NY State Senate Bill 2017-S5030

Senate Bill S5030

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to maintaining public data of open code violations in New York city housing authority developments

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

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Jan 03, 2018	referred to housing, construction and community development
Mar 06, 2017	referred to housing, construction and community development

2017-S5030 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A11392
Current Committee:: Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:: New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:: Add §§27-2154 & 27-2129.2, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S5368, A3633
2019-2020: S1846, A2386
2021-2022: S72, A3613, A9387

2017-S5030 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to maintaining public data of open code violations in New York city housing authority developments.

2017-S5030 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S5030

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to New York city housing authority code violations

 PURPOSE :

To shed light on the conditions of public housing in the city by
requiring that data of outstanding code violations in public housing
developments be maintained in the same way that such data is
maintained for privately owned housing.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends the administrative code of the city of New York so
that the department of housing preservation and the department of
buildings shall each maintain data on their websites of open code
violations in public housing developments owned by the New York City
Housing Authority.

Section 2 states that the act shall take effect thirty days after it
becomes law.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Private tenants in New York City can register complaints about
conditions in their building by calling the "311" Citizen Service
Center. The complaint is recorded and, if it is determined to be a
housing code violation, that information is made available to the
general public via Housing and Preservation and Department of
Buildings databases for as long as it is outstanding.  By contrast,
when a tenant of a New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) housing
development calls "311," they are directed to the Centralized Call
Center. The Centralized Call Center, created by NYCHA, does not
collect data on outstanding code violations.

There is little reason that NYCHA should be insulated from public
accountability for outstanding code violations within its buildings.
The practice of brushing outstanding code violations under the rug may
save NYCHA some embarrassment, but it is counterproductive to NYCHA's
duty to provide decent housing to low-income residents.  Without
record of outstanding code violations, community leaders and agency
decision makers cannot know where resources are needed. To shed light
on the conditions of public housing in the city, this bill requires
that data on outstanding code violations in public housing
developments be maintained in the same way that such data is
maintained for privately owned housing.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

S.5368 of 2015-2016 (Perkins): Died in Housing, Construction, and
Community Development
A.3633 of 2015-2016 (Rodriguez): Died in Housing

 FISCAL IMPACT :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become law.

2017-S5030 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5030
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- 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  administrative code of the city of New York, in
   relation to New York city housing authority code violations

   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 a new section 27-2154 to read as follows:
   § 27-2154 HOUSING AUTHORITY CODE VIOLATIONS.  (A)  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 HOUSING PRESERVATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS SHALL EACH MAINTAIN
 DATA  ON  THEIR  RESPECTIVE  WEBSITES  RECORDING OPEN CODE VIOLATIONS IN
 PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS OWNED BY THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY
 IN THE SAME MANNER AS SUCH DEPARTMENTS MAINTAIN DATA RECORDING OPEN CODE
 VIOLATIONS OF PRIVATE ENTITIES.
   (B) THE WEBSITE OF THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC ADVOCATE SHALL HOST AND  MAIN-
 TAIN  A  WEBPAGE  RECORDING  AND  DISPLAYING ALL OPEN CODE VIOLATIONS IN
 PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS OWNED BY THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING  AUTHORI-
 TY.
   §  2.  The  administrative  code of the city of New York is amended by
 adding a new section 27-2129.2 to read as follows:
   § 27-2129.2 COMPTROLLER AUDIT. THE COMPTROLLER SHALL CONDUCT AN ANNUAL
 AUDIT OF ALL REPAIRS UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FIVE  OF  SUBCHAPTER
 FIVE OF THE HOUSING MAINTENANCE CODE.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided, however, that section two of this act shall
 take effect on the first of January next succeeding the date on which it
 shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04322-01-7

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