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- Referred to cities
- Committed to rules
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.696
- Referred to cities
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Provides immunity from administrative action against NYC fire officers who are unable to properly conduct building inspections
In Assembly Committee · Governmental Employees · Sponsor Peter Abbate
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BILL NUMBER:S4421
Title of bill
An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to providing immunity from administrative action against certain New York city fire officers
Purpose
The bill will provide immunity from administrative action against New York City Fire Officers who, due to lack of such training, are effectively unable to properly conduct building inspections.
Summary of provisions
Section one of the bill provides that a fire officer of the New York City Fire Department ("FDNY") will be immune from administrative liability for any act or omission stemming from the failure of FDNY to provide the fire officer with proper training in regard to (i) the New York City building and construction codes and local ordinances, (ii) the inspection duties of fire fighters, or (iii) changes to the codes that became effective on or after July 1, 2008.
Section two of the bill provides that this act shall take effect immediately.
Existing law
Currently, a fire officer can be held liable in an administrative proceeding for acting or failing to act even though the officer did not receive adequate training regarding his or her responsibilities and the current law.
Justification
During the 2010 legislative session a bill to provide New York City Fire Officers 40 hours training in the new Fire Code and 40 hours training in the new Building Code (both effective July 2008) received a New York City Council Home Rule Message and overwhelmingly passed both houses of the NY State Legislature only to be vetoed by the Governor primarily for financial reasons. Since the mandate to provide the training has effectively been removed and the City of New York refuses to provide adequate training on building inspection and code enforcement, the bill will provide immunity from administrative action against New York City Fire Officers who, due to lack of such training, are effectively unable to properly conduct building inspections.
Prior legislative history
2011-2: S.5334 - Referred to Cities
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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