The New York City Council - File #: Int 1171-2018

• File #: Int 1171-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Identifying unlawful statements in submissions to the DOB.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 10/17/2018
• In control: Committee on Housing and Buildings
• On agenda: 10/17/2018
• Final action: 6/8/2019
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to identifying unlawful statements in submissions to the department of buildings
• Sponsors: Ritchie J. Torres, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Keith Powers , Carlina Rivera , Ben Kallos, Margaret S. Chin, Rory I. Lancman, Helen K. Rosenthal, Diana I. Ayala
• Indexes: Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/11/2019	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
6/8/2019	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
5/8/2019	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
5/8/2019	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
5/7/2019	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Hearing Held by Committee
5/7/2019	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Amendment Proposed by Comm
5/7/2019	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Amended by Committee
5/7/2019	A	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Approved by Committee	Pass
12/13/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Hearing Held by Committee
12/13/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Laid Over by Committee
10/17/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
10/17/2018	*	City Council

Int. No. 1171-A

By Council Members Torres, the Public Advocate (Mr. Williams), Powers, Rivera, Kallos, Chin, Lancman, Rosenthal and Ayala

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to identifying unlawful statements in submissions to the department of buildings
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Section 28-211.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 141 for the year 2013, is amended by adding new sections 28-211.1.3 and 28-211.1.4 to read as follows:
? 28-211.1.3 Notification to other government agencies. Where the department makes a determination that a person has violated section 28-211.1, the department shall send written notice to the council, the department of investigation, New York state division of housing and community renewal and the state tenant protection unit, and shall refer such finding to the district attorney of the county in which the property is located and the state attorney general.

? 28-211.1.4. Reporting. By no later than January 30 of each year, the department shall submit a report to the mayor and to the speaker of the council that indicates the actions it took in every instance in which it made a determination that a person had violated section 28-211.1.

? 2. Article 211 of title 28 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 141 for the year 2013, is amended by adding a new section 28-211.3 to read as follows:
? 28-211.3 Identifying unlawful statements. The department, in coordination with the department of finance, shall collect information from the department of finance regarding occupied and rent regulated buildings to identify violations of section 28-211.1. The department shall also request information from the New York state division of housing and community renewal regarding occupied and rent regulated buildings to identify violations of section 28-211.1.

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