Assembly Bill A742

                             
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                                    742
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   owners  of  multiple  dwellings  in  cities  with  a population of one
   million or more to designate a secure space for packages to be  deliv-
   ered to
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The section heading of section 57 of the multiple  dwelling
 law is amended and a new subdivision 3 is added to read as follows:
   Bells; mail receptacles; PACKAGES.
   3.  (A)  IN  CITIES WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, WHENEVER
 THE OWNER OF A MULTIPLE DWELLING HAS NOT ARRANGED  FOR  PACKAGES  TO  BE
 DELIVERED  TO  OCCUPANTS THEREOF BY SUCH OWNER, OR SUCH OWNER'S AGENT OR
 EMPLOYEES, SUCH OWNER SHALL DESIGNATE A SECURE SPACE WITHIN THE BUILDING
 FOR PACKAGES TO BE DELIVERED TO.   SUCH SPACE MAY  BE  A  PACKAGE  ROOM,
 MANAGEMENT OFFICE, CLOSET, OR OTHER SIMILARLY DESIGNATED SPACE, AND SUCH
 SPACE SHALL BE:
   (I) LOCKED;
   (II)  ACCESSIBLE  ONLY  TO  STAFF, RESIDENTS OR DELIVERY PEOPLE WITH A
 KEY;
   (III) MONITORED BY A CAMERA OR OTHER SURVEILLANCE DEVICE; AND
   (IV) A SPACE OTHER THAN THE BUILDING VESTIBULE OR LOBBY.
   (B) THE CREATION  OF  SUCH  PACKAGE  ROOM  SHALL  NOT  RESULT  IN  ANY
 INCREASED  COST  TO  THE  TENANT.  IF  NO SUCH SPACE IS AVAILABLE IN THE
 BUILDING, THEN BUILDING STAFF ARE REQUIRED TO DELIVER  PACKAGES  TO  THE
 DOORWAYS OF THE RESIDENTS TO WHICH THEY ARE ADDRESSED.
   (C)  FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL RESULT IN THE OWNER
 OF THE MULTIPLE DWELLING BEING  RESPONSIBLE  FOR  THE  FULL  REPLACEMENT
 PRICE  OF  ANY  ITEM  LOST  OR  STOLEN, SO LONG AS THE TENANT IS ABLE TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF LOSS AND THE VALUE OF SUCH  LOST  OR  STOLEN  ITEMS.
 SUCH  EVIDENCE  MAY INCLUDE A DELIVERY CONFIRMATION.  A TENANT SHALL NOT
 BE REQUIRED TO FILE A POLICE REPORT OR SIMILAR  DOCUMENTATION  TO  PROVE
 THE LOSS OF SUCH ITEM.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.