senate Bill S220

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires entities responsible for the provision of vital services to coordinate and work expeditiously to restore service whenever such service is interrupted

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee


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    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 28, 2023 reported and committed to finance
Jan 24, 2023 reported and committed to cities 1
Jan 04, 2023 referred to housing, construction and community development

Votes

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Feb 28, 2023 - Cities 1 committee Vote

S220
5
0
committee
5
Aye
0
Nay
2
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Cities 1 Committee Vote: Feb 28, 2023

aye wr (2)

Jan 24, 2023 - Housing, Construction and Community Development committee Vote

S220
8
1
committee
8
Aye
1
Nay
2
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Housing, Construction and Community Development Committee Vote: Jan 24, 2023

nay (1)
aye wr (2)

S220 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3866
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §402-e, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S7357, A9587

S220 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires entities responsible for the provision of vital services to coordinate and work expeditiously to restore service whenever such service is interrupted; includes gas as a vital service.

S220 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S220 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    220
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
   Community Development
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public housing law, in relation to requiring enti-
   ties responsible for the provision of vital services to coordinate and
   work expeditiously to restore service whenever such service is  inter-
   rupted
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 402-e of the public  housing  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  47  of  the laws of 2020, is amended and a new
 subdivision 5 is added to read as follows:
   1. In order to ensure compliance and enforcement of the New York  city
 housing  authority's  duty  to provide heat, water, electricity, GAS and
 elevator service, the New York  city  housing  authority  shall  publish
 information  regarding reported disruptions in such services, the length
 of such disruptions and the steps taken to restore services. Starting on
 May first, two thousand twenty, the  New  York  city  housing  authority
 shall  publish such information on its website. For six months after the
 original publication date, the New York  city  housing  authority  shall
 retain such information on its website.
   5.  A.  THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, OR ANY
 AGENCY OF THE CITY  OF  NEW  YORK  OR  STATE  AGENCY  CHARGED  WITH  THE
 INSPECTION OF CONDITIONS, REQUIRED TO REMEDY CONDITIONS, OR WITH GENERAL
 JURISDICTION TO REMEDY CONDITIONS, AND ANY UTILITY CORPORATION IN OWNER-
 SHIP  OR CONTROL OF THE METERS, PIPES, FITTINGS, WIRES AND OTHER APPARA-
 TUS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SERVICE TO A  RESIDENCE,  SHALL
 ENSURE THAT ALL INTERRUPTIONS OF VITAL SERVICES SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION
 ONE OF THIS SECTION BE REMEDIED AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS PRACTICABLE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01991-01-3

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