NY State Senate Bill 2019-S6918

Senate Bill S6918

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires owners and agents of multiple residences and multiple dwellings to provide names and contact information of residents to emergency personnel

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

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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Jan 08, 2020	referred to housing, construction and community development
Dec 20, 2019	referred to rules

2019-S6918 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:: Multiple Residence Law
Laws Affected:: Add §16, Mult Res L; add §15, Mult Dwell L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S240
2023-2024: S2294

2019-S6918 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires owners and agents of multiple residences and multiple dwellings to provide names and contact information of residents to emergency personnel where the physical safety of such residents must be accounted for by ascertaining their whereabouts.

2019-S6918 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6918

SPONSOR: MAYER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the multiple residence law and the multiple dwelling
law, in relation to requiring owners and agents of multiple residences
and multiple dwellings to provide names and contact information of resi-
dents to emergency personnel

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to insure that emergency services are able
to determine the safety of the residents of a building after a fire.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends the multiple residence law by adding a new section 16,
which provides for owners or agents of multiple residences to provide
emergency personnel names and contact information of affected residents
in the case of an emergency.

Section 2 amends the multiple dwelling law by adding a new section 15,
which provides for owners or agents of multiple dwelling to provide
emergency personnel names and contact information of affected residents
in the case of an emergency.

Section 3 sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

On August 11, 2019, a fire in a Yonkers Apartment building displaced
eighty-six people displaced from their homes. The fire caused excessive
damage to the five-story building and took 60 firefighters.  Luckily, no
one was injured by the fire but during the blaze emergency responders
were unable to determine who was safely out of the building. When emer-
gency personnel contacted the building ownership to determine if every-
one was safely evacuated, it was difficult to get a list of who was
living in the building and their contact.

In the case of an emergency, first responders are best equipped to do
their job and prevent the loss of life when they are fully informed.
When triaging an emergency preventing the loss of life or injury is
critical but when the information required to do so is with held this
task in even more difficult.

This bill seeks to help preserve the life and health of residents of
multiple dwelling/residence building by enabling emergency personnel to
have access to the information they need.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect thirty (30) days after becoming law.

2019-S6918 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6918
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 20, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the multiple residence law  and  the  multiple  dwelling
   law, in relation to requiring owners and agents of multiple residences
   and  multiple  dwellings  to  provide names and contact information of
   residents to emergency personnel
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  multiple  residence  law  is amended by adding a new
 section 16 to read as follows:
   § 16. MULTIPLE RESIDENCE EMERGENCY INFORMATION.  IN  THE  CASE  OF  AN
 EMERGENCY  AFFECTING  A  MULTIPLE  RESIDENCE, THE OWNER OR AGENT OF SUCH
 MULTIPLE RESIDENCE SHALL PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL,  INCLUDING
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, WITH THE NAMES AND
 CONTACT  INFORMATION  OF  ALL  AFFECTED  RESIDENTS  OR OCCUPANTS OF SUCH
 MULTIPLE RESIDENCE AS IS REQUIRED TO ASCERTAIN THE SAFETY OF SUCH  RESI-
 DENTS OR OCCUPANTS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AN EMERGENCY SHALL
 INCLUDE  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO FIRES, GAS LEAKS, BUILDING COLLAPSES,
 NATURAL DISASTERS, ACTS OF TERRORISM AND OTHER EVENTS WHERE THE PHYSICAL
 SAFETY OF RESIDENTS MUST BE ACCOUNTED FOR BY ASCERTAINING  THEIR  WHERE-
 ABOUTS.
   §  2.  The multiple dwelling law is amended by adding a new section 15
 to read as follows:
   § 15. MULTIPLE DWELLING EMERGENCY INFORMATION. IN THE CASE OF AN EMER-
 GENCY AFFECTING A MULTIPLE DWELLING, THE OWNER OR AGENT OF SUCH MULTIPLE
 DWELLING SHALL PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED TO LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, WITH THE NAMES AND CONTACT
 INFORMATION  OF  ALL  AFFECTED  RESIDENTS  OR OCCUPANTS OF SUCH MULTIPLE
 DWELLING AS IS REQUIRED TO ASCERTAIN THE SAFETY  OF  SUCH  RESIDENTS  OR
 OCCUPANTS.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AN EMERGENCY SHALL INCLUDE
 BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO FIRES,  GAS  LEAKS,  BUILDING  COLLAPSES,  NATURAL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD13880-01-9

 S. 6918                             2
 
 DISASTERS,  ACTS OF TERRORISM AND OTHER EVENTS WHERE THE PHYSICAL SAFETY
 OF RESIDENTS MUST BE ACCOUNTED FOR BY ASCERTAINING THEIR WHEREABOUTS.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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