Assembly Bill A415

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the remediation and prevention of indoor mold and requiring the disclosure of indoor mold history upon the sale of certain real property

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • 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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2021-A415 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Add §16-a, Pub Hous L; add Art 48-A §4809, Pub Health L; amd §462, add §235-i, RP L; add §27-2009.3, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4549
2011-2012: A1466
2013-2014: A1127
2015-2016: A969
2017-2018: A4964
2019-2020: A662, A10895
2023-2024: A4887

2021-A415 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the remediation and prevention of indoor mold; requires the disclosure of indoor mold history upon the sale of certain real property; requires notification to prospective lessees; directs the commissioner of housing and community renewal and the commissioner of health to promulgate rules and standards for the remediation and prevention of indoor mold.

2021-A415 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    415
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, LUPARDO, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored
   by -- M. of A.  BENEDETTO, ENGLEBRIGHT, GOTTFRIED, GUNTHER,  PERRY  --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Housing
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public housing law, the public health law, and the
   real property law, in relation to the remediation  and  prevention  of
   indoor  mold  and requiring the disclosure of indoor mold history upon
   the sale of certain real property; and to amend the real property  law
   and  the  administrative  code of the city of New York, in relation to
   requiring notice of indoor mold  history  to  prospective  lessees  of
   apartments
 
   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
 16-a to read as follows:
   §  16-A.  POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSIONER WITH RESPECT TO INDOOR
 MOLD. 1. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING  TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "MOLD" MEANS ANY FORM OF MULTICELLULAR FUNGI THAT LIVE ON PLANT OR
 ANIMAL MATTER AND IN INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS. TYPES OF MOLD INCLUDE, BUT ARE
 NOT  LIMITED  TO,  CLADOSPORIUM,  PENICILLIUM,  ALTERNARIA, ASPERGILLUS,
 FUSARIUM, TRICHODERMA, MEMNONIELLA, MUCOR, AND  STACHYBOTRYS  CHARTARUM,
 OFTEN FOUND IN WATER DAMAGED BUILDING MATERIALS.
   (B) "AFFECT" MEANS TO CAUSE A CONDITION BY THE PRESENCE OF MOLD IN THE
 DWELLING  UNIT,  BUILDING,  APPURTENANT  STRUCTURE, COMMON WALL, HEATING
 SYSTEM, OR VENTILATING AND AIR  CONDITIONING  SYSTEM  THAT  AFFECTS  THE
 INDOOR AIR QUALITY OF A DWELLING UNIT OR BUILDING.
   (C)  "ACCEPTABLE  EXPOSURE  LIMIT" MEANS A LEVEL OF MOLD THAT WILL NOT
 ADVERSELY AFFECT THE HEALTH OF RESIDENTS OF PUBLIC  HOUSING  UNITS,  AND
 DOES NOT POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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