A 4212: Relates to increasing fines for individuals who fail to comply with a stop work order; increases fines from $6,000 to $10,000 for initial violation and $12,000 to $20,000 for subsequent violations.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4212 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 31, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to increasing fines for individuals who fail to comply with a stop work order The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 28-207.2.6 of the administrative code of the city 2 of New York, as amended by section 2 of part A of local law number 126 3 of the city of New York for the year 2021, is amended to read as 4 follows: 5 § 28-207.2.6 Penalties. In addition to the penalties provided for in 6 this chapter, any person who fails to comply with a stop work order 7 shall be liable for a civil penalty in the amount of [$6,000] $10,000 8 for the initial violation and [$12,000] $20,000 for every subsequent 9 violation, to be paid to the department prior to the rescission of the 10 stop work order; provided, however, this shall not apply to any work 11 performed to remedy an unsafe or hazardous condition as authorized by 12 order of the commissioner. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 14 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03879-01-5