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2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 15, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, COLTON, D'URSO -- Multi-Sponsored by
-- M. of A. CARROLL, COOK, CYMBROWITZ, GLICK -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the general city law, in relation to the applicability
of local codes in cities with a population of one million or more
inhabitants
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Graffagni-
no and Beddia law".
§ 2. The general city law is amended by adding a new section 20-h to
read as follows:
§ 20-H. APPLICABILITY OF LOCAL CODES IN CITIES WITH A POPULATION OF
ONE MILLION OR MORE INHABITANTS. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF
GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN CITIES WITH A POPU-
LATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE INHABITANTS ALL BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
OWNED, LEASED OR OPERATED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR A STATE AGENCY, AS
THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO OF THE EXECU-
TIVE LAW, THAT ARE NOT OTHERWISE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIRE-
MENTS OF TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF
NEW YORK AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER (DOB
CODES) OR TITLE TWENTY-NINE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF
NEW YORK AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER (FDNY
CODES), SHALL BE UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS
OF SUCH CITY AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF SUCH CITY AND SHALL BE DESIGNED,
CONSTRUCTED, OPERATED AND MAINTAINED, TO THE EXTENT SPECIFIED IN SUBDI-
VISIONS TWO, THREE AND FOUR OF THIS SECTION, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DOB
CODES AND THE FDNY CODES. THE AGENCIES OF SUCH CITY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
ENFORCEMENT OF SUCH LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE HEREBY EMPOWERED TO
CONDUCT ALL INSPECTIONS AUTHORIZED BY SUCH LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS
AND ENFORCE SUCH LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS AGAINST ALL SUCH BUILDINGS
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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AND STRUCTURES IN THE SAME MANNER AND TO THE SAME EXTENT AS THEY WOULD
CONDUCT INSPECTIONS AND ENFORCE SUCH LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS AGAINST
OTHER BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES UNDER THEIR JURISDICTION.
2. NEW BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES. ALL BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES COVERED
BY THIS SECTION AND NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
SECTION SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DOB CODES AND FDNY
CODES. CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY ISSUED TO SUCH BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE DURATION OF OWNERSHIP BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK
OR STATE AGENCY UNLESS COMPLIANCE WITH THE ZONING RESOLUTION OF A CITY
OF ONE MILLION OR MORE INHABITANTS IS ALSO DEMONSTRATED.
3. EXISTING BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES. EXISTING BUILDINGS AND STRUC-
TURES ARE THOSE CONSTRUCTED BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
(A) CONTINUATION OF LAWFUL USE AND OCCUPANCY. THE LAWFUL USE AND OCCU-
PANCY OF AN EXISTING BUILDING OR STRUCTURE MAY BE CONTINUED FOR THE
DURATION OF THE OWNERSHIP, LEASE OR OPERATION BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK
OR STATE AGENCY PROVIDED SUCH BUILDING OR STRUCTURE IS OPERATED AND
MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FDNY CODES. SUCH
LAWFUL USE AND OCCUPANCY MAY BE CONTINUED UNLESS EITHER THE BUILDING OR
STRUCTURE IS ALTERED, IN WHICH CASE ALL ALTERATIONS TO SUCH BUILDING OR
STRUCTURE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE DOB CODES AND THE
FDNY CODES.
(B) CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. EXISTING BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES SHALL
NOT REQUIRE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF
BUILDINGS OF A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE INHABITANTS
UNLESS AND UNTIL AN ALTERATION REQUIRING A NEW CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY
AS PER THE DOB CODES IS MADE. THE COMMISSIONER OF BUILDINGS MAY REQUIRE
THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE TO BE PROVIDED WITH ADEQUATE MEANS OF EGRESS
OR FIRE PROTECTION AS NECESSARY FOR THE SAFETY OF OCCUPANTS PRIOR TO
ISSUING A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. THE COMMISSIONER OF BUILDINGS OF
SUCH CITY MAY RESTRICT THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY ISSUED TO SUCH
BUILDING OR STRUCTURE TO THE DURATION OF OWNERSHIP BY THE STATE OF NEW
YORK OR STATE AGENCY WHERE THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, ALTHOUGH LAWFULLY
CONSTRUCTED AND ALTERED, IS NOT SHOWN TO HAVE COMPLIED WITH THE BUILDING
AND ZONING LAWS AND RULES IN EFFECT FOR BUILDINGS WITHIN SUCH CITY WHEN
THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WAS ERECTED, AND, WHERE APPLICABLE, ALTERED.
