Assembly Bill A554

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes administrative enforcement of state and local housing maintenance laws

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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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2023-A554 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Multiple Dwelling Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Mult Dwell L; amd §304, Mult Res L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5674
2011-2012: A1773
2013-2014: A3412
2015-2016: A562
2017-2018: A3589
2019-2020: A660
2021-2022: A1356

2023-A554 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes localities to establish administrative proceedings for the enforcement of state and local housing maintenance codes; permits administratively imposed penalties to be docketed and enforced in the same manner as a judgment in a civil action without further judicial proceedings.

2023-A554 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    554
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling law  and  the  multiple  residence
   law,  in  relation  to  authorizing administrative imposition of civil
   penalties in the enforcement of state and  local  housing  maintenance
   laws

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs a and b of subdivision 4 of  section  3  of  the
 multiple  dwelling  law,  as amended by chapter 516 of the laws of 1983,
 are amended to read as follows:
   a.  Any city, town or village may make local laws, ordinances,  resol-
 utions  or  regulations not less restrictive than those provided in this
 chapter and may provide for their  enforcement  by  legal  or  equitable
 actions  or proceedings, OR BY ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS, and prescribe
 the penalties, sanctions and remedies for violations thereof.    In  the
 enforcement  and  administration  of  this  chapter  in  a city of three
 hundred twenty-five thousand or more persons, the  penalties,  sanctions
 and  remedies enacted by local law may be applied, notwithstanding their
 inconsistency with this chapter, or the provisions of this chapter.
   b. In a city of three hundred twenty-five thousand  or  more  persons,
 such  local  laws  may authorize such actions or proceedings against the
 owner, lessee of a whole multiple dwelling, agent or other person having
 control of such dwelling, and any  responsible  party,  or  against  the
 dwelling in rem. Such local laws may further authorize (1) that civil OR
 ADMINISTRATIVELY  IMPOSED  penalties  may be enforced against the person
 liable therefor, and that in addition to the methods of enforcement  for
 judgments established in the civil practice law and rules, a lien may be
 imposed  against  the  premises  and  the rents therefrom; (2) that such
 civil OR ADMINISTRATIVELY IMPOSED penalties may be enforced against  the
 dwelling by the imposition of a lien against the rents therefrom.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00780-01-3
              

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