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                                   8019
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 30, 2019
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 Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Housing
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  housing law, in relation to requiring a
   conspicuous memorandum regarding the disruption of vital services
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The public housing law is amended by adding a new section
 402-e to read as follows:
   § 402-E. DISRUPTION OF VITAL SERVICES. 1. IN ORDER TO  ENSURE  COMPLI-
 ANCE  AND  ENFORCEMENT  OF THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY'S DUTY TO
 PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN HEAT, WATER, ELECTRICITY AND  ELEVATOR  SERVICE  TO
 TENANTS,  THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AND THE
 NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY SHALL DEVELOP AND AGREE TO A  MEMORANDUM
 OF  UNDERSTANDING,  TO  BE  PUBLISHED  CONSPICUOUSLY  ON  EACH  AGENCY'S
 WEBSITE, BY NOVEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, AND THEREAFTER  AMEND
 SUCH MEMORANDUM AND UPDATE SUCH PUBLIC POSTING AS NECESSARY.  SUCH MEMO-
 RANDUM  SHALL  DEFINE A PROCESS AND TIMEFRAMES BY WHICH RESIDENTS OF THE
 NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY WHO EXPERIENCE  A  DISRUPTION  IN  VITAL
 SERVICES  AS SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBDIVISION MAY REPORT SUCH DISRUPTION OF
 SERVICES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND  DEVELOPMENT  FOR
 ITS INSPECTION. A REPORTABLE DISRUPTION SHALL BE DEFINED AS THE UNSCHED-
 ULED INTERRUPTION OF ANY THE FOLLOWING SERVICES:
   (A) HEAT SERVICE;
   (B) HOT OR COLD WATER SERVICE;
   (C) ELECTRICITY SERVICE; OR
   (D) ELEVATOR SERVICE.
   2.  ALL  INSPECTIONS  AND  VERIFIED  LACK OF SERVICES PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION SHALL BE DOCUMENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HOUSING  PRESERVATION
 AND  DEVELOPMENT  AND  PUBLISHED  CONSPICUOUSLY ON ITS WEBSITE, AND WILL
 INDICATE WHAT LEVEL OF VIOLATION (A, B, OR C) THE CONDITION CONSTITUTES.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   3. TO DEVELOP AND MATERIALLY AMEND THE REQUIRED MEMORANDUM PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING  PRESERVATION
 AND  DEVELOPMENT AND THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY SHALL ESTABLISH
 AN ADVISORY GROUP TO BE COMPRISED OF EACH AGENCY'S  RELEVANT  PERSONNEL,
 REPRESENTATIVES OF PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS FROM EACH BOROUGH, A REPRESEN-
 TATIVE  OF  A  LEGAL  SERVICES  PROVIDER WITH EXPERIENCE IN REPRESENTING
 PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS IN HOUSING COURT, AND  A  REPRESENTATIVE  OF  ANY
 OTHER  ORGANIZATION OR CITY AGENCY DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT  AND  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY  HOUSING
 AUTHORITY.
   4.  NOTHING  IN  THIS  SECTION  SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT OR MODIFY THE
 MANNER IN WHICH A TENANT MAY REPORT UNSCHEDULED INTERRUPTION IN SERVICES
 TO THEIR PARTICULAR UNIT WHEN NOT ASSOCIATED WITH A BROADER BUILDING  OR
 DEVELOPMENT UNSCHEDULED INTERRUPTION OF SERVICES, OR TO LIMIT THE APPLI-
 CABILITY  OF  THE  WARRANTY  OF  HABITABILITY  TO  NEW YORK CITY HOUSING
 AUTHORITY APARTMENTS OR TO LIMIT THE AUTHORITY  OF  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY
 COUNCIL  TO  LEGISLATE  IN  THE  AREA OF HOUSING CODE VIOLATIONS OR WITH
 RESPECT TO THE NEW YORK CITY  DEPARTMENT  OF  HOUSING  PRESERVATION  AND
 DEVELOPMENT.
   5.  NOTHING  IN  THIS  SECTION  SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT OR MODIFY THE
 OBLIGATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT  TO
 INSPECT  AND  VERIFY THE EXISTENCE OF CONDITIONS OF ALL KINDS IN THE NEW
 YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.