Details Meeting Name: Committee on Housing and Buildings Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 4/3/2025 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall Jointly with the Committee on Fire and Emergency Management. Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS Meeting Items (16) 16 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 T2025-3134 *       Oversight - Residential Displacement after Emergencies. Oversight   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available T2025-3134 *       Oversight - Residential Displacement after Emergencies. Oversight   Filed, 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. Introduction This 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. Introduction This 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. Laid Over 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 violations Introduction This 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 violations Introduction This 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. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0751-2024 * Jennifer Gutiérrez     Creation of a residential fire emergency response guide. Introduction This bill would require an agency or office designated by the mayor, in consultation with the New York City Fire Department (FDNY), the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), the Department of Buildings (DOB), and any other relevant agency, to develop and maintain a residential fire emergency response guide for individuals affected or displaced by a residential fire. Such guide would include information about entities that assist individuals following residential fires, including information on emergency housing and aid. This bill would require FDNY to distribute the guide at the scene of residential fires using a quick response (QR) code posted on Department vehicles. Finally, the bill will require relevant agencies to make such guide available to individuals affected or displaced by a residential fire on location at post-fire inspections. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0751-2024 * Jennifer Gutiérrez     Creation of a residential fire emergency response guide. Introduction This bill would require an agency or office designated by the mayor, in consultation with the New York City Fire Department (FDNY), the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), the Department of Buildings (DOB), and any other relevant agency, to develop and maintain a residential fire emergency response guide for individuals affected or displaced by a residential fire. Such guide would include information about entities that assist individuals following residential fires, including information on emergency housing and aid. This bill would require FDNY to distribute the guide at the scene of residential fires using a quick response (QR) code posted on Department vehicles. Finally, the bill will require relevant agencies to make such guide available to individuals affected or displaced by a residential fire on location at post-fire inspections. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0817-2024 * Jennifer Gutiérrez     Study and report on the feasibility of a low-cost and city-sponsored renter’s insurance program. Introduction This proposed legislation would require an office or agency designated by the Mayor to study and report on the feasibility of a low-cost, New York City-sponsored renter’s insurance program. Through this study, the office or agency would be required to explore the establishment of the program by identifying considerations such as potential funding mechanisms and types of coverage, identify the financial impact of the program on the City, and evaluate initiatives the City can undertake to implement the program, including but not limited to public-private partnerships. The office or agency would be required to report on the findings of the study to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council no later than 1 year after the effective date of this bill. If the office or agency determines that the program is infeasible, the office or agency would have to include a statement explaining the reasons for infeasibility in the report. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0817-2024 * Jennifer Gutiérrez     Study and report on the feasibility of a low-cost and city-sponsored renter’s insurance program. Introduction This proposed legislation would require an office or agency designated by the Mayor to study and report on the feasibility of a low-cost, New York City-sponsored renter’s insurance program. Through this study, the office or agency would be required to explore the establishment of the program by identifying considerations such as potential funding mechanisms and types of coverage, identify the financial impact of the program on the City, and evaluate initiatives the City can undertake to implement the program, including but not limited to public-private partnerships. The office or agency would be required to report on the findings of the study to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council no later than 1 year after the effective date of this bill. If the office or agency determines that the program is infeasible, the office or agency would have to include a statement explaining the reasons for infeasibility in the report. Laid Over 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   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   Laid Over by Committee   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   Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available                     Not available