File #: Int 0750-2022    Version: Name: Proactive identification and inspection of multiple dwellings where children are at risk of lead poisoning.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Housing and Buildings
On agenda: 10/12/2022
Enactment date: 9/3/2023 Law number: 2023/127
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the proactive identification and inspection of multiple dwellings where children are at risk of lead poisoning
Sponsors: Diana I. Ayala, Pierina Ana Sanchez, Lincoln Restler, Rita C. Joseph, Nantasha M. Williams, Crystal Hudson, Alexa Avilés, James F. Gennaro, Shahana K. Hanif, Gale A. Brewer, Shaun Abreu, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Tiffany Cabán, Shekar Krishnan, Christopher Marte, Julie Won, Carmen N. De La Rosa, Mercedes Narcisse, Amanda Farías, Charles Barron, Kristin Richardson Jordan, Kevin C. Riley, Lynn C. Schulman, Chi A. Ossé, Farah N. Louis, Carlina Rivera , Eric Dinowitz
Council Member Sponsors: 28
Summary: This local law would create a proactive inspection requirement for buildings selected by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The departments would identify at least 200 residential buildings each year that may pose a risk of lead exposure to children who reside in such buildings and proactively inspect such buildings for lead-based paint violations.
Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 750-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 750, 3. Int. No. 750, 4. October 12, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 10-12-22, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - October 12, 2022, 7. Committee Report 4/25/23, 8. Hearing Testimony 4/25/23, 9. Hearing Transcript 4/25/23, 10. Proposed Int. No. 750-A - 7/27/23, 11. Committee Report 8/3/23, 12. Hearing Transcript 8/3/23, 13. Committee Report - Stated Meeting, 14. August 3, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 15. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 8-3-23, 16. Int. No. 750-A (FINAL), 17. Fiscal Impact Statement
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9/5/2023ADiana I. Ayala City Council Returned Unsigned by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/3/2023ADiana I. Ayala Administration City Charter Rule Adopted  Action details Meeting details Not available
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8/3/2023*Diana I. Ayala Committee on Housing and Buildings Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
8/3/2023*Diana I. Ayala Committee on Housing and Buildings Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
8/3/2023*Diana I. Ayala Committee on Housing and Buildings Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
8/3/2023ADiana I. Ayala Committee on Housing and Buildings Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
4/25/2023*Diana I. Ayala Committee on Housing and Buildings Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/25/2023*Diana I. Ayala Committee on Housing and Buildings Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/25/2023*Diana I. Ayala Committee on Health Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
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10/12/2022*Diana I. Ayala City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/12/2022*Diana I. Ayala City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 750-A

 

By Council Members Ayala, Sanchez, Restler, Joseph, Williams, Hudson, Avilés, Gennaro, Hanif, Brewer, Abreu, Brooks-Powers, Gutiérrez, Cabán, Krishnan, Marte, Won, De La Rosa, Narcisse, Farías, Barron, Richardson Jordan, Riley, Schulman, Ossé, Louis, Rivera and Dinowitz

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the proactive identification and inspection of multiple dwellings where children are at risk of lead poisoning

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Subdivision b of section 27-2056.17 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 70 for the year 2019, is amended to read as follows:

b. To determine compliance with the requirements of this article, in addition to the audits required by section 27-2056.7, the department shall audit the records required to be kept pursuant to this article, including pursuant to section 27-2056.4 and 27-2056.8, for a minimum of 200 buildings each fiscal year. Such additional 200 buildings shall also be inspected for violations of section 27-2056.6 in accordance with subdivision b of section 27-2056.9, and for violations of section 27-2056.8 in accordance with subdivision d-1 of section 27-2056.9. Such additional 200 buildings shall be selected by the department, in consultation with the department of health and mental hygiene, using criteria set forth in the rules of the department that shall include, but need not be limited to:

(1) buildings with peeling lead-based paint violations issued as a result of positive [XRF] x-ray fluorescence tests pursuant to section 27-2056.6, considering the number of such violations and data on the prevalence of elevated blood lead levels in certain geographic areas identified by the department of health and mental hygiene;

(2) buildings with violations that have been issued for other indicators of deteriorated subsurfaces including, but not limited to, mold and leaks, considering the number of such violations and data on the prevalence of elevated blood lead levels in certain geographic areas identified by the department of health and mental hygiene; and

(3) buildings [selected from a random sample of buildings based on data on the prevalence of elevated blood lead levels in certain geographic areas identified by the department of health and mental hygiene; and

(4) buildings selected from a random sample of buildings that are subject to the presumption in section 27-2056.5] with violations that have been issued pursuant to section 27-2056.8, considering the number of such violations and data on the prevalence of elevated blood lead levels in certain geographic areas identified by the department of health and mental hygiene.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 1 year after it becomes law.

 

 

 

 

 

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