File #: Int 0609-2024    Version: * Name: Requiring the department of housing preservation and development to report on the special repair fund.
Type: Introduction Status: Laid Over in Committee
Committee: Committee on Housing and Buildings
On agenda: 3/7/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of housing preservation and development to report on the special repair fund
Sponsors: Shekar Krishnan, Alexa Avilés, Lincoln Restler, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Lynn C. Schulman, Chi A. Ossé, Carlina Rivera , Julie Won, Pierina Ana Sanchez, Erik D. Bottcher, Diana I. Ayala, Christopher Marte, Farah N. Louis, Tiffany Cabán, Crystal Hudson, Sandy Nurse, (in conjunction with the Brooklyn Borough Presiden
Council Member Sponsors: 16
Summary: This bill would require the department of housing preservation and development to report on its use of the special repair fund, including the source and amount of money deposited into the fund, the amount of money disbursed by the fund, and the types and location of repairs financed by the fund.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 609, 2. Int. No. 609, 3. March 7, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 3-7-24, 5. Committee Report 4/25/24, 6. Hearing Testimony 4/25/24, 7. Hearing Transcript 4/25/24, 8. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - March 7, 2024

Int. No. 609

 

By Council Members Krishnan, Avilés, Restler, Brewer, Gutiérrez, Schulman, Ossé, Rivera, Won, Sanchez, Bottcher, Ayala, Marte, Louis, Cabán, Hudson and Nurse (in conjunction with the Brooklyn Borough President)

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of housing preservation and development to report on the special repair fund

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Section 27-2111 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:

§ 27-2111 Moneys collected by department payable to special repair fund. a. All penalties and all other moneys recovered for costs, expenses and disbursements that are reimbursable under this code for the repair or rehabilitation of a dwelling shall be paid into a separate fund in the treasury of the city. Such fund shall be available to the department for the purpose of meeting the costs, expenses and disbursements for the repair or rehabilitation of dwellings pursuant to the provisions of this code.

b. No later than September 1 of each year, the department shall submit to the council and post on its website a report describing the deposits into and disbursements from the special repair fund established pursuant to this section. The report shall include the following information for the prior fiscal year:

1. A table in which each row references a building address from which the department has collected any moneys that have been deposited into the special repair fund, and which indicates, for each building address, the unique identification number and description for any corresponding violations, whether the moneys were collected as a penalty or reimbursement, the date of collection, the docket number for any corresponding litigation, and the unique identification number for any corresponding work orders;

2. The total amount deposited in the special repair fund;

3. A table in which each row references a building address where the department has made repairs using any moneys from the special repair fund, and which indicates, for each building address, the unique identification number and description of any violations corrected, the date the repairs were completed, the docket number for any corresponding litigation, and the unique identification number for any corresponding work order; and

4. The total amount disbursed from the special repair fund.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 60 days after it becomes law.

 

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LS # 12255

04/07/2023