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Meeting Name: Committee on Housing and Buildings Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/14/2025 1:30 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall
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Int 0607-2024 *Shekar Krishnan Proposed Int. No. 607-ARequiring tenant relocation services to the same community district, a nearby community district, or the same borough.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to relocate tenants who lost their homes due to a fire or other emergency in the same or an immediately adjacent community district upon request. When no suitable accommodation is available in the same or immediately adjacent community district, the bill would require HPD to relocate such tenants to the nearest community district in the same borough, where possible.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0607-2024 *Shekar Krishnan  Requiring tenant relocation services to the same community district, a nearby community district, or the same borough.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to relocate tenants who lost their homes due to a fire or other emergency in the same or an immediately adjacent community district upon request. When no suitable accommodation is available in the same or immediately adjacent community district, the bill would require HPD to relocate such tenants to the nearest community district in the same borough, where possible.Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Not available
Int 0607-2024 *Shekar Krishnan  Requiring tenant relocation services to the same community district, a nearby community district, or the same borough.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to relocate tenants who lost their homes due to a fire or other emergency in the same or an immediately adjacent community district upon request. When no suitable accommodation is available in the same or immediately adjacent community district, the bill would require HPD to relocate such tenants to the nearest community district in the same borough, where possible.Amended by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0607-2024 AShekar Krishnan  Requiring tenant relocation services to the same community district, a nearby community district, or the same borough.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to relocate tenants who lost their homes due to a fire or other emergency in the same or an immediately adjacent community district upon request. When no suitable accommodation is available in the same or immediately adjacent community district, the bill would require HPD to relocate such tenants to the nearest community district in the same borough, where possible.Approved by CommitteePass Action details Not available
Int 0749-2024 *Jennifer Gutiérrez Proposed Int. No. 749-ADesignation of an office or agency as responsible for assisting residents displaced by an emergency.IntroductionThis bill would require the mayor to designate an agency or office to provide centralized support to residents displaced by a fire, natural disaster, or other emergency impacting a residential building. The designated agency or office would be required to serve as a point of contact for displaced residents by responding to inquiries and requests for assistance, and by facilitating communication between residents and relevant agencies. When an agency determines that it is safe to reoccupy a building from which residents were displaced, the designated agency or office must attempt to notify such residents, as well as the relevant community board and elected officials.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0749-2024 *Jennifer Gutiérrez  Designation of an office or agency as responsible for assisting residents displaced by an emergency.IntroductionThis bill would require the mayor to designate an agency or office to provide centralized support to residents displaced by a fire, natural disaster, or other emergency impacting a residential building. The designated agency or office would be required to serve as a point of contact for displaced residents by responding to inquiries and requests for assistance, and by facilitating communication between residents and relevant agencies. When an agency determines that it is safe to reoccupy a building from which residents were displaced, the designated agency or office must attempt to notify such residents, as well as the relevant community board and elected officials.Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Not available
Int 0749-2024 *Jennifer Gutiérrez  Designation of an office or agency as responsible for assisting residents displaced by an emergency.IntroductionThis bill would require the mayor to designate an agency or office to provide centralized support to residents displaced by a fire, natural disaster, or other emergency impacting a residential building. The designated agency or office would be required to serve as a point of contact for displaced residents by responding to inquiries and requests for assistance, and by facilitating communication between residents and relevant agencies. When an agency determines that it is safe to reoccupy a building from which residents were displaced, the designated agency or office must attempt to notify such residents, as well as the relevant community board and elected officials.Amended by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0749-2024 AJennifer Gutiérrez  Designation of an office or agency as responsible for assisting residents displaced by an emergency.IntroductionThis bill would require the mayor to designate an agency or office to provide centralized support to residents displaced by a fire, natural disaster, or other emergency impacting a residential building. The designated agency or office would be required to serve as a point of contact for displaced residents by responding to inquiries and requests for assistance, and by facilitating communication between residents and relevant agencies. When an agency determines that it is safe to reoccupy a building from which residents were displaced, the designated agency or office must attempt to notify such residents, as well as the relevant community board and elected officials.Approved by CommitteePass Action details Not available
Int 0750-2024 *Jennifer Gutiérrez Proposed Int. No. 750-ARequiring additional documentation when an owner seeks to demolish a building and reporting on the correction of violationsIntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Buildings (“DOB”) to publish a report on the time elapsed to correct violations in certain residential buildings, including information such as the number of days between when DOB issued a notice of violation to when DOB accepted the correction, and whether the violation remained uncorrected for more than 6 months. Additionally, when a property owner has been issued a vacate order and seeks to demolish the building, the owner would be required to submit documentation to show the steps taken to correct unresolved violations related to the vacate order before seeking to demolish a building.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0750-2024 *Jennifer Gutiérrez  Requiring additional documentation when an owner seeks to demolish a building and reporting on the correction of violationsIntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Buildings (“DOB”) to publish a report on the time elapsed to correct violations in certain residential buildings, including information such as the number of days between when DOB issued a notice of violation to when DOB accepted the correction, and whether the violation remained uncorrected for more than 6 months. Additionally, when a property owner has been issued a vacate order and seeks to demolish the building, the owner would be required to submit documentation to show the steps taken to correct unresolved violations related to the vacate order before seeking to demolish a building.Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Not available
Int 0750-2024 *Jennifer Gutiérrez  Requiring additional documentation when an owner seeks to demolish a building and reporting on the correction of violationsIntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Buildings (“DOB”) to publish a report on the time elapsed to correct violations in certain residential buildings, including information such as the number of days between when DOB issued a notice of violation to when DOB accepted the correction, and whether the violation remained uncorrected for more than 6 months. Additionally, when a property owner has been issued a vacate order and seeks to demolish the building, the owner would be required to submit documentation to show the steps taken to correct unresolved violations related to the vacate order before seeking to demolish a building.Amended by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0750-2024 AJennifer Gutiérrez  Requiring additional documentation when an owner seeks to demolish a building and reporting on the correction of violationsIntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Buildings (“DOB”) to publish a report on the time elapsed to correct violations in certain residential buildings, including information such as the number of days between when DOB issued a notice of violation to when DOB accepted the correction, and whether the violation remained uncorrected for more than 6 months. Additionally, when a property owner has been issued a vacate order and seeks to demolish the building, the owner would be required to submit documentation to show the steps taken to correct unresolved violations related to the vacate order before seeking to demolish a building.Approved by CommitteePass Action details Not available
Res 0307-2024 *Jennifer Gutiérrez  Limits the duration of time for which a landlord can collect payment from loss of rents insurance coverage without conducting meaningful repairs to an uninhabitable unit leased by a tenant to three months.Resolution Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Res 0307-2024 *Jennifer Gutiérrez  Limits the duration of time for which a landlord can collect payment from loss of rents insurance coverage without conducting meaningful repairs to an uninhabitable unit leased by a tenant to three months.Resolution Approved by CommitteePass Action details Not available
Res 0802-2025 *Julie Won  Protecting tenants displaced due to fire (S.3886/A.5427).Resolution Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Res 0802-2025 *Julie Won  Protecting tenants displaced due to fire (S.3886/A.5427).Resolution Approved by CommitteePass Action details Not available