Int. No. 948
By Council Members Torres, Cornegy, Levine, Ampry-Samuel, Ayala, Williams, Brannan, Espinal, Lancman, Rivera and Maisel (by request of the Brooklyn Borough President)
Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the installation of temperature reporting devices in multiple dwellings
Body
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Article 11 of subchapter 2 of chapter 2 of title 27 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 27-2046.4 to read as follows:
? 27-2046.4 Duties of owner and occupant with respect to installation and replacement of internet capable temperature reporting devices in class A multiple dwellings. a. For the purposes of this section, an "internet capable temperature reporting device" means a device, resistant to tampering, capable of reading the indoor air temperature not less than once per hour and, either by itself or in combination with another device, recording or reporting such temperatures, along with the date and time for not less than the prior ninety days, in such a manner that the information would be accessible through an ordinary internet connection or displayed through other means when no such connection is present, for the viewing of both tenants and property owners.
b. On January 1, 2020, and every two years thereafter, the department shall identify the 150 class A multiple dwelling buildings with the highest ratio of class C violations of section 27-2029 within the preceding four years to dwelling units within such buildings, excluding any such buildings identified two years prior.
c. For a period of four years, beginning 30 days after a class A multiple dwelling building is identified pursuant to subdivision b, it shall be the duty of the owner of any such building to:
(1) provide and install one or more approved and operational internet capable temperature reporting devices in each living room of each dwe...
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