NYC Council Introduction 90

intro.nyc/0090-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Strengthening Fire Safety Bill Package - Requiring the FDNY to provide annual fire hazard-identification trainings to HPD inspectors and DOB inspectors, requiring such inspectors to notify owners and tenants of hazards.
Status: Committee Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
Sponsored by Pierina Ana Sanchez
Introduced: February 8, 2024

This bill would create an obligation for Department of Housing Preservation and Development inspectors and Department of Buildings inspectors to receive annual fire-hazard identification training from the Fire Department and would obligate inspectors to notify owners of external and internal fire hazards including, but not limited to, hanging wires; appliances; battery-charged vehicles or devices; flammable materials, liquids, and debris; building defects; and inaccessible exits and fire escapes.