What's happening
This bill increases penalties for failing to install window guards in New York City multiple dwellings and requires community education on associated risks.
Why it matters
Significantly increases both criminal and civil penalties for property owners who repeatedly fail to install window guards. , escalating fines and potential jail time for second and subsequent offenses—this is intended to create a much stronger financial and legal deterrent for non-compliance.
Introduces a requirement for the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to develop and implement a community education program. about the dangers to children in buildings lacking window guards, aiming to raise public awareness and possibly increase tenant demand for compliance.
Targets repeat violators with especially harsh penalties. , signaling a shift toward stricter enforcement and accountability, which could prompt landlords to prioritize child safety upgrades and reduce preventable injuries or fatalities.
May have broader impacts on property management practices and tenant-landlord relations. , as stricter laws and greater awareness could lead to increased tenant advocacy, more frequent inspections, and potential legal challenges for non-compliant owners.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3105
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 28, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to increasing the penalties for failing to install window guards in multiple dwellings
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision c of section 17-123 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 22 of the city of New York for the year 2002, is amended to read as follows:
c. The department of health and mental hygiene shall promulgate such regulations as it deems necessary to comply with the provisions of this section, with respect to the annual notice to tenants, and the notice requirement in all multiple dwelling leases. The department shall also develop a program to educate the community of the risk of injury or death to children when residing in multiple dwellings which do not have window guards installed.
§ 2. Subdivision d of section 17-123 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 33 of the city of New York for the year 1986, is amended to read as follows:
d. Any person who violates the provisions of this section, or the regulations promulgated hereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to five hundred dollars or imprisonment for up to six months or both for the first violation and by a fine of up to one thousand dollars or imprisonment for up to one year or both for any subsequent violation. In addition, any violation of this section shall constitute a civil violation subject to a penalty of not more than [five hundred] one thousand dollars [per] for the first violation, two thousand five hundred dollars for the second violation and five thousand dollars for any subsequent violation. A civil violation under this
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section shall be adjudicated before the administrative tribunal of the department.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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