Assembly Bill A3685

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   3685
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. TAPIA -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation  to  requiring  the  re-inspection  of  dwellings  with  mold
   violations
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  c of section 27-2017.3 of the administrative
 code of the city of New York, as added by local law  number  55  of  the
 city of New York for the year 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  1.  The  date  for  correction  of  a non-hazardous [or hazardous]
 violation pursuant to [subdivisions] SUBDIVISION a or b of this  section
 shall  be [as set forth in subdivision c of section 27-2115] THIRTY DAYS
 AFTER SERVICE OF THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION AS PROVIDED ON SUCH NOTICE.
   2. The date for correction of [an immediately] A  hazardous  violation
 pursuant  to  subdivision  a  OR B of this section shall be [twenty-one]
 FIFTEEN days after service of the notice of  violation  as  provided  on
 such notice.
   3.    THE  DATE  FOR  CORRECTION OF AN IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS VIOLATION
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION  SHALL  BE  SEVEN  DAYS  AFTER
 SERVICE OF THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION AS PROVIDED ON SUCH NOTICE.
   4.  The  department  may  postpone  the  date  by which an immediately
 hazardous violation issued pursuant to subdivision  a  of  this  section
 shall  be  corrected  upon  a  showing,  made  within  the  time set for
 correction in the notice, that prompt action to  correct  the  violation
 has  been  taken but that full correction cannot be completed within the
 time provided because of serious technical  difficulties,  inability  to
 obtain  necessary materials, funds or labor, inability to gain access to
 the dwelling unit wherein the violation exists, or such other portion of
 the building as may be necessary to make the required repair,  provided,
 however, that where such immediately hazardous violation has been issued
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 as  a  result  of  a reinspection of a hazardous violation that remained
 uncorrected, no postponement shall be granted. Such  postponement  shall
 not  exceed  [fourteen] SEVEN days from the date of correction set forth
 in the notice of violation. The department may require such other condi-
 tions  as  are deemed necessary to correct the violation within the time
 set for the postponement.
   § 2. Section 27-2017.6 of the administrative code of the city  of  New
 York is amended by adding a new subdivision f to read as follows:
   F. UPON RECEIPT OF A CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTION OF A VIOLATION ISSUED
 PURSUANT  TO SECTION 27-2017.3 OF THIS ARTICLE OR, IF THE DEPARTMENT HAS
 NOT RECEIVED A CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTION FOR SUCH VIOLATION, UPON  THE
 DATE  OF CORRECTION FOR SUCH VIOLATION AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 27-2017.3
 OF THIS ARTICLE, WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONDUCT AN
 INSPECTION OF THE CERTIFIED DWELLING WITHIN:
   1. THIRTY DAYS FOR A NON-HAZARDOUS VIOLATION;
   2. FIFTEEN DAYS FOR A HAZARDOUS VIOLATION; AND
   3. SEVEN DAYS FOR AN IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS VIOLATION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.