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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1078
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 10, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed 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 local law number 157 of the city of New York
3 for the year 2017, is amended to read as follows:
4 § 28-207.2.6 Penalties. In addition to the penalties provided for in
5 this chapter, any person who fails to comply with a stop work order
6 shall be liable for a civil penalty in the amount of [$6,000] $10,000
7 for the initial violation and [$12,000] $20,000 for every subsequent
8 violation, to be paid to the department prior to the rescission of the
9 stop work order; provided, however, this shall not apply to any work
10 performed to remedy an unsafe or hazardous condition as authorized by
11 order of the commissioner.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
13 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00780-01-9
