S 1597: Relates to the declaration of a sign as a public nuisance and its removal by order of the commissioner.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1597 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. LANZA, JACKSON -- 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 the declaration of a sign as a public nuisance The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 28-503.1 of the administrative code of the city of 2 New York, as added by local law number 33 of the city of New York for 3 the year 2007, is amended to read as follows: 4 § 28-503.1 General. A sign with a surface area greater than 200 square 5 feet (19 m{2}) that is erected, maintained, attached, affixed, painted 6 on, or in any other manner represented on a building or premises in 7 violation of the zoning resolution, this code, the 1968 building code or 8 rules adopted pursuant thereto is hereby declared to be a public 9 nuisance. The commissioner [may] shall, after notice and hearing, order 10 the removal of such illegal sign [or] and its sign structure [or both], 11 if applicable, as hereinafter provided. 12 § 2. The commissioner of buildings shall immediately order the removal 13 of any sign and its sign structure that has previously been deemed ille- 14 gal. 15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02456-01-5