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Assembly Bill A2262

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Increases penalties for failure to install window guards and provides for a program to educate the community on the risks associated with failure to so install

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2017-A2262 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §17-123, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5084
2011-2012: A4701
2013-2014: A2208, A8129
2015-2016: A4886
2019-2020: A3105

2017-A2262 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases amount of civil and criminal penalties for failing to install window guards: for a second or subsequent violation the criminal penalties shall be increased to a fine of up to $1000 or imprisonment for up to one year, or both; for a first civil violation the fine shall be $1000, for a second violation the fine shall be $2500 and for any subsequent violation the fine shall be $5000.

2017-A2262 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2262
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- 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  increasing  the  penalties for failing to install window
   guards in multiple dwellings
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision c of section 17-123 of the administrative code
 of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 22 of  the  city
 of New York for the year 2002, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  The  department of health and mental hygiene shall promulgate such
 regulations as it deems necessary to comply with the provisions of  this
 section,  with  respect  to the annual notice to tenants, and the notice
 requirement in all multiple dwelling leases.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL  ALSO
 DEVELOP  A  PROGRAM  TO  EDUCATE  THE COMMUNITY OF THE RISK OF INJURY OR
 DEATH TO CHILDREN WHEN RESIDING IN MULTIPLE DWELLINGS WHICH DO NOT  HAVE
 WINDOW GUARDS INSTALLED.
   §  2.    Subdivision d of section 17-123 of the administrative code of
 the city of New York, as added by local law number 33 of the city of New
 York for the year 1986, is amended to read as follows:
   d. Any person who violates the provisions  of  this  section,  or  the
 regulations  promulgated  hereunder,  shall  be  guilty of a misdemeanor
 punishable by a fine of up to five hundred dollars or  imprisonment  for
 up  to six months or both FOR THE FIRST VIOLATION AND BY A FINE OF UP TO
 ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR IMPRISONMENT FOR UP TO ONE YEAR OR BOTH FOR  ANY
 SUBSEQUENT  VIOLATION.  In addition, any violation of this section shall
 constitute a civil violation subject to a penalty of not more than [five
 hundred] ONE THOUSAND dollars [per] FOR THE FIRST violation,  TWO  THOU-
 SAND  FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS  FOR THE SECOND VIOLATION AND FIVE THOUSAND
 DOLLARS FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION.   A  civil  violation  under  this
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07759-01-7

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