S 1286: 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 ________________________________________________________________________ 1286 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PERSAUD, ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1 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