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A08494 Summary:

A08494 Actions:

A08494 Committee Votes:

Committee:HOUSING   Chair:Rosenthal L      
DATE:01/17/2024AYE/NAY:21/3  Action: Favorable         
Rosenthal
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Excused
Cook
Aye
Byrnes
Nay
Kim
Excused
Brown K 
Aye
Walker
Aye
Gallahan
Nay
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Brown EA
Nay
Davila
Excused
Brook-Krasny
Aye
Taylor
Aye
Chang
Aye
Epstein
Aye
Novakhov
Aye
Eichenstein
Aye
Meeks
Aye
Burdick
Aye
Rivera
Aye
Jackson
Aye
Kelles
Aye
Tapia
Aye
Lucas
Aye
Chandler-Waterm
Aye
Lee
Aye
Levenberg
Aye

A08494 Floor Votes:

A08494 Memo:

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



 
BILL NUMBER: A8494
 
SPONSOR: Dinowitz

 
TITLE OF BILL:
 
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 resi-
dents to emergency personnel
 
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
 
The purpose of this bill is to make amendments to Chapter 635 of the
Laws of 2023.
 
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
 
Section one of the bill amends the multiple residence law to provide
public housing authorities, including those established after January 1,
1939, can update the list of names and contact information for residents
upon annual recertification.
 
Section two amends the multiple dwelling law to provide public housing
authorities, including those established after January 1, 1939, can
update the list of names and contact information for residents upon
annual recertification.
 
Section three of the bill relates to the effective date.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:
 
On August 11, 2019, a fire in a Yonkers Apartment building displaced
eighty-six people displaced from their homes. The fire caused excessive
damage to the five-story building and took 60 firefighters.  Luckily, no
one was injured by the fire but during the blaze emergency responders
were unable to determine who was safely out of the building. When emer-
gency personnel contacted the building ownership to determine if every-
one was safely evacuated, it was difficult to get a list of who was
living in the building and their contact.
 
In the case of an emergency, first responders are best equipped to do
their job and prevent the loss of life when they are fully informed.
When triaging an emergency preventing the loss of life or injury is
critical but when the information required to do so is withheld this
task in even more difficult.
 
This bill seeks to help preserve the life and health of residents of
multiple dwelling/residence building by enabling emergency personnel to
have access to the information they need.
 
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
This is a new bill.
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
 
None.
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a
chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the multiple residence law and the
multiple dwelling law relating to requiring owners and agents of multi-
ple residences and multiple dwellings to provide names and contact
information of residents to emergency personnel, as proposed in legisla-
tive bills numbers S.2294-A and A.2134-A, takes effect.

A08494 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8494
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 4, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        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.

A08494 LFIN:

 
NO LFIN

A08494 Chamber Video/Transcript: