Senate Bill S6896

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires municipalities to maintain sidewalks abutting streets; repealer

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  • 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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2015-S6896 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9092
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Town Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §130, Town L; amd §92, Sec Cl Cit L; rpld §§16-123 & 19-152, NYC Ad Cd; add §96-c, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S1780, A6568
2019-2020: A4410

2015-S6896 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires municipalities to maintain sidewalks abutting streets.

2015-S6896 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6896 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6896

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 4, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT to amend the town law, the  second  class  cities  law,  and  the
  general  municipal  law,  in relation to the maintenance of sidewalks;
  and to repeal sections 16-123 and 19-152 of the administrative code of
  the city of New York relating thereto

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

  Section  1. Subdivision 4 of section 130 of the town law is amended to
read as follows:
  4. Sidewalks. Regulating the manner  of  construction,  reconstruction
and  repair  of  sidewalks, the materials to be used, the grades and the
widths thereof  and  prohibiting  any  construction,  reconstruction  or
repair which does not comply with such regulations[; requiring the owner
and  occupant  of  premises  abutting on any street where a sidewalk has
been laid, to keep the sidewalk in front  of  such  premises,  free  and
clear from snow, ice, dirt and other obstructions and upon default ther-
eof provide for the removal thereof at the expense of the owners of such
premises  and  that  such  charge  shall become a lien upon the premises
benefited thereby, until paid].
  S 2. Section 92 of the second class cities law is amended to  read  as
follows:
  S 92. Repair  of  sidewalks; removal of snow and ice. The commissioner
of public works shall have full power  and  authority  to  [require  the
owner  of  property  abutting  upon a street to] repair any sidewalk [in
front thereof] ABUTTING UPON A STREET or bring the same to  true  grade,
and to remove the snow and ice therefrom. [Where the owner of such prop-
erty  shall  fail or neglect to repair any sidewalk or bring the same to
true grade for five days after written notice so to do has  been  served
on him, either personally or by delivering the same at his residence, or
if  he  be  a  non-resident by mailing the same to him at his last known
place of residence, or if the name of the owner or his  place  of  resi-
dence can not be ascertained after due diligence, by posting the same in
a  conspicuous  place  upon the premises; or where the owner of any such

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

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