File #: Int 0278-2022    Version: * Name: Requiring secure package storage in certain buildings.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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 secure package storage in certain buildings
Sponsors: Chi A. Ossé, Shahana K. Hanif, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Marjorie Velázquez, Althea V. Stevens, Kamillah Hanks, Christopher Marte, Lynn C. Schulman, Kevin C. Riley, Mercedes Narcisse, Kristin Richardson Jordan, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Farah N. Louis, Robert F. Holden, Lincoln Restler, Shaun Abreu, Shekar Krishnan, Crystal Hudson, Inna Vernikov, (by request of the Brooklyn Borough President)
Council Member Sponsors: 19
Summary: This bill would require a secure package storage area in any residential building constructed or undergoing major renovations on or after January 1, 2023. The package storage area could consist of a designated room or locker with access restricted to property personnel, tenants, subtenants and delivery service companies.
Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 278, 2. Int. No. 278, 3. April 28, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4-28-22, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - April 28, 2022

Int. No. 278

 

By Council Members Ossé, Hanif, Brooks-Powers, Velázquez, Stevens, Hanks, Marte, Schulman, Riley, Narcisse, Richardson Jordan, Gutiérrez, Louis, Holden, Restler, Abreu, Krishnan, Hudson and Vernikov (by request of the Brooklyn Borough President)

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring secure package storage in certain buildings

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 5 of title 28 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new article 507 to read as follows:

ARTICLE 507

SECURE PACKAGE STORAGE

 

§ 28-507.1 Applicability. This section shall apply to any class A multiple dwelling constructed after January 1, 2023, and any existing class A multiple dwelling undergoing “work not constituting minor alterations or ordinary repairs” as defined in section 28-105.4.2.1 after January 1, 2023.

 

§ 28-507.2 Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the term “secure package storage” means a designated room or locker used for the temporary storage of packages that is designed and secured to prevent unauthorized access.

 

§ 28-507.3 Secure package storage. The owner of a building to which this article is applicable shall make available secure package storage. The owner shall restrict access to building and property personnel, tenants, subtenants, and delivery service companies only.

 

§ 28-507.4 General. The location and description of such secure package storage shall be clearly identified on construction documents. The department shall adopt rules and/or reference standards governing the implementation and location of such secure package storage.

 

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

 

 

 

Session 12

EJL

LS #2317/8412

4/21/2022

 

Session 11

TSW/IP/AW/EL

LS # 10061

Int. 2280-2021