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Senate Bill S1838

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes municipalities to establish an emergency repair pilot program

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2025-S1838 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5641
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §99-aa, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S8146, A9504
2023-2024: S5207, S8500, A1662, A9160

2025-S1838 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes municipalities to establish an emergency repair pilot program; enables municipalities to repair immediately hazardous code violations in buildings where the owner has not undertaken such repairs in a reasonable time.

2025-S1838 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1838 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1838
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. SKOUFIS, HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  authorizing
   certain municipalities to establish an emergency repair pilot program;
   and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration there-
   of

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 99-aa to read as follows:
   §  99-AA.    EMERGENCY REPAIR PILOT PROGRAM. SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION,
 THE SECRETARY OF STATE, WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND
 COMMUNITY RENEWAL, SHALL ESTABLISH A PILOT  PROGRAM  WITH  PARTICIPATING
 MUNICIPALITIES  FOR  AN EMERGENCY REPAIR PROGRAM. THE SECRETARY OF STATE
 SHALL ONLY ALLOW MUNICIPALITIES DESIGNATED AS A CITY TO  PARTICIPATE  IN
 SUCH PILOT PROGRAM. THE EMERGENCY REPAIR PROGRAM SHALL REQUIRE A MUNICI-
 PALITY  THAT  HAS ELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM TO ENACT A LOCAL
 LAW TO ENABLE THE MUNICIPALITY  TO  REPAIR  IMMEDIATELY  HAZARDOUS  CODE
 VIOLATIONS  IN BUILDINGS WHERE THE OWNER HAS NOT UNDERTAKEN SUCH REPAIRS
 IN A REASONABLE TIME. THE MUNICIPALITY SHALL BILL  THE  OWNER  FOR  SUCH
 REPAIR COSTS.  THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DIVISION
 OF  HOUSING  AND  COMMUNITY  RENEWAL,  SHALL,  AS APPROPRIATION PERMITS,
 PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATING MUNICIPALITIES  TO  ENSURE
 SUCCESSFUL  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  THE  LOCAL  LAW REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE
 PILOT PROGRAM.  ADDITIONALLY, THE SECRETARY OF  STATE,  WITH  ASSISTANCE
 FROM  THE  DIVISION  OF  HOUSING  AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL, SHALL PREPARE A
 MODEL LOCAL LAW THAT MUNICIPALITIES MAY ADOPT TO SATISFY THE  LOCAL  LAW
 REQUIREMENT  OF  THE PILOT PROGRAM. SUCH LOCAL LAW SHALL BE PUBLISHED ON
 THE WEBSITES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND THE DIVISION OF HOUSING  AND
 COMMUNITY  RENEWAL.  FURTHERMORE, THE SECRETARY OF STATE, IN CONJUNCTION
 WITH THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL, SHALL FILE A  REPORT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04769-01-5

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