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A09472 Summary:

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Add §373-b, Exec L
 
Establishes the senior housing accessibility study group to examine and make recommendations for amending the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code to improve and enhance accessibility requirements for all newly constructed or substantially reconstructed senior housing developments.
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A09472 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          9472
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      March 7, 2022
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Aging
 
        AN ACT to amend the executive  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  the
          senior   housing   accessibility  study  group;  and  to  repeal  such
          provisions upon the expiration thereof
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 373-b
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 373-b. Senior housing accessibility study group. 1. There  shall  be
     4  established a senior housing accessibility study group. Such study group
     5  shall  consist of the director of the division of building standards and
     6  codes, or his or her designee, who shall also serve as the chair of  the
     7  group,  the commissioner of health, or his or her designee, the director
     8  of the office for the aging, or his or her designee, the commissioner of
     9  the division of homes and community renewal, or his or her designee, and
    10  three members to be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall  repre-
    11  sent  and have experience with the housing construction industry, one of
    12  whom shall represent and have experience as an advocate for the disabled
    13  community, and one of whom shall be an architect licensed in  the  state
    14  of  New  York.  The  members of the study group shall receive no compen-
    15  sation for their services, but shall be allowed their actual and  neces-
    16  sary  expenses  incurred  in the performance of their duties pursuant to
    17  this section. Such study group may conduct  any  hearings  or  take  any
    18  written  testimony  as it deems necessary and shall take all other steps
    19  necessary to provide a thorough analysis of all issues related to senior
    20  housing accessibility.
    21    2. The senior housing accessibility study group shall examine,  evalu-
    22  ate,  and  make  recommendations for amending the New York state uniform
    23  fire prevention and building code to improve and  enhance  accessibility
    24  requirements  for  all  newly constructed or substantially reconstructed
    25  senior housing developments. Such enhancements may  include,  but  shall
    26  not be limited to:
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14859-01-2

        A. 9472                             2
 
     1    (a) installing ramps for all first-floor entrances at the front, rear,
     2  or side of each building;
     3    (b)  requiring  that all second-floor units have staircases sufficient
     4  to allow the installation of chair glides, if necessary, for resident or
     5  owner use;
     6    (c) requiring that all residential full bathrooms should  fulfill  all
     7  requirements  for  accessibility  pursuant to the federal Americans with
     8  Disabilities Act (ADA);
     9    (d) requiring that all recreation facilities are made fully  compliant
    10  with  ADA specifications and are accessible to all residents. This shall
    11  include swimming pools with compliant ramp grading and rails, accessible
    12  gates, and contrasting striping for those with limited vision;
    13    (e) require the installation of ADA compliant door actuators for entry
    14  and exit doors and bathrooms in clubhouses and recreation centers;
    15    (f) require that all public United States postal service mailboxes and
    16  locations shall be fully accessible, with curb cut  ramps  ensuring  the
    17  shortest  path  of  travel  from  all units, and appropriate landings to
    18  allow for turnaround space; and
    19    (g) require that all resident parking spaces shall have a minimum of a
    20  thirty-inch access aisle to ensure ease of function access to a person's
    21  vehicle. This requirement shall be in addition to all visitor and acces-
    22  sible parking spaces  required  by  the  New  York  state  uniform  fire
    23  prevention and building code for accessibility.
    24    3.  The senior housing accessibility study group shall issue its final
    25  recommendations in accordance with this section  no  later  than  thirty
    26  days  prior  to  the  expiration of this section. Such study group shall
    27  issue such report to the governor, the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  the
    28  minority  leader of the assembly, the temporary president of the senate,
    29  and the minority leader of the senate.
    30    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    31  deemed repealed one year after it shall have become a law.
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