File #: Int 0243-2022    Version: Name: Requiring multiple dwelling owners to post notices regarding electric space heater safety.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Housing and Buildings
On agenda: 4/28/2022
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring multiple dwelling owners to post notices regarding electric space heater safety
Sponsors: Shahana K. Hanif, Pierina Ana Sanchez, Althea V. Stevens, Nantasha M. Williams, Rita C. Joseph, Marjorie Velázquez, Amanda Farías, Lynn C. Schulman, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Kamillah Hanks, Charles Barron, Chi A. Ossé, Kristin Richardson Jordan, Diana I. Ayala, Lincoln Restler, Shaun Abreu, Mercedes Narcisse, Shekar Krishnan, Kevin C. Riley, Oswald Feliz, Sandy Nurse, Justin L. Brannan, Farah N. Louis, Julie Won, Carmen N. De La Rosa
Council Member Sponsors: 25
Summary: This bill would require owners of multiple dwellings to post notices for occupants and tenants regarding electric space heater safety in the common areas of such dwellings.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 243, 2. Int. No. 243, 3. April 28, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4-28-22, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - April 28, 2022, 6. Proposed Int. No. 243-A - 11/28/22, 7. Committee Report 12/6/22, 8. Hearing Testimony 12/6/22, 9. Hearing Transcript 12/6/22
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12/31/2023AShahana K. Hanif City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/6/2022*Shahana K. Hanif Committee on Housing and Buildings Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/6/2022*Shahana K. Hanif Committee on Housing and Buildings Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/6/2022*Shahana K. Hanif Committee on Housing and Buildings Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/28/2022*Shahana K. Hanif City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/28/2022*Shahana K. Hanif City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Proposed Int. No. 243-A

 

By Council Members Hanif, Sanchez, Stevens, Williams, Joseph, Velázquez, Farías, Schulman, Brooks-Powers, Hanks, Barron, Ossé, Richardson Jordan, Ayala, Restler, Abreu, Narcisse, Krishnan, Riley, Feliz, Nurse, Brannan, Louis, Won and De La Rosa

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring multiple dwelling owners to post notices regarding electric space heater safety

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Article 8 of subchapter 2 of chapter 2 of title 27 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 27-2032.1 to read as follows:

§ 27-2032.1 Electric space heater safety; notice. An owner of a multiple dwelling shall post conspicuously, in a form and manner to be determined by the commissioner, in the common areas of such building notices to occupants and tenants regarding electric space heater safety in the designated citywide languages, as determined pursuant to section 23-1101 and any additional languages as determined by the department in consultation with local community organizations. Each such notice shall recommend:

1. Purchasing an electric space heater with the seal of a qualified testing laboratory, such as Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.;

2. Choosing a heater with a thermostat and overheat protection, including tip-over automatic shut-off functionality;

3. Operating the heater at least 3 feet away from anything flammable;

4. Operating the heater only on a solid, flat surface;

5. Keeping the heater away from heavily trafficked areas in the dwelling;

6. Never blocking a dwelling exit;

7. Keeping children and pets away from the heater;

8. Plugging the heater directly into the wall outlet and never using an extension cord or surge protector;

9. Turning off and unplugging the heater when leaving a room or going to sleep; and

10. Any additional recommendations issued by the department.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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