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                                  6908

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 10, 2015
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Introduced  by M. of A. BLAKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Housing

AN ACT to amend the public housing law and the  administrative  code  of
  the  city of New York, in relation to establishing on site superinten-
  dent or maintenance supervisor at city of New York  Housing  Authority
  facilities,  including  janitorial services to maintain workable locks
  on doors; and to repeal section 27-506 of the administrative  code  of
  the city of New York, relating to the exemption to the housing author-
  ity under such code

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 5-a of section 402 of the public housing law is
amended by adding a new paragraph g to read as follows:
  G. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISIONS TO THE CONTRARY  CONTAINED  IN  THIS
CHAPTER,  OR  ANY  GENERAL,  SPECIAL  OR LOCAL LAW, THE CITY OF NEW YORK
HOUSING AUTHORITY SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN  ON  SITE
SUPERINTENDENTS  AND  MAINTENANCE  SUPERVISORS  AT  ALL CITY OF NEW YORK
HOUSING AUTHORITY FACILITIES. SUCH SITE  SUPERINTENDENT  OR  MAINTENANCE
SUPERVISOR  SHALL  HAVE  THE  DUTY,  IN AND ABOUT HOUSING FACILITIES, TO
PRESERVE THE CLEANLINESS AND FUNCTIONALITY OF  THE  FACILITY  AND  OTHER
REQUIREMENTS  THE AUTHORITY DEEMS NECESSARY. APPOINTMENTS TO SITE SUPER-
INTENDENT OR MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR SHALL BE  MADE  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH
APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW AND ONLY PERSONS WHO HAVE
NEVER  BEEN  CONVICTED  OF  A FELONY, AND WHO ARE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED
STATES SHALL BE APPOINTED SITE SUPERINTENDENT OR MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR.
  S 2. Subdivision (a) of section 27-2052 of the administrative code  of
the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
  (a) Janitorial services means: Cleaning and maintenance, including the
making of minor repairs, SUCH AS WORKABLE LOCKS ON DOORS; the furnishing
of heat and hot water, where supplied from a central source; the removal

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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of  garbage, refuse, ashes and wastes from the premises; and the removal
of snow, ice, dirt and other matter from the sidewalk and gutter.
  S  3.  Section  27-2053  of the administrative code of the city of New
York is amended by adding a new subdivision d of to read as follows:
  D. JANITORS IN CITY OF NEW YORK  HOUSING  AUTHORITY  FACILITIES  SHALL
TAKE  SUBSTANTIAL  ACTUAL  OR  MATERIAL  STEPS TOWARDS REMEDYING HEATING
ISSUES AND BROKEN LOCKS ON DOORS WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS  OF  RECEIVING
NOTICE OF SUCH ISSUE.
  S  4.  Section  27-2056  of the administrative code of the city of New
York is REPEALED.
  S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.