A 8380: Requires the inspection of non-fireproof buildings in a city having a population of one million or more every three years; requires compliance with the New York city housing maintenance code and the New York city construction codes; requires those dwellings not in compliance with such code at the time of inspection to make repairs or improvements necessary to comply with such standards within six months of such inspection, or a lien shall be placed upon the dwelling.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8380 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY May 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LASHER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to requiring the inspection of certain non-fireproof buildings and compliance with the New York city housing maintenance code and the New York city construction codes The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The multiple dwelling law is amended by adding a new 2 section 140-a to read as follows: 3 § 140-a. Inspection and compliance. 1. a. Every non-fireproof multiple 4 dwelling in a city having a population of one million or more shall be 5 inspected every three years for compliance with the fire safety stand- 6 ards set forth in the New York city housing maintenance code and the New 7 York city construction codes. 8 b. It shall be the duty of every person, firm or corporation acting 9 either as owner, agent, contractor or lessee of such multiple dwellings 10 to conduct such fire safety inspections which shall include but not be 11 limited to electrical wiring, circuits, outlets, switches, cords, and 12 related equipment. 13 c. Every person, firm or corporation acting either as owner, agent, 14 contractor or lessee of such multiple dwelling shall submit a fire safe- 15 ty inspection report for each building owned or operated by such person, 16 firm or corporation to the department of buildings or other appropriate 17 local agency every three years. 18 2. Fire safety inspection reports shall include: 19 a. the number and nature of the fire safety hazards found during fire 20 safety inspections; and 21 b. a description of the mitigation or repairs made in response to such 22 fire safety inspection, including the number of repairs or improvements 23 made. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11125-03-5 
 A. 8380 2 1 3. Failure to submit a report by September first of the third year in 2 the three-year cycle shall result in a fine of one hundred dollars per 3 day until the report has been submitted. 4 4. Those dwellings not in compliance with such fire safety standards 5 shall have six months from such inspection to make repairs or improve- 6 ments necessary to comply with such standards. 7 5. An owner, agent, contractor or lessee may contact the appropriate 8 agency to assist with fire safety inspections should the owner, agent, 9 contractor or lessee believe an area may be too dangerous to inspect 10 without agency assistance. 11 6. Owners of multiple dwellings in a city having a population of one 12 million or more who fail to make repairs or improvements necessary for 13 compliance with the New York city housing maintenance code and the New 14 York city construction codes shall be subject to a fine of one hundred 15 dollars per day until the dwelling complies with such code. Any dwelling 16 that remains non-compliant with such code for a period of six months or 17 more shall cause a lien to be placed upon such dwelling until all 18 repairs or improvements are complete and rents are adjusted based on 19 rent abatements, due to the unsafe conditions originating from the 20 owners' non-compliance. 21 7. The New York city department of buildings shall promulgate rules 22 and regulations as necessary to effectuate these requirements. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.