New York Senate Bill S00220 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 220--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 4, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MYRIE, BAILEY, GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on Cities 1 -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee 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. Subdivision 1 of section 402-e of the public housing law, 2 as amended by chapter 47 of the laws of 2020, is amended and a new 3 subdivision 5 is added to read as follows: 4 1. 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 interruption 16 of gas service as expeditiously as practicable by applying for any EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01991-02-3 
 S. 220--A 2 1 permits necessary to make repairs, as applicable, and coordinating with 2 agencies and gas corporations on a plan to restore such service. 3 b. The New York city housing authority shall notify residents affected 4 by any such interruption of the plan to restore such service developed 5 pursuant to paragraph a of this subdivision by: 6 (i) Communicating such plan to residents affected by such interruption 7 as well as the resident association president or other formally recog- 8 nized resident leader; 9 (ii) Regularly scheduling meetings to update residents affected by 10 such interruption, as well as the resident association president or 11 other formally recognized resident leader, about the progress made on 12 such plan; and 13 (iii) Posting a notice in the lobby of the building affected by such 14 interruption describing the interruption and estimating the date on 15 which service by the gas corporation shall be restored. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 17 it shall have become a law.