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A03866 Summary:

A03866 Actions:

A03866 Committee Votes:

Committee:HOUSING   Chair:Rosenthal L      
DATE:05/16/2023AYE/NAY:26/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Rosenthal
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Cook
Aye
Byrnes
Aye
Kim
Aye
Brown K 
Aye
Walker
Excused
Gallahan
Aye
Joyner
Aye
Brown E 
Aye
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Brook-Krasny
Aye
Davila
Aye
Chang
Aye
Taylor
Aye
Novakhov
Aye
Epstein
Aye
Eichenstein
Excused
Meeks
Aye
Burdick
Aye
Rivera
Aye
Jackson
Aye
Kelles
Aye
Tapia
Aye
Lucas
Aye
Chandler-Waterm
Aye
Lee
Aye
Levenberg
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Pretlow      
DATE:05/17/2023AYE/NAY:29/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Glick
Aye
Norris
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Ra
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Reilly
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Dickens
Excused
Davila
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Bronson
Aye

A03866 Floor Votes:

A03866 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A3866B
 
SPONSOR: Jackson

 
TITLE OF BILL:
 
An act to amend the public housing law, in relation to requiring enti-
ties responsible for the provision of vital services to coordinate and
work expeditiously to restore service whenever such service is inter-
rupted
 
 
PURPOSE:
 
The purpose of this legislation is to include gas alongside other vital
services about which the New York City Housing Authority ("NYCHA") must
publish public information regarding reported disruptions, -the length
of such disruption and the steps taken to restore services. The bill
further NYCHA to remedy any such interruptions as expeditiously as
possible and coordinate with agencies and gas corporations on a plan to
restore such service.
 
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
 
Section 1 amends subdivision 1 of section 402-e of the public housing
law, as amended by chapter 47 of the laws of 2020, by adding gas to the
list of vital services on which NYCHA is required to publish regular
updates, and adds a new subdivision 5 that requires NYCHA coordinate and
work expeditiously to restore service whenever it is required to be
interrupted.
 
Section 2 provides for the effective date.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:
 
As of August 2021, 56 NYCHA developments across New York City' are expe-
riencing gas outages, some of which have lasted for several months or
longer. Like electricity, heat, water and working elevators, gas is a
vital service that enables residents to prepare their own food safely
and- especially during a pandemic- minimize unnecessary contact with
takeout and delivery food options. Because restoration of this essential
service can often take months, affected residents, not only incur addi-
tional food costs, they are forced to work with inadequate replacement
equipment like hotplates for an inordinate amount of time. This legis-
lation aims to protect NYCHA residents from these hardships by creating
an incentive for public authorities, city and state agencies, and utili-
ty companies to work together quickly and efficiently to restore vital
gas service to residents experiencing an outage.
 
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
2021-22 A.9587 Referred to Housing / S.7357 COMMITTED TO RULES
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
 
To be determined.
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become law.

A03866 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         3866--B
                                                                Cal. No. 102
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 8, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. JACKSON, LEE, SIMON -- read once and referred to
          the Committee  on  Housing  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee --
          ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered  reprinted,  retaining
          its place on the order of third reading
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the public housing law, in relation to requiring enti-
          ties responsible for the provision of vital services to coordinate and
          work expeditiously to restore service whenever such service is  inter-
          rupted
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1  of  section  402-e  of  the
     2  public  housing  law,  as amended by chapter 645 of the laws of 2023, is
     3  amended and a new subdivision 5 is added to read as follows:
     4    (a) In order to ensure compliance and enforcement of the New York city
     5  housing authority's duty to provide heat, water, electricity, gas, where
     6  provided and elevator service, the New York city housing authority shall
     7  publish information regarding reported disruptions in such services, the
     8  length of such disruptions and the steps taken to restore  services  and
     9  shall remedy interruptions of gas service in accordance with subdivision
    10  five  of  this  section. Starting on May first, two thousand twenty, the
    11  New York city housing authority shall publish such  information  on  its
    12  website.  For  six  months  after the original publication date, the New
    13  York city  housing  authority  shall  retain  such  information  on  its
    14  website.
    15    5.  (a)  The  New  York  city housing authority shall remedy an inter-
    16  ruption of gas service as expeditiously as practicable by  applying  for
    17  any  permits  necessary to make repairs, as applicable, and coordinating
    18  with agencies and gas corporations on a plan to restore such service.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01991-04-4
        A. 3866--B                          2
 
     1    (b) The  New  York  city  housing  authority  shall  notify  residents
     2  affected  by  any  such interruption of the plan to restore such service
     3  developed pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision by:
     4    (i) Communicating such plan to residents affected by such interruption
     5  as  well  as the resident association president or other formally recog-
     6  nized resident leader;
     7    (ii) Regularly scheduling meetings to  update  residents  affected  by
     8  such  interruption,  as  well  as  the resident association president or
     9  other formally recognized resident leader, about the  progress  made  on
    10  such plan; and
    11    (iii)  Posting  a notice in the lobby of the building affected by such
    12  interruption describing the interruption  and  estimating  the  date  on
    13  which service by the gas corporation shall be restored.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    15  it shall have become a law.

A03866 LFIN:

 
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