File #: Int 0786-2022    Version: * Name: Tenant education and outreach on residential vacate orders due to damage caused by fires.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Housing and Buildings
On agenda: 10/27/2022
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to tenant education and outreach on residential vacate orders due to damage caused by fires
Sponsors: Alexa Avilés, Farah N. Louis, Lincoln Restler, Rita C. Joseph, Kristin Richardson Jordan, Diana I. Ayala, Shaun Abreu, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Lynn C. Schulman
Council Member Sponsors: 9
Summary: This law would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, in consultation with the Fire Department and Department of Buildings, to develop procedures to ensure that occupants of multiple dwellings are informed of the process for the issuance of residential vacate orders following fires, including information on their rights of occupancy and responsibilities of landlords under all applicable laws.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 786, 2. Int. No. 786, 3. October 27, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 10-27-22, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - October 27, 2022

Int. No. 786

 

By Council Members Avilés, Louis, Restler, Joseph, Richardson Jordan, Ayala, Abreu, Gutiérrez and Schulman

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to tenant education and outreach on residential vacate orders due to damage caused by fires

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 26-306 to read as follows:

§ 26-306 Tenant education and outreach on residential vacate orders due to damage caused by fires.  The department of housing preservation and development, in consultation with the fire department and department of buildings, shall develop procedures to ensure that occupants of multiple dwellings are informed of the process for the issuance of residential vacate orders following fires, including information on their rights of occupancy and responsibilities of landlords under all applicable laws. Any written materials disseminated by the department pursuant to this section shall be made available in the top ten languages most commonly spoken within the city as determined by the department of city planning.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

 

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LS #10307

10/19/22