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Assembly Bill A250

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Increases the safety of elevators in buildings owned by the New York city housing authority

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2013-A250 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add ยงยง28-304.10 - 28-304.13, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8154
2011-2012: A3513
2015-2016: A5934

2013-A250 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the safety of elevators in buildings owned by the New York city housing authority by requiring door zone restrictors, stricter inspections, sharing of information regarding elevator safety to the department of buildings and fire department, as well as to the public.

2013-A250 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   250

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. KAVANAGH, ROSENTHAL, MILLMAN, O'DONNELL, GIBSON
  -- 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 the safety of elevators in buildings owned by the New York
  city housing authority

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

  Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is  amended
by   adding  four  new  sections  28-304.10,  28-304.11,  28-304.12  and
28-304.13 to read as follows:
  S 28-304.10 DOOR ZONE RESTRICTORS. IN ANY BUILDING OWNED  BY  THE  NEW
YORK  CITY  HOUSING  AUTHORITY,  ALL  ELEVATORS  SHALL  HAVE A DOOR ZONE
RESTRICTOR WHICH PREVENTS THE ELEVATOR DOOR FROM OPENING MORE THAN  FOUR
INCHES WIDE WHEN THE ELEVATOR STOPS BETWEEN FLOORS.
  S 28-304.11 BUILDING INSPECTION OF ELEVATORS. IN ANY BUILDING OWNED BY
THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY, ALL ELEVATORS SHALL BE INSPECTED BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ARTICLE.
  S  28-304.12  INTERAGENCY  COORDINATION.  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY HOUSING
AUTHORITY  SHALL  COMMUNICATE  INFORMATION  REGARDING  ELEVATOR  SAFETY,
INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  INFORMATION  PERTAINING  TO ELEVATOR
HAZARDS AND THE NUMBER OF TIMES FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN CALLED TO  RESCUE
PASSENGERS  IN  ELEVATORS, WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS AND THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY OF PASSENGERS.
  S 28-304.13 PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF INSPECTION DATA. THE  NEW  YORK  CITY
HOUSING  AUTHORITY  AND THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS SHALL PROVIDE TO THE
PUBLIC DETAILED REPORTS REGARDING THE RESULTS OF ELEVATOR INSPECTIONS IN
BUILDINGS OWNED BY THE NEW YORK CITY  HOUSING  AUTHORITY.  SUCH  REPORTS
SHALL  PROVIDE A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF HOW THE ELEVATOR WAS GRADED AND
WHY AN ELEVATOR RECEIVED AN UNSATISFACTORY OR LOW GRADE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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