Assembly Bill A10286

                             
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                                   10286
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 13, 2022
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 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Dinowitz) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Housing
 
 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. 1.  IN THE CASE OF AN
 EMERGENCY AFFECTING A MULTIPLE RESIDENCE, THE OWNER  OR  AGENT  OF  SUCH
 MULTIPLE  RESIDENCE  SHALL PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL, UPON THE
 REQUEST OF SUCH EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL, INCLUDING BUT  NOT  LIMITED
 TO  LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, WITH THE NAMES AND CONTACT INFOR-
 MATION OF ALL AFFECTED RESIDENTS OR OCCUPANTS AS LISTED IN THE LEASE  OF
 SUCH  MULTIPLE  RESIDENCE 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 DISASTERS, ACTS OF TERRORISM AND OTHER  EVENTS  WHERE
 THE  PHYSICAL  SAFETY OF RESIDENTS MUST BE ACCOUNTED FOR BY ASCERTAINING
 THEIR WHEREABOUTS.
   2. THE OWNER OR AGENT OF SUCH MULTIPLE RESIDENCE SHALL UPDATE THE LIST
 OF NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION OF ALL AFFECTED RESIDENTS OR  OCCUPANTS
 OF  SUCH  MULTIPLE  RESIDENCE  UPON  THE EXECUTION OF A NEW LEASE, LEASE
 RENEWAL OR LEASE AMENDMENT. SPECIFIC AND INFORMED WRITTEN CONSENT  SHALL
 BE  OBTAINED  BY  THE OWNER OR AGENT OF THE MULTIPLE RESIDENCE FROM EACH
 OCCUPANT OR RESIDENT EACH TIME THE LIST IS UPDATED AND NO OCCUPANT'S  OR
 RESIDENT'S  NAME  OR  CONTACT INFORMATION SHALL BE INCLUDED IN SUCH LIST
 WITHOUT THEIR SPECIFIC AND  INFORMED  WRITTEN  CONSENT.  WRITTEN  NOTICE
 SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE OCCUPANT OR RESIDENT ABOUT THE CONTACT LIST AND
 SHALL  INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THAT SUCH LIST IS MAINTAINED BY THE
 OWNER AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF OPTING-OUT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02663-04-2
              

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   3. SUCH LIST OF NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION SHALL ONLY BE MAINTAINED
 FOR THE PURPOSE OF AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION  AND  SHALL  NOT  BE  DISSEM-
 INATED,  USED  OR ACCESSED BY EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL FOR ANY OTHER
 PURPOSES.
   §  2.  The multiple dwelling law is amended by adding a new section 15
 to read as follows:
   § 15. MULTIPLE DWELLING EMERGENCY INFORMATION. 1.  IN THE CASE  OF  AN
 EMERGENCY  AFFECTING  A  MULTIPLE  DWELLING,  THE OWNER OR AGENT OF SUCH
 MULTIPLE DWELLING SHALL PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICE  PERSONNEL,  UPON  THE
 REQUEST  OF  SUCH EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, WITH THE NAMES AND CONTACT  INFOR-
 MATION  OF ALL AFFECTED RESIDENTS OR OCCUPANTS AS LISTED IN THE LEASE 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  DISASTERS, ACTS OF TERRORISM AND OTHER EVENTS WHERE
 THE PHYSICAL SAFETY OF RESIDENTS MUST BE ACCOUNTED FOR  BY  ASCERTAINING
 THEIR WHEREABOUTS.
   2.  THE OWNER OR AGENT OF SUCH MULTIPLE DWELLING SHALL UPDATE THE LIST
 OF NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION OF ALL AFFECTED RESIDENTS OR  OCCUPANTS
 OF  SUCH  MULTIPLE  DWELLING  UPON  THE  EXECUTION OF A NEW LEASE, LEASE
 RENEWAL OR LEASE AMENDMENT.  SPECIFIC AND INFORMED WRITTEN CONSENT SHALL
 BE OBTAINED BY THE OWNER OR AGENT OF THE  MULTIPLE  DWELLING  FROM  EACH
 OCCUPANT  OR RESIDENT EACH TIME THE LIST IS UPDATED AND NO OCCUPANT'S OR
 RESIDENT'S NAME OR CONTACT INFORMATION SHALL BE INCLUDED  IN  SUCH  LIST
 WITHOUT  THEIR  SPECIFIC  AND  INFORMED  WRITTEN CONSENT. WRITTEN NOTICE
 SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE OCCUPANT OR RESIDENT ABOUT THE CONTACT LIST AND
 SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THAT SUCH LIST IS MAINTAINED BY  THE
 OWNER AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF OPTING-OUT.
   3. SUCH LIST OF NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION SHALL ONLY BE MAINTAINED
 FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  AN  EMERGENCY EVACUATION AND SHALL NOT BE DISSEM-
 INATED, USED OR ACCESSED BY EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL FOR  ANY  OTHER
 PURPOSES.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.