Senate Bill S500

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that window guards shall be required on all fire escape windows in multiple dwellings

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S500 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5185
Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Multiple Dwelling Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง53, Mult Dwell L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4573
2013-2014: A3574
2015-2016: A2744
2017-2018: A7308

2009-S500 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the owner, lessee, agent or other person who manages or controls a multiple dwelling to provide, install, and maintain, a window guard on the windows of each apartment in which a child or children ten years of age or under reside, and on the windows, if any, in the public halls of a multiple dwelling in which such children reside; prohibits a padlock, key lock, combination lock or any other locking mechanism on any window guard, except that such window guards may be secured with a latch system that is capable of releasing in such a manner that immediate access to such fire escape is not impeded; provides that any violation shall constitute a civil violation subject to a penalty of not more than five hundred dollars per violation.

2009-S500 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S500 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   500

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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 multiple dwelling law, in relation to window guards
  on fire escape windows for multiple dwellings

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  Paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section 53 of the multiple
dwelling  law, as amended by chapter 814 of the laws of 1992, is amended
to read as follows:
  c. Access to any fire-escape shall  not  be  obstructed  by  sinks  or
kitchen  fixtures  or  in  any  other way. Iron bars, grilles, gates, or
other obstructing devices on any window giving access  to  [fire-escapes
or  to]  a  required  secondary means of egress shall be unlawful unless
such devices are of a type approved by the  board  of  appeals  and  are
installed  and maintained as prescribed by the board; provided, however,
that in a city having a population of one million or more, such  devices
shall  be  of a type approved, installed and maintained as prescribed by
the fire commissioner, or as previously approved and prescribed  by  the
board  of  standards  and  appeals  of  such  city,  except as otherwise
provided by said commissioner.
  S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 53  of  the  multiple  dwelling  law  is
amended by adding a new paragraph e to read as follows:
  E.  (1)  THE  OWNER,  LESSEE,  AGENT  OR  OTHER  PERSON WHO MANAGES OR
CONTROLS A MULTIPLE DWELLING SHALL PROVIDE,  INSTALL,  AND  MAINTAIN,  A
WINDOW  GUARD ON THE WINDOWS OF EACH APARTMENT IN WHICH A CHILD OR CHIL-
DREN TEN YEARS OF AGE OR UNDER RESIDE, AND ON THE WINDOWS,  IF  ANY,  IN
THE PUBLIC HALLS OF A MULTIPLE DWELLING IN WHICH SUCH CHILDREN RESIDE.
  (2) NO WINDOW GUARD SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH A PADLOCK, KEY LOCK, COMBI-
NATION  LOCK  OR  ANY  OTHER  LOCKING MECHANISM, EXCEPT THAT SUCH WINDOW

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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