Relates to increasing fines for individuals who fail to comply with a stop work order; increases fines from $6,000 to $10,000 for initial violation and $12,000 to $20,000 for subsequent violations.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4155
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 10, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to increasing fines for individuals who fail to comply with a
stop work order
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 28-207.2.6 of the administrative code of the city
2 of New York, as amended by section 2 of part A of local law number 126
3 of the city of New York for the year 2021, is amended to read as
4 follows:
5 § 28-207.2.6 Penalties. In addition to the penalties provided for in
6 this chapter, any person who fails to comply with a stop work order
7 shall be liable for a civil penalty in the amount of [$6,000] $10,000
8 for the initial violation and [$12,000] $20,000 for every subsequent
9 violation, to be paid to the department prior to the rescission of the
10 stop work order; provided, however, this shall not apply to any work
11 performed to remedy an unsafe or hazardous condition as authorized by
12 order of the commissioner.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
14 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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