Details Meeting Name: Committee on Housing and Buildings Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 12/6/2022 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Committee Room - City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS Meeting Items (18) 18 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia                     Roll call Not available T2022-2415 *       Oversight - Examining the City’s Tools for Enforcing the Housing Maintenance Code. Oversight   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available T2022-2415 *       Oversight - Examining the City’s Tools for Enforcing the Housing Maintenance Code. Oversight   Filed, by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0163-2022 * Robert F. Holden     Requiring photographic documentation evidencing certain violations enforced by the dept of HPD. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to submit photographic documentation when issuing a notice of violation where the underlying condition is visual and capable of being captured by photograph. The Department would also be required to publish a list of violations subject to this requirement on its website. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0163-2022 * Robert F. Holden     Requiring photographic documentation evidencing certain violations enforced by the dept of HPD. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to submit photographic documentation when issuing a notice of violation where the underlying condition is visual and capable of being captured by photograph. The Department would also be required to publish a list of violations subject to this requirement on its website. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0204-2022 * Pierina Ana Sanchez     Raising the inspection fees for certain housing inspections. Introduction This bill would raise the fees for certain complaint-based housing inspections where multiple heat and hot water or immediately hazardous violations have been issued from $200 to $500. It would also provide the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development the authority to raise the fees to a maximum of $1,000. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0204-2022 * Pierina Ana Sanchez     Raising the inspection fees for certain housing inspections. Introduction This bill would raise the fees for certain complaint-based housing inspections where multiple heat and hot water or immediately hazardous violations have been issued from $200 to $500. It would also provide the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development the authority to raise the fees to a maximum of $1,000. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0243-2022 * Shahana K. Hanif   Proposed Int. No. 243-A Requiring multiple dwelling owners to post notices regarding electric space heater safety. Introduction 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. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0243-2022 * Shahana K. Hanif     Requiring multiple dwelling owners to post notices regarding electric space heater safety. Introduction 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. Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 0243-2022 * Shahana K. Hanif     Requiring multiple dwelling owners to post notices regarding electric space heater safety. Introduction 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. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0337-2022 * Crystal Hudson     Requiring the department of housing preservation and development to provide annual lists of open housing maintenance code violations to multiple dwelling occupants and tenants. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to compile and distribute to tenants or occupants of a multiple dwelling a list of any unresolved violations of the Housing Maintenance Code for such dwelling. HPD would distribute these lists annually by mail. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0337-2022 * Crystal Hudson     Requiring the department of housing preservation and development to provide annual lists of open housing maintenance code violations to multiple dwelling occupants and tenants. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to compile and distribute to tenants or occupants of a multiple dwelling a list of any unresolved violations of the Housing Maintenance Code for such dwelling. HPD would distribute these lists annually by mail. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0434-2022 * Pierina Ana Sanchez     Expanding the heat sensors program. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to identify 50 class A multiple dwellings per year based on factors including number of temperature violations and heat-related complaints. Such identified buildings would then be required to install internet-capable temperature reporting devices for up to four years, and owners would be required to transmit heat data to HPD once every 30 days for the duration of heat season. HPD would be required to conduct dedicated heat inspections of these buildings at least once every two weeks. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0434-2022 * Pierina Ana Sanchez     Expanding the heat sensors program. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to identify 50 class A multiple dwellings per year based on factors including number of temperature violations and heat-related complaints. Such identified buildings would then be required to install internet-capable temperature reporting devices for up to four years, and owners would be required to transmit heat data to HPD once every 30 days for the duration of heat season. HPD would be required to conduct dedicated heat inspections of these buildings at least once every two weeks. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0484-2022 * Christopher Marte     Requiring photographic documentation evidencing certain violations enforced by the DOB. Introduction The bill would require that the Department of Buildings submit photographic documentation when issuing a notice of violation for violations where the underlying condition is visual and capable of being captured by photograph. The Department would be tasked with promulgating and publishing rules regarding which violations will be subject to the photograph requirement. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0484-2022 * Christopher Marte     Requiring photographic documentation evidencing certain violations enforced by the DOB. Introduction The bill would require that the Department of Buildings submit photographic documentation when issuing a notice of violation for violations where the underlying condition is visual and capable of being captured by photograph. The Department would be tasked with promulgating and publishing rules regarding which violations will be subject to the photograph requirement. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0583-2022 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams     Increasing penalties for violations issued by the department of housing preservation and development and certifying correction of violations in multiple dwellings. Introduction This bill would increase the penalties for many violations issued by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). In addition, HPD would be required to annually identify 100 buildings based on criteria such as the number of hazardous or immediately hazardous violations that have been falsely certified as corrected. Hazardous or immediately hazardous violations issued to buildings on the list would not be deemed corrected unless HPD has attempted at least two re-inspections, or those violations are excluded from the calculation for identifying the 100 buildings. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0583-2022 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams     Increasing penalties for violations issued by the department of housing preservation and development and certifying correction of violations in multiple dwellings. Introduction This bill would increase the penalties for many violations issued by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). In addition, HPD would be required to annually identify 100 buildings based on criteria such as the number of hazardous or immediately hazardous violations that have been falsely certified as corrected. Hazardous or immediately hazardous violations issued to buildings on the list would not be deemed corrected unless HPD has attempted at least two re-inspections, or those violations are excluded from the calculation for identifying the 100 buildings. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available