Details Meeting Name: Committee on Health Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 4/25/2023 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall Jointly with the Committee on Housing and Buildings 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 T2023-3055 *       Oversight - Lead-Based Paint Hazards Oversight   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available T2023-3055 *       Oversight - Lead-Based Paint Hazards Oversight   Filed, by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0005-2022 * Diana I. Ayala     Records of lead-based paint investigations. Introduction This bill would require property owners to produce records for the immediately previous year, including the annual notice, and, where appropriate, investigations conducted by such owner, including x-ray fluorescence analysis after August 1, 2025, whenever a violation for lead-based paint hazards has been issued by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (“HPD”). This bill would establish a process for building owners to correct violations for the keeping or producing of records for 10 years. When a building owner receives a violation for record keeping, they can correct the violation by submitting a violation dismissal request form with the required 10 years of records. Alternatively, the owner may submit a violation dismissal request form with documentation demonstrating the owner’s record keeping for at least 3 consecutive years and, upon the HPD finding this documentation sufficient, the owner must pay $1,000 for each year for which the documentation is not submitted. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0005-2022 * Diana I. Ayala     Records of lead-based paint investigations. Introduction This bill would require property owners to produce records for the immediately previous year, including the annual notice, and, where appropriate, investigations conducted by such owner, including x-ray fluorescence analysis after August 1, 2025, whenever a violation for lead-based paint hazards has been issued by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (“HPD”). This bill would establish a process for building owners to correct violations for the keeping or producing of records for 10 years. When a building owner receives a violation for record keeping, they can correct the violation by submitting a violation dismissal request form with the required 10 years of records. Alternatively, the owner may submit a violation dismissal request form with documentation demonstrating the owner’s record keeping for at least 3 consecutive years and, upon the HPD finding this documentation sufficient, the owner must pay $1,000 for each year for which the documentation is not submitted. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0006-2022 * Diana I. Ayala     Remediation of lead-based paint in dwelling units in multiple dwellings. Introduction This bill would require the lead-based paint abatement activities currently required upon turnover, including the removal of lead-based paint on friction surfaces on doors and windows, to be completed in all applicable dwelling units where a child under the age of six resides, by July 1, 2027. If an owner fails to perform this work, they are subject to a Class C violation and are required to produce appropriate records for the immediately previous year. If the occupant of the dwelling unit must temporarily relocate to safely perform the remediation work prior to turnover, but refuses to relocate, the owner may submit documentation to the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (“HPD”) to show its good faith effort to comply with the requirement and be exempt from this requirement upon HPD approval. Upon turnover of the unit, the owner would still be required to perform the required turnover remediation work. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0006-2022 * Diana I. Ayala     Remediation of lead-based paint in dwelling units in multiple dwellings. Introduction This bill would require the lead-based paint abatement activities currently required upon turnover, including the removal of lead-based paint on friction surfaces on doors and windows, to be completed in all applicable dwelling units where a child under the age of six resides, by July 1, 2027. If an owner fails to perform this work, they are subject to a Class C violation and are required to produce appropriate records for the immediately previous year. If the occupant of the dwelling unit must temporarily relocate to safely perform the remediation work prior to turnover, but refuses to relocate, the owner may submit documentation to the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (“HPD”) to show its good faith effort to comply with the requirement and be exempt from this requirement upon HPD approval. Upon turnover of the unit, the owner would still be required to perform the required turnover remediation work. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0193-2022 * Carlina Rivera     Lead-based paint hazards in common areas of dwellings. Introduction The proposed legislation would make the existence of peeling lead-based paint in any common area of a multiple dwelling where a child under the age of six resides a class C immediately hazardous violation and would require property owners to inspect the common areas of multiple dwellings for lead-based paint hazards. The legislation would also require department inspectors to inspect common areas along their path of travel for lead-based paint hazards on their way to inspecting a dwelling unit in an apartment constructed prior to 1960 where a child under the age of six resides. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0193-2022 * Carlina Rivera     Lead-based paint hazards in common areas of dwellings. Introduction The proposed legislation would make the existence of peeling lead-based paint in any common area of a multiple dwelling where a child under the age of six resides a class C immediately hazardous violation and would require property owners to inspect the common areas of multiple dwellings for lead-based paint hazards. The legislation would also require department inspectors to inspect common areas along their path of travel for lead-based paint hazards on their way to inspecting a dwelling unit in an apartment constructed prior to 1960 where a child under the age of six resides. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0200-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Reporting on objections to orders for the abatement or remediation of lead conditions. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (“DOHMH”) to submit to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council, and make publicly available on DOHMH’s website, a semiannual report on the number of objections filed by multiple dwelling owners to DOHMH lead abatement orders. The report would be required to include the number of objections filed by the New York City Housing Authority and to specify the reasons why any objections are found to have merit, including faulty testing or paint sampling, or an exemption based on the dwelling’s construction date. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0200-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Reporting on objections to orders for the abatement or remediation of lead conditions. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (“DOHMH”) to submit to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council, and make publicly available on DOHMH’s website, a semiannual report on the number of objections filed by multiple dwelling owners to DOHMH lead abatement orders. The report would be required to include the number of objections filed by the New York City Housing Authority and to specify the reasons why any objections are found to have merit, including faulty testing or paint sampling, or an exemption based on the dwelling’s construction date. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0750-2022 * Diana I. Ayala     Proactive identification and inspection of multiple dwellings where children are at risk of lead poisoning. Introduction 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. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0750-2022 * Diana I. Ayala     Proactive identification and inspection of multiple dwellings where children are at risk of lead poisoning. Introduction 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. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1023-2023 * Carlina Rivera   Preconsidered Declaration of a public nuisance by the department of housing preservation and development in connection with lead hazards Introduction This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to declare a lead hazard a public nuisance where the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene issues a commissioner’s order to correct or remediate a condition related to lead hazards. Hearing on P-C Item by Comm   Action details Not available Int 1023-2023 * Carlina Rivera     Declaration of a public nuisance by the department of housing preservation and development in connection with lead hazards Introduction This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to declare a lead hazard a public nuisance where the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene issues a commissioner’s order to correct or remediate a condition related to lead hazards. P-C Item Laid Over by Comm   Action details Not available Int 1025-2023 * Lynn C. Schulman   Preconsidered Assessment of certain children with elevated blood lead levels. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to request that any child determined to have elevated blood lead levels be referred to the Committee on Special Education of the Department of Education for an initial evaluation to determine the child’s eligibility for special education services, including the development of an individualized education program. Hearing on P-C Item by Comm   Action details Not available Int 1025-2023 * Lynn C. Schulman     Assessment of certain children with elevated blood lead levels. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to request that any child determined to have elevated blood lead levels be referred to the Committee on Special Education of the Department of Education for an initial evaluation to determine the child’s eligibility for special education services, including the development of an individualized education program. P-C Item Laid Over by Comm   Action details Not available                     Not available