S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3819--A
Cal. No. 430
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 30, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, FERNANDEZ, HARCKHAM, JACKSON, SEPULVEDA --
read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development --
reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the executive law and the administrative code of the
city of New York, in relation to imposing certain penalties related to
violations of building and fire code standards within fourteen days
and increasing certain fines for violations of housing standards
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 382 of the executive law, as
amended by chapter 571 of the laws of 2021, is amended and a new subdi-
vision 5 is added to read as follows:
2. A. Any person, having been served, either personally or by regis-
tered or certified mail, with an order to remedy any condition found to
exist in, on, or about any building in violation of the uniform fire
prevention and building code, who shall fail to comply with such order
within the time fixed by the regulations promulgated by the secretary
pursuant to subdivision one of section three hundred eighty-one of this
article, such time period to be stated in the order, and any owner,
builder, architect, tenant, contractor, subcontractor, construction
superintendent or their agents or any other person taking part or
assisting in the construction of any building who shall knowingly
violate any of the applicable provisions of the uniform code or any
lawful order of a local government, a county or the secretary made ther-
eunder regarding standards for construction, maintenance, or fire
protection equipment and systems, shall be punishable by a fine of not
[more than one thousand dollars per day of violation, or imprisonment
not exceeding one year, or both for the first one hundred eighty days,
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07999-02-5
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and for the following one hundred eighty days shall be punishable by a
fine of no less than twenty-five dollars and not more than one thousand
dollars per day of violation or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or
both and thereafter shall be punishable by a fine of no less than fifty
dollars and not more than one thousand dollars per day of violation or
imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both] LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE
DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR EACH NON-HAZARDOUS
VIOLATION IN A MULTIPLE DWELLING CONTAINING TEN OR FEWER DWELLING UNITS.
B. FOR EACH HAZARDOUS VIOLATION OCCURRING IN A MULTIPLE DWELLING
CONTAINING TEN OR FEWER DWELLING UNITS, A PENALTY OF NOT LESS THAN FIFTY
DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY SHALL BE IMPOSED FROM
THE DATE SET FOR CORRECTION IN THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION UNTIL THE
VIOLATION IS CORRECTED.
C. FOR EACH IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS VIOLATION OCCURRING IN A MULTIPLE
DWELLING CONTAINING TEN OR FEWER DWELLING UNITS, A PENALTY OF NOT LESS
THAN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS PER DAY SHALL BE IMPOSED FROM THE DATE
SET FOR CORRECTION IN THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION UNTIL THE VIOLATION IS
CORRECTED.
D. FOR EACH NON-HAZARDOUS VIOLATION OCCURRING IN A MULTIPLE DWELLING
CONTAINING MORE THAN TEN DWELLING UNITS, A PENALTY OF NOT LESS THAN ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS SHALL BE
IMPOSED FROM THE DATE SET FOR CORRECTION IN THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION
UNTIL THE VIOLATION IS CORRECTED.
E. FOR EACH HAZARDOUS VIOLATION OCCURRING IN A MULTIPLE DWELLING
CONTAINING MORE THAN TEN DWELLING UNITS, A PENALTY NOT LESS THAN ONE
HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY SHALL
BE IMPOSED FROM THE DATE SET FOR CORRECTION IN THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION
UNTIL THE VIOLATION IS CORRECTED.
F. FOR EACH IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS VIOLATION OCCURRING IN A MULTIPLE
DWELLING CONTAINING MORE THAN TEN DWELLING UNITS, A PENALTY OF NOT LESS
THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY FOR EACH VIOLATION, FROM THE DATE SET
FOR CORRECTION IN THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION UNTIL THE VIOLATION IS
CORRECTED, OR IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING ONE YEAR, OR BOTH.
G. A PERSON MAKING A FALSE CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTION OF A VIOLATION
SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY IN THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS, IN ADDI-
TION TO THE OTHER PENALTIES HEREIN PROVIDED: NOT LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH IMME-
DIATELY HAZARDOUS VIOLATION FALSELY CERTIFIED, NOT LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED
FIFTY DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH HAZARDOUS
VIOLATION FALSELY CERTIFIED, AND NOT LESS THAN FIFTY DOLLARS NOR MORE
THAN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR EACH NON-HAZARDOUS VIOLATION FALSELY
CERTIFIED.
5. ANY DAILY PENALTY LEVIED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS
SECTION ON A PERSON WHO IS IN VIOLATION OF THE UNIFORM FIRE PREVENTION
AND BUILDING CODE AND WHO HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH AN ORDER TO REMEDY
SUCH VIOLATION WITHIN THE TIME FIXED BY THE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY
THE SECRETARY PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED
EIGHTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE ASSESSED NO LATER THAN THE FOUR-
TEENTH DAY OF SUCH VIOLATION.
§ 2. Subdivision (a) of section 27-2115 of the administrative code of
the city of New York, as amended by local law number 71 of the city of
New York for the year 2023, is amended to read as follows:
(a) In addition to any other penalty authorized by this chapter, a
person who violates any law relating to housing standards shall be
subject to a civil penalty as follows:
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(1) For each non-hazardous violation, not less than fifty dollars nor
more than one hundred fifty dollars, and, in addition, from the date set
for correction in the notice of violation until the violation is
corrected, twenty-five dollars per day;
(2) For each hazardous violation, not less than seventy-five dollars
nor more than five hundred dollars, and, in addition, from the date set
for correction in the notice of violation until the violation is
corrected, not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred
twenty-five dollars per day; and
(3) For each immediately hazardous violation:
(i) In a multiple dwelling containing [five] TEN or fewer dwelling
units, not less than one hundred fifty dollars nor more than seven
hundred fifty dollars, and, in addition, from the date set for
correction in the notice of violation until the violation is corrected,
not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred fifty dollars per
day; and
(ii) In a multiple dwelling containing more than [five] TEN dwelling
units, not less than one hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thou-
sand two hundred dollars, and, in addition, from the date set for
correction in the notice of violation until the violation is corrected,
not less than one hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand two
hundred dollars per day.
(4) Provided, however, that in addition to the other penalties herein
provided, a person who makes a false certification of correction of a
violation shall be subject to a civil penalty as follows:
(i) For each non-hazardous violation falsely certified, not less than
fifty dollars nor more than two hundred fifty dollars;
(ii) For each hazardous violation falsely certified, not less than two
hundred fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars; and
(iii) For each immediately hazardous violation falsely certified, not
less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
