S501-2013 Actions

• Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

S501-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S501

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to
requiring emergency lighting or illumination in certain residential
buildings

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To require a certain class of residential buildings in New York city
to have emergency lighting in like manner as other residential
buildings.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 adds a new section 27-3024.1 to the administrative code of
the city of New York that requires buildings classified as J-2
(apartment houses and apartment hotels, to be equipped with emergency
lighting). This classification of residential buildings shall
conform to J-1 residential buildings which are hotels, motels,
lodging houses and rooming houses.

JUSTIFICATION:
The blackout of August 2003 wreaked havoc throughout the state but
especially in New York city where residential buildings do not have
emergency lighting. It is an absolute necessity that all residential
apartment buildings are equipped with lighting to assist individuals,
young and old alike, to egress safely from their homes.

This legislation will bring into conformity residential apartment
buildings with all other types of residential facilities.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2009: S.3342 (Duane), Died in Housing
2010: S.3342 (Duane), Died in Housing

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Undetermined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S501-2013 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                          501
 2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 (PREFILED)
 January 9, 2013
 
 Introduced by Sen. ESPAILLAT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed  to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and
 Community Development
 

AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
 relation  to  requiring  emergency lighting or illumination in certain
 residential buildings
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
 by adding a new section 27-3024.1 to read as follows:

 

S 27-3024.1 EMERGENCY LIGHTING OR ILLUMINATION REQUIRED  IN  OCCUPANCY
 GROUP  J-2  BUILDINGS.  WITHIN  ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE
 DATE OF THIS SECTION, EMERGENCY LIGHTING OR  ILLUMINATION  IN  OCCUPANCY
 GROUP  J-2  BUILDINGS  IS REQUIRED IN THE SAME MANNER AND SUBJECT TO THE
 SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS  AS  EMERGENCY  LIGHTING  OR  ILLUMINATION  IS
 REQUIRED IN OCCUPANCY GROUP J-1 BUILDINGS, IN SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMANCE TO
 THE  PROVISIONS  OF LOCAL LAW NUMBER SIXTEEN OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR
 THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR. THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION
 SUPERSEDE  ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF THIS CODE, INCLUDING ANY APPEN
 DICES THERETO AND REFERENCE STANDARDS THEREUNTO APPERTAINING.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01940-01-3

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