The New York City Council - File #: Int 0610-2018

• File #: Int 0610-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Fire Safety Package - Stove knob covers
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 2/15/2018
• In control: Committee on Housing and Buildings
• On agenda: 2/15/2018
• Final action: 6/9/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to stove knob covers
• Sponsors: Ritchie J. Torres, Chaim M. Deutsch, Margaret S. Chin, Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Mark Levine, Ben Kallos, (by request of the Bronx Borough President)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/12/2018	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
6/9/2018	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
5/29/2018	A	Mayor	Hearing Scheduled by Mayor
5/9/2018	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
5/9/2018	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
5/7/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Hearing Held by Committee
5/7/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Amendment Proposed by Comm
5/7/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Amended by Committee
5/7/2018	A	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Approved by Committee	Pass
2/26/2018	*	Committee on Fire and Emergency Management	Hearing Held by Committee
2/26/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Laid Over by Committee
2/26/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Hearing Held by Committee
2/26/2018	*	Committee on Fire and Emergency Management	Laid Over by Committee
2/15/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
2/15/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 610-A

By Council Members Torres, Deutsch, Chin, Ampry-Samuel, Levine and Kallos (by request of the Bronx Borough President)

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to stove knob covers
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 Stovetop protection. a. An owner of a unit in a multiple dwelling, other than a dwelling unit in a multiple dwelling owned as a condominium or cooperative and used as the primary residence of such owner, shall provide stove knob covers for each knob located on the front of each gas-powered stove to tenants in each dwelling unit in which the owner knows or reasonably should know a child under six years of age resides, except where such owner has documented proof that there is no available stove knob cover that is compatible with the knobs on such stove. Such stove knob covers shall be made available within thirty days of such owner providing the notice required in subdivision b of this section unless such owner has previously made such stove knob covers available to the tenant and the tenant has not requested a replacement.
b. 1. Such owner shall provide an annual notice to each tenant of a unit regarding the owner's obligation to provide stove knob covers pursuant to subdivision a of this section. Such notice shall inform the tenant of his or her option to refuse stove knob covers.
2. Upon being provided with such notice, a tenant may notify such owner, in writing, that such tenant refuses stove knob covers. If the tenant does not notify the owner, in writing, that the tenant refuses stove knob covers, the owner will make the stove knob covers available to the tenant pursuant to subdivision a of this section.
3. An owner will keep a record of: (i) writte...