response guide. a. An agency or office designated by the mayor, in consultation with the fire commissioner, the commissioner of housing preservation and development, the commissioner of buildings, and any other relevant agencies, shall develop and maintain a residential fire emergency response guide for residents affected by a fire emergency. Such agency or office shall update information provided in the guide as necessary. b. The guide developed pursuant to subdivision a of this section shall include the following information: 1. A summary of agencies that provide assistance to residents following a residential fire and the roles of such agencies; 2. Information pertaining to inspections required subsequent to a residential fire; 3. Information about any city, state, or federal organizations or agencies that provide emergency aid to natural persons displaced by residential fires; 4. Information about any city, state, or federal organizations or agencies that provide emergency housing to natural persons displaced by residential fires, disaggregated by borough; 5. Landlord duties and tenant protections following a residential fire; and 6. Best practices regarding renters' insurance and suspending utilities for residential tenants displaced by or affected by a residential fire. c. The fire commissioner shall distribute the guide developed pursuant to subdivision a of this section to residents displaced by a residential fire or otherwise affected by such fire through the use of a quick response code posted on department vehicles responding to the scene of such fire, and any other manner the fire commissioner determines practicable and effective. Such guide shall be published on the website of the mayor's office in the designated citywide languages as defined in section 23-1101 of the administrative code of the city of New York. d. The agency or office designated by the mayor to develop and maintain the guide pursuant to subdivision a of this section, or any other relevant agency, shall make the guide developed pursuant to subdivision a of this section available to displaced or otherwise affected tenants on the location of all post-fire inspections through the use of a quick response code or the use of any other technology. � 2. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law. DPM/JDK LS #12174 8/6/2025 3:00 PM 1 2