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Assembly Bill A10062

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires braille labeling in dwellings in public housing projects in the state

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2023-A10062 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9240
Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Add §223-c, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A5812, S6827

2023-A10062 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all dwellings in projects located within the state to include braille labeling on all room numbers, elevator buttons, and directional signage in common areas in such dwellings.

2023-A10062 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10062
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 2, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. DILAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to requiring braille
   labeling in dwellings in public housing projects in the state
 
   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
 223-c to read as follows:
   § 223-C. BRAILLE  LABELING  REQUIREMENT.  ALL  DWELLINGS  IN  PROJECTS
 LOCATED  WITHIN  THE  STATE  SHALL  INCLUDE BRAILLE LABELING ON ALL ROOM
 NUMBERS, ELEVATOR BUTTONS, AND DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE IN  COMMON  AREAS  IN
 SUCH DWELLINGS.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15355-01-4

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