Add S14-a, Pub Hous L; add Title 26 Chap 1 S26-101, NYC Ad Cd
Imposes penalties for non-compliance of DHCR orders by owners of multiple dwelling units; provides a fine of $5,000 for each instance of non-compliance.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1738
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. ESPAILLAT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and
Community Development
AN ACT to amend the public housing law and the administrative code of
the city of New York, in relation to penalties for non-compliance of
division of housing and community renewal orders
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a new section
2 14-a to read as follows:
3 § 14-a. Penalties for non-compliance. Any landlord or owner of a
4 multiple dwelling who fails to comply with any order by the division of
5 housing shall be subject to a fine of not more than five thousand
6 dollars for each instance of non-compliance.
7 § 2. Title 26 of the administrative code of the city of New York is
8 amended by adding a new chapter 1 to read as follows:
9 CHAPTER 1
10 MISCELLANEOUS
11 Section 26-101 Penalties for non-compliance.
12 § 26-101 Penalties for non-compliance. 1. Any owner of a dwelling unit
13 who fails to comply with any order by the division of housing and commu-
14 nity renewal shall be subject to a fine of not more than five thousand
15 dollars for each instance of non-compliance.
16 2. For purposes of this section:
17 (a) the term "owner" shall mean and include the owner or owners of the
18 freehold of the premises or lesser estate therein, a mortgagee or vendee
19 in possession, assignee of rents, receiver, executor, trustee, lessee,
20 agent, or any other person, firm or corporation, directly or indirectly
21 in control of a dwelling; and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (b) the term "dwelling unit" shall mean any residential accommodation
2 in a multiple dwelling or private dwelling.
3 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
4 have become a law.
