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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1286
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 9, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. PERSAUD, ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1
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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