File #: Int 0394-2024    Version: Name: Exterior wall inspection requirements.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted (Mayor's Desk for Signature)
Committee: Committee on Housing and Buildings
On agenda: 2/28/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to exterior wall inspection requirements
Sponsors: Keith Powers , Erik D. Bottcher, Shaun Abreu, Lincoln Restler, Gale A. Brewer, Shahana K. Hanif, Crystal Hudson, Lynn C. Schulman, Shekar Krishnan, Carlina Rivera , Yusef Salaam, Chris Banks, Farah N. Louis, Christopher Marte, Eric Dinowitz, Sandra Ung, Julie Menin, Nantasha M. Williams, Mercedes Narcisse, Carmen N. De La Rosa, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Diana I. Ayala, Rita C. Joseph, Kamillah Hanks, Joann Ariola , Vickie Paladino, (in conjunction with the Manhattan Borough Preside
Council Member Sponsors: 26
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Buildings (“DOB”) to complete a study evaluating the frequency of the Façade Inspection and Safety Program (“FISP”) and deliver recommendations concerning the inspection schedule to the Council by December 31, 2025. This bill would also eliminate the existing 5-year FISP cycle, and require DOB to adopt new rules establishing a longer interval of time between FISP cycles, provided that such periodic intervals are between 6 to 12 years. Additionally, this bill would replace the existing requirement that the initial façade examination for any new building be conducted in the fifth year following the erection or installation of any exterior wall or appurtenance with a requirement that such initial façade inspection be conducted in the eighth year.
Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required, Report Required, Sunset Date Applies
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 394-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 394, 3. Int. No. 394, 4. February 28, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 2-28-24, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - February 28, 2024, 7. Committee Report 6/25/24, 8. Hearing Testimony 6/25/24, 9. Hearing Transcript 6/25/24, 10. Proposed Int. No. 394-A - 3/19/25, 11. Committee Report 3/26/25, 12. Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council, 13. Fiscal Impact Statement - OMB, 14. Committee Report - Stated Meeting, 15. March 26, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda

Int. No. 394-A

By Council Members Powers, Bottcher, Abreu, Restler, Brewer, Hanif, Hudson, Schulman, Krishnan, Rivera, Salaam, Banks, Louis, Marte, Dinowitz, Ung, Menin, Williams, Narcisse, De La Rosa, Brooks-Powers, Ayala, Joseph, Hanks, Ariola and Paladino (in conjunction with the Manhattan Borough President)

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to exterior wall inspection requirements

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

                     Section 1. The department of buildings shall conduct a study regarding article 302 of chapter 3 of title 28 of the administrative code of the city of New York relating to the periodic inspections of exterior walls. Such study shall evaluate the appropriate time period within which critical examinations of a building’s exterior walls and appurtenances should be conducted. The department of buildings shall complete such study and make recommendations concerning the inspection schedule set forth in article 302 of chapter 3 of title 28 of the administrative code of the city of New York to the speaker of the city council by December 31, 2025.

§ 2. Section 28-302.2 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 126 for the year 2021, is amended to read as follows:

§ 28-302.2 Inspection requirements. A critical examination of a building's exterior walls and appurtenances thereof shall be conducted at periodic intervals as set forth by rule of the commissioner, [but such examination shall be conducted at least once during each five-year report filing cycle, as defined by rule of the department] provided such periodic intervals are between 6 to 12 years. The initial examination for a new building shall be conducted in the [fifth] eighth year following the erection or installation of any exterior wall [and/or] or appurtenances as evidenced by the issuance date of a temporary or final certificate of occupancy or as otherwise prescribed by rule.

 

1. Such examination shall be conducted on behalf of the building owner by or under the direct supervision of a registered design professional with appropriate qualifications as prescribed by the department.

 

2. Such examination shall include a complete review of the most recently prepared report and an inspection.

 

3. Such examination shall be conducted in accordance with rules promulgated by the commissioner.

 

§ 3. This local law takes effect October 1, 2026, except that section one of this local law takes effect immediately and expires and is deemed repealed upon submission of the recommendations to the speaker of the city council required by such section.

 

Session 13

APM

LS 6620/6192

3/18/2025 10:55pm

 

Session 12

APM

LS 6620/6192

3/13/2023