What's happening
This bill requires New York City landlords to notify prospective tenants about any known lead paint or dust hazards and related abatement actions.
Why it matters
Empowers renters with critical health information. By mandating disclosure of known lead hazards and past abatement, the bill enables prospective and current tenants to make more informed decisions about the safety of their living environments.
Creates accountability for landlords. The requirement for written notification at lease signing, renewal, and even for prospective tenants ensures landlords cannot withhold or obscure information about hazardous conditions.
Helps prevent childhood lead poisoning. Lead exposure is especially harmful to children; providing families with clear, timely information can help them avoid units with ongoing or unresolved lead issues.
Establishes a documented history of lead hazards and remediation. The law’s recordkeeping and transfer provisions contribute to a transparent chain of information, benefiting future tenants, owners, and city regulators.
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Disclose Lead Paint Findings
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Sponsors
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Referred to housing
- Referred to housing
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1036
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 14, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, BENEDETTO, PERRY, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring owners to provide prospective lessees with notification where lead-based paint or lead contaminated dust has been found in the dwelling and any and all abatement measures that have been taken
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision f of section 27-2056.4 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 1 of the city of New York for the year 2004, is amended to read as follows:
f. The owner shall inform the occupant in writing of the results of an investigation undertaken pursuant to this section and shall provide a copy of any such report received or generated by an investigation. The owner shall retain a copy of each investigation report, for ten years from the date of such report and such report shall be made available to the department on request and shall be transferred by the owner to the owner's successor in title. The owner shall provide to an occupant of a dwelling unit at the signing of a lease, including a lease renewal, if any, or upon any agreement to lease, or at the commencement of occupancy if there is no lease and to prospective lessees the most recent results of an investigation undertaken pursuant to this section and any and all abatement measures taken as required by this section where the presence of lead-based paint or lead-contaminated dust was found.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03136-01-9
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