Amd §16, Mult Res L; amd §15, Mult Dwell L (as proposed in S.2294-A & A.2134-A)
Requires owners and agents of multiple residences and multiple dwellings to update the list of names and contact information of residents provided to emergency personnel where such owner is an authority as such term is defined in section three of the public housing law, including all such authorities established after the first day of January, nineteen hundred thirty-nine, upon annual recertification.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8494
IN ASSEMBLY
January 4, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Housing
AN ACT to amend the multiple residence law and the multiple dwelling
law, in relation to requiring owners and agents of multiple residences
and multiple dwellings to provide names and contact information of
residents to emergency personnel
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 16 of the multiple residence law,
2 as added by a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the multiple resi-
3 dence law and the multiple dwelling law relating to requiring owners and
4 agents of multiple residences and multiple dwellings to provide names
5 and contact information of residents to emergency personnel, as proposed
6 in legislative bills numbers S.2294-A and A.2134-A, is amended to read
7 as follows:
8 2. The owner or agent of such multiple residence shall update the list
9 of names and contact information of all affected residents or occupants
10 of such multiple residence upon the execution of a new lease, lease
11 renewal or lease amendment, or where such owner is an authority as such
12 term is defined in section three of the public housing law, including
13 all such authorities established after the first day of January, nine-
14 teen hundred thirty-nine, upon annual recertification. Specific and
15 informed written consent shall be obtained by the owner or agent of the
16 multiple residence from each occupant or resident each time the list is
17 updated and no occupant's or resident's name or contact information
18 shall be included in such list without their specific and informed writ-
19 ten consent. Written notice shall be provided to the occupant or resi-
20 dent about the contact list and shall include but not be limited to that
21 such list is maintained by the owner and the potential impact of
22 opting-out.
23 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 15 of the multiple dwelling law, as
24 added by a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the multiple residence
25 law and the multiple dwelling law relating to requiring owners and
26 agents of multiple residences and multiple dwellings to provide names
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01438-04-4
A. 8494 2
1 and contact information of residents to emergency personnel, as proposed
2 in legislative bills numbers S.2294-A and A.2134-A, is amended to read
3 as follows:
4 2. The owner or agent of such multiple dwelling shall update the list
5 of names and contact information of all affected residents or occupants
6 of such multiple dwelling upon the execution of a new lease, lease
7 renewal or lease amendment, or where such owner is an authority as such
8 term is defined in section three of the public housing law, including
9 all such authorities established after the first day of January, nine-
10 teen hundred thirty-nine, upon annual recertification. Specific and
11 informed written consent shall be obtained by the owner or agent of the
12 multiple dwelling from each occupant or resident each time the list is
13 updated and no occupant's or resident's name or contact information
14 shall be included in such list without their specific and informed writ-
15 ten consent. Written notice shall be provided to the occupant or resi-
16 dent about the contact list and shall include but not be limited to that
17 such list is maintained by the owner and the potential impact of
18 opting-out.
19 § 3. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
20 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the multiple residence
21 law and the multiple dwelling law relating to requiring owners and
22 agents of multiple residences and multiple dwellings to provide names
23 and contact information of residents to emergency personnel, as proposed
24 in legislative bills numbers S.2294-A and A.2134-A, takes effect.
