Relates to temporary certificates of compliance or occupancy; permits a single ninety day extension for temporary certificates of compliance or occupancy; requires a civil penalty of $20,000 for any violation regarding certificates of compliance or occupancy.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3040
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 23, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Housing
AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to temporary
certificates of compliance or occupancy
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 301 of the multiple dwelling law,
2 as amended by chapter 131 of the laws of 1979, is amended and a new
3 subdivision 8 is added to read as follows:
4 4. The head of the department may, on the request of the owner or
5 [his] such owner's certified agent, issue a temporary certificate of
6 compliance or occupancy for a multiple dwelling or a section or a part
7 thereof for a period of ninety days or less, provided that such certif-
8 icate shall bear the endorsement that the dwelling has been inspected by
9 the department and complies with all the requirements of this chapter,
10 and that such temporary occupancy will not jeopardize life, health or
11 property. Such temporary certificate may be renewed once at the
12 discretion of the head of the department for similar periods but shall
13 not extend[, together with such renewals,] beyond a total period of [two
14 years] one hundred eighty days from the date of its original issuance.
15 8. Any person found to have violated the provisions of this section
16 shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than twenty thousand
17 dollars.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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