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                                    220
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
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 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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   B.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "EXPEDITIOUSLY AS PRACTICABLE"
 SHALL MEAN A REQUIREMENT THAT EACH RESPONSIBLE ENTITY DESCRIBED IN PARA-
 GRAPH A OF THIS  SUBDIVISION  TAKE  ALL  AVAILABLE  ACTIONS  TO  RESTORE
 SERVICE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (I) APPLYING FOR EMERGENCY REPAIR PERMITS;
   (II)  COORDINATING  WITH  ALL  RELEVANT AGENCIES AND CORPORATIONS ON A
 PLAN OF RESTORATION;
   (III) COMMUNICATING SAID RESTORATION PLAN TO ALL  AFFECTED  RESIDENTS;
 AND
   (IV)  MITIGATING  THE EFFECTS OF SERVICE INTERRUPTION THROUGH MONETARY
 COMPENSATION OR REBATE.
   C. ANY UTILITY CORPORATION IN OWNERSHIP  OR  CONTROL  OF  THE  METERS,
 PIPES,  FITTINGS,  WIRES  AND OTHER APPARATUS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ESTAB-
 LISHMENT OF SERVICE TO A RESIDENCE WHO CANNOT DEMONSTRATE A  GOOD  FAITH
 EFFORT TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE LIABLE
 FOR  A  PENALTY  OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR EACH AFFECTED OCCUPIED
 UNIT FOR EACH DAY DURING WHICH SERVICE REMAINS INTERRUPTED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.