Int. No. 1175
By Council Members P. Sanchez, Ariola, De La Rosa, Gutiérrez, Hanif, Dinowitz, Aldebol, Maloney, Feliz, Krishnan, Thomas-Henry and J. Sanchez
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to a study and report on electrical capacity in certain residential buildings
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subchapter 3 of chapter 2 of title 27 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new article 7 to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7
STUDY AND REPORT ON ELECTRICAL CAPACITY IN CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
§ 27-2089.1 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the term “covered building” means a multiple dwelling whose floor area is less than 50,000 square feet that was built on or before December 31, 1975.
§ 27-2089.2 Study and report. a. The commissioner of buildings, in collaboration with the fire commissioner and the commissioner of housing preservation and development, shall conduct a periodic electrical capacity study on a representative sample of no less than 500 covered buildings. Such study shall collect information about the electrical capacity of such buildings with the goal of determining which buildings need an electrical panel upgrade to accommodate a higher electrical capacity in order to significantly reduce the risk of electrical fires.
b. The commissioner of buildings shall establish by rule the criteria for selecting such sample of buildings for the study required by subdivision a.
c. The commissioner of buildings shall conduct such study within 1 year after the effective date of this article and every 5 years thereafter.
d. Upon the completion of each such study, the commissioner of buildings shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council, and post on the department of buildings’ website, a report summarizing the findings of such study.
§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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