Bill Text: NY S04828 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to curb repair in the city of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CITIES [S04828 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S04828-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          4828
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 26, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation to curb repair
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 19-111 of the administrative code of  the  city  of
     2  New York, as amended by local law number 104 of the city of New York for
     3  the year 1993, is amended to read as follows:
     4    § 19-111 Curbs. All curbs for the support of sidewalks hereafter to be
     5  laid  shall be of the material or materials, dimensions and construction
     6  required in department specifications for  such  work,  which  shall  be
     7  prescribed  by  the  commissioner and kept on file in his or her office.
     8  All curb and curb cut repairs shall be the responsibility of the depart-
     9  ment and any owner of a one, two or three family home, after making  his
    10  or her request on NYC 311, the official website of the city of New York,
    11  shall  be  entitled  to  have  all repairs completed within a reasonable
    12  amount of time. For the purposes of this section, "reasonable amount  of
    13  time"  shall  mean ninety days from the date the department receives the
    14  complaint. If the repairs are not completed within such time, the  home-
    15  owner  shall be entitled to have all repairs done by a licensed contrac-
    16  tor and to receive a property tax credit  for  the  reasonable  cost  of
    17  completing such repair.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08223-01-9
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