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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2022
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  FERNANDEZ  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the  administrative  code  of  the
   city of New York, in relation to imposing certain penalties related to
   violations  of  building  and fire code standards within fourteen days
   and increasing certain fines for violations of housing standards

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 382 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. ANY PENALTY LEVIED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION ON A
 PERSON  WHO  IS IN VIOLATION OF THE UNIFORM FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING
 CODE AND WHO HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH AN ORDER TO REMEDY SUCH VIOLATION
 WITHIN THE TIME FIXED BY THE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED  BY  THE  SECRETARY
 PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF THIS
 ARTICLE SHALL BE ASSESSED AND IMPOSED SUCH PENALTY WITHIN FOURTEEN  DAYS
 OF  SUCH VIOLATION. SUCH PERSON SHALL BE NOTIFIED AT SUCH TIME THAT SUCH
 PENALTY HAS BEEN IMPOSED.
   § 2. Subdivision (a) of section 27-2115 of the administrative code  of
 the  city  of New York, as amended by local law number 65 of the city of
 New York for the year 1987, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) A person who violates any law relating to housing standards  shall
 be subject to a civil penalty of not less than [ten] ONE HUNDRED dollars
 nor  more  than  [fifty]  FIVE  HUNDRED  dollars  for each non-hazardous
 violation, not less than [twenty-five] FIVE  HUNDRED  dollars  nor  more
 than  one THOUSAND FIVE hundred dollars and ten dollars per day for each
 hazardous violation, [fifty] ONE THOUSAND dollars per day for each imme-
 diately hazardous violation, occurring in a multiple dwelling containing
 five or fewer dwelling units, from the date set for  correction  in  the
 notice  of violation until the violation is corrected, and not less than
 [fifty] ONE THOUSAND dollars nor more than [one hundred fifty] TEN THOU-
 SAND dollars  and,  in  addition,  one  [hundred  twenty-five]  THOUSAND
 dollars per day for each immediately hazardous violation, occurring in a
 multiple  dwelling  containing  more  than five dwelling units, from the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 date set for correction in the notice of violation until  the  violation
 is  corrected.    A  person  [wilfully] WILLFULLY making a false certif-
 ication of correction of a violation shall be subject to a civil penalty
 of not less than [fifty] TEN THOUSAND dollars nor more than [two hundred
 fifty]  TWENTY-FIVE  THOUSAND  dollars for each violation falsely certi-
 fied, in addition to the other penalties herein provided.   ANY  PENALTY
 LEVIED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE ASSESSED AND IMPOSED WITHIN
 FOURTEEN  DAYS  OF  SUCH VIOLATION AND SUCH PERSON IN VIOLATION SHALL BE
 NOTIFIED AT SUCH TIME THAT SUCH PENALTY HAS BEEN IMPOSED.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.