S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 14, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, BENEDETTO, PERRY, COLTON
-- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Housing
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to requiring owners to provide prospective lessees with
notification where lead-based paint or lead contaminated dust has been
found in the dwelling and any and all abatement measures that have
been taken
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision f of section 27-2056.4 of the administrative
code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 1 of the city
of New York for the year 2004, is amended to read as follows:
f. The owner shall inform the occupant in writing of the results of an
investigation undertaken pursuant to this section and shall provide a
copy of any such report received or generated by an investigation. The
owner shall retain a copy of each investigation report, for ten years
from the date of such report and such report shall be made available to
the department on request and shall be transferred by the owner to the
owner's successor in title. THE OWNER SHALL PROVIDE TO AN OCCUPANT OF A
DWELLING UNIT AT THE SIGNING OF A LEASE, INCLUDING A LEASE RENEWAL, IF
ANY, OR UPON ANY AGREEMENT TO LEASE, OR AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF OCCUPANCY
IF THERE IS NO LEASE AND TO PROSPECTIVE LESSEES THE MOST RECENT RESULTS
OF AN INVESTIGATION UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND ANY AND ALL
ABATEMENT MEASURES TAKEN AS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION WHERE THE PRESENCE
OF LEAD-BASED PAINT OR LEAD-CONTAMINATED DUST WAS FOUND.
§ 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
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03136-01-9