The New York City Council - File #: Int 0873-2018

• File #: Int 0873-2018
• Version: *
• Name: Lead Package - Permanent removal of lead-based paint.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Laid Over in Committee
• File created: 5/9/2018
• In control: Committee on Housing and Buildings
• On agenda: 5/9/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to permanent removal of lead-based paint
• Sponsors: Margaret S. Chin, Karen Koslowitz, Ben Kallos

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Hearing Held by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Health	Hearing Held by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Hearing Held by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Health	Laid Over by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Laid Over by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Laid Over by Committee
5/9/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
5/9/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 873
By Council Members Chin, Koslowitz and Kallos

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to permanent removal of lead-based paint
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Section 27-2056.3 of article 14 of subchapter 2 of chapter 2 of title 27, as added by local law number 1 for the year 2004, is amended to read as follows:
? 27-2056.3 Owners' Responsibility to Remediate. a. The existence of a lead-based paint hazard in any multiple dwelling where a child of applicable age resides is hereby declared to constitute a condition dangerous to life and health. An owner shall take action to prevent the reasonably foreseeable occurrence of such a condition and shall expeditiously remediate such condition and any underlying defect, when such underlying defect exists, consistent with the work practices established pursuant to section 27-2056.11 of this article, except where lead-contaminated dust is present in such multiple dwelling and the department of health and mental hygiene has made a determination pursuant to paragraph six of subdivision c of section 27-2056.10 of this article.
b. Each owner of a dwelling unit in a multiple dwelling erected before January 1, 1960 shall, upon the first vacancy of such unit that occurs five or more years after the effective date of the local law that added this subdivision and before such unit is reoccupied, ensure that such unit is free of lead-based paint and shall certify the following to the department, provided that such certification shall not be required if such unit has been exempted from the presumption under section 27-2056.5 for having complied with substantially similar requirements to the following:
1. Such unit was investigated (i) by a lead-based paint inspector or risk assessor certified pursuant to subparts L and Q of part 745 of title 40 of the code of federal regulations, as in effect on the effective date of the local law tha...