The New York City Council - File #: Int 0975-2018

• File #: Int 0975-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Denying building permits where a residential building has an excessive number of violations.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 6/7/2018
• In control: Committee on Housing and Buildings
• On agenda: 6/7/2018
• Final action: 6/8/2019
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to denying building permits where a residential building has an excessive number of violations
• Sponsors: Justin L. Brannan, Robert F. Holden, Karen Koslowitz, Kalman Yeger , Rory I. Lancman, Ben Kallos, Paul A. Vallone, Helen K. Rosenthal, Carlina Rivera , Diana I. Ayala
• Indexes: Agency Rule-making 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	Hearing Held by Committee
5/7/2019	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Amendment Proposed by Comm
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	*	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	Hearing Held by Committee
12/13/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Laid Over by Committee
12/13/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Laid Over by Committee
6/7/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
6/7/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
6/7/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council
6/7/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 975-A
By Council Members Brannan, Holden, Koslowitz, Yeger, Lancman, Kallos, Vallone, Rosenthal, Rivera and Ayala

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to denying building permits where a residential building has an excessive number of violations
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Article 105 of chapter 1 of title 28 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 28-105.1.3 to read as follows:
? 28-105.1.3 Denial of permits for excessive violations. The commissioner shall, no less than once every six months, compile a list of multiple dwellings that includes: (i) all multiple dwellings containing fewer than 35 units that have a ratio of open hazardous or immediately hazardous housing maintenance code violations or immediately hazardous or major construction code violations that equal in the aggregate three or more such violations for every dwelling unit in such multiple dwelling; and (ii) all multiple dwellings containing 35 units or more that have a ratio of open hazardous or immediately hazardous housing maintenance code violations or immediately hazardous or major construction code violations that equal in the aggregate two or more such violations for every dwelling unit in such multiple dwelling. The commissioner shall not issue permits for multiple dwellings on such list. If the owner of a multiple dwelling on such list corrects open hazardous or immediately hazardous housing maintenance code violations or immediately hazardous or major construction code violations in such multiple dwelling so that the ratio of such violations to the number of dwelling units in such multiple dwelling falls below those outlined in this section, the commissioner shall remove such multiple dwelling from such list. Such denial shall not apply where a dwelling unit within such multiple dwelling is owned as a condominium or held by a sh...