Int. No. 1023
By Council Members Rivera, Avilés, Richardson Jordan, Abreu, Louis, Riley, Restler, Hanif, Hudson, Krishnan, Cabán, Schulman, Brewer, Ung, Farías, Sanchez, De La Rosa, Ayala and Williams
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the declaration of a public nuisance by the department of housing preservation and development in connection with lead hazards
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision b of section 27-2114 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 805 for the year 1984, is amended by adding a new paragraph i to read as follows:
i. Where the department of health and mental hygiene issues a commissioner’s order to correct or remediate a condition pursuant to section 27-2056.14 of the code or section 173.13 of the health code or any successor rule related to the issuance of orders requiring the correction or remediation of lead hazards, the department shall, subject to the notice and filing requirements contained in subdivision b of this section, declare such lead hazard to constitute a public nuisance. The department may also declare, in the instance of multiple violations of article 14 of subchapter 2 of this chapter, that such violations constitute a public nuisance.
§ 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.
MJC/SIL
LS 2290, 4096, 5922
4/19/23