What's happening
This bill requires on-site superintendents and maintenance supervisors at NYCHA facilities and mandates prompt repair of heating and door locks.
Why it matters
Increases accountability and oversight at NYCHA facilities. by requiring on-site superintendents or maintenance supervisors, ensuring that residents have a designated, physically present authority responsible for facility conditions.
Mandates prompt response to critical maintenance issues. , specifically requiring janitors to begin addressing heating problems and broken door locks within 48 hours of notification, which could improve resident safety and well-being, especially during emergencies or extreme weather.
Removes NYCHA’s exemption from certain city housing code requirements. , meaning public housing is now subject to the same local standards for maintenance and janitorial services as private landlords, potentially raising the quality of living conditions for public housing residents.
Sets clear hiring criteria for superintendents and supervisors. , including civil service requirements, U.S. citizenship, and no felony convictions, aiming to ensure qualified and trustworthy personnel manage building maintenance and security.
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- Referred to housing
- Referred to housing
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Require On-Site Building Supers
In Senate Committee · Housing, Construction And Community Development · Sponsor Leroy Comrie
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4663
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 3, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. BLAKE, COLTON, SIMOTAS, MOSLEY, BARRON, COOK, JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing
AN ACT to amend the public housing law and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing an on site superintendent or maintenance supervisor at city of New York Housing Authority facilities, including janitorial services to maintain workable locks on doors; and to repeal section 27-506 of the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to the exemption to the housing authority under such code
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 5-a of section 402 of the public housing law is amended by adding a new paragraph g to read as follows:
g. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in this chapter, or any general, special or local law, the city of New York housing authority shall have the power to provide and maintain on site superintendents and maintenance supervisors at all city of New York housing authority facilities. Such site superintendent or maintenance supervisor shall have the duty, in and about housing facilities, to preserve the cleanliness and functionality of the facility and other requirements the authority deems necessary. Appointments to site superintendent or maintenance supervisor shall be made in accordance with applicable provisions of the civil service law and only persons who have never been convicted of a felony, and who are citizens of the United States shall be appointed site superintendent or maintenance supervisor.
§ 2. Subdivision (a) of section 27-2052 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
(a) Janitorial services means: Cleaning and maintenance, including the making of minor repairs, such as workable locks on doors; the furnishing of heat and hot water, where supplied from a central source; the removal
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of garbage, refuse, ashes and wastes from the premises; and the removal of snow, ice, dirt and other matter from the sidewalk and gutter.
§ 3. Section 27-2053 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision d to read as follows:
d. Janitors in city of New York housing authority facilities shall take substantial actual or material steps towards remedying heating issues and broken locks on doors within forty-eight hours of receiving notice of such issue.
§ 4. Section 27-2056 of the administrative code of the city of New York is REPEALED.
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
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