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- Referred to housing, construction and community development
- Referred to housing, construction and community development
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Relates to maintaining public data of open code violations in New York city housing authority developments
In Assembly Committee · Housing · Sponsor Robert J. Rodriguez
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BILL NUMBER:S5368
Title of bill
An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to New York city housing authority code violations
Purpose
To shed light on the conditions of public housing in the city by requiring that data of outstanding code violations in public housing developments be maintained in the same way that such data is maintained for privately owned housing.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends the administrative code of the city of New York so that the department of housing preservation and the department of buildings shall each maintain data on their websites of open code violations in public housing developments owned by the New York City Housing Authority.
Section 2 states that the act shall take effect thirty days after it becomes law.
Justification
Private tenants in New York City can register complaints about conditions in their building by calling the "311" Citizen Service Center. The complaint is recorded and, if it is determined to be a housing code violation, that information is made available to the general public via Housing and Preservation and Department of Buildings databases for as long as it is outstanding. By contrast, when a tenant of a New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) housing development calls "311," they are directed to the Centralized Call Center. The Centralized Call Center, created by NYCHA, does not collect data on outstanding code violations.
There is little reason that NYCHA should be insulated from public accountability for outstanding code violations within its buildings. The practice of brushing outstanding code violations under the rug may save NYCHA some embarrassment, but it is counterproductive to NYCHA's duty to provide decent housing to low-income residents. Without record of outstanding code violations, community leaders and agency decision makers cannot know where resources are needed. To shed light on the conditions of public housing in the city, this bill requires that data on outstanding code violations in public housing developments be maintained in the same way that such data is maintained for privately owned housing.
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Effective date
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become law.
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