(C) PLACES OF ASSEMBLY. (1) FOR ANY EXISTING PLACE OF ASSEMBLY THAT
DOES NOT HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF OPERATION ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF
BUILDINGS OF A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE INHABIT-
ANTS, A PROPOSED SEATING ARRANGEMENT PLAN SHALL BE FILED WITH AND
APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF SUCH
CITY BEFORE ANY CHANGE IS MADE TO EITHER: (A) THE EXISTING SEATING
ARRANGEMENT; (B) TYPE OF SEATING; OR (C) INTERIOR LAYOUT; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT IN REVIEWING THE SEATING ARRANGEMENT PLAN, THE DEPARTMENT
OF BUILDINGS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT APPROVE HAZARDOUS CONDI-
TIONS OR CONFIGURATIONS. SUCH CHANGES SHALL NOT REQUIRE A PLACE OF
ASSEMBLY CERTIFICATE OF OPERATION EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR IN SUBPARAGRAPH
TWO OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
(2) EXISTING PLACES OF ASSEMBLY SHALL NOT REQUIRE A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY
CERTIFICATE OF OPERATION, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT UPON ISSUANCE OF A
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE CONTAINING SUCH
PLACE OF ASSEMBLY, A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY CERTIFICATE OF OPERATION SHALL BE
OBTAINED WITHIN THREE MONTHS THEREAFTER. UPON SATISFACTORY APPLICATION
BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR STATE AGENCY ACCORDING TO THE REQUIREMENTS
AND PROCEDURES OF A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE INHAB-
ITANTS, THE COMMISSIONER OF BUILDINGS OF SUCH CITY SHALL ISSUE A CERTIF-
ICATE OF OPERATION TO ANY SUCH EXISTING PLACE OF ASSEMBLY, PROVIDED IT
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SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLIES WITH THE DOB CODES' REQUIREMENTS PERTAINING TO
MEANS OF EGRESS AND FIRE PROTECTION.
(D) MAINTENANCE. EXISTING BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES SHALL BE SUBJECT TO
THE MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DOB CODES, INCLUDING ANY REQUIRED
PERIODIC INSPECTIONS AND REPORTS. HOWEVER, NO REPORTS OR SUBMISSIONS
SHALL BE REQUIRED OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR A STATE AGENCY RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE OPERATION AND CONTROL OF SUCH BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES ON OR
BEFORE JULY THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
(E) RETROACTIVE REQUIREMENTS. EXISTING BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES SHALL
BE SUBJECT TO ALL RETROACTIVE REQUIREMENTS IN THE 1968 NEW YORK CITY
BUILDING CODE AND THE DOB CODES PERTAINING TO FIRE PROTECTION AND LIFE
SAFETY, WHETHER OR NOT THE DEADLINE TO COMPLY WITH SUCH PROVISIONS
PRECEDED THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION. IN BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES
WHERE THE DEADLINE PRECEDED THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, SUCH
BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES SHALL HAVE THREE YEARS TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE.
WHERE THE DEADLINE HAS NOT YET PASSED, EXISTING BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
SHALL HAVE AS MUCH TIME TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE AS EACH SUCH RETROACTIVE
REQUIREMENT ORIGINALLY AFFORDED EXISTING BUILDINGS WHEN IT BECAME EFFEC-
TIVE.
4. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR COOPERATION WITH DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION OF A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE INHABIT-
ANTS. THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR AND THE COMMISSIONER OF ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION OF A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE INHABIT-
ANTS SHALL COOPERATE IN PROVIDING NOTIFICATION OF, AND SHARING RELEVANT
INFORMATION ABOUT ASBESTOS ABATEMENT PROJECTS IN SUCH CITY AT ALL BUILD-
INGS AND STRUCTURES OWNED, LEASED OR OPERATED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK
OR A STATE AGENCY, AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED
SEVENTY-TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND SHALL OTHERWISE COOPERATE AS
NECESSARY, IN ORDER TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE SAFETY OF SUCH PROJECTS.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.