Details Meeting Name: Committee on Housing and Buildings Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 4/11/2019 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Committee Room - City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS Meeting Items (18) 18 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia                     Roll call Not available Int 0341-2018 * Deborah L. Rose     Retroactively requiring secondary power for lighting for egress paths and elevators. Introduction This bill would make retroactive certain provisions of the Building Code related to secondary power for lighting for egress paths and elevators. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0341-2018 * Deborah L. Rose     Retroactively requiring secondary power for lighting for egress paths and elevators. Introduction This bill would make retroactive certain provisions of the Building Code related to secondary power for lighting for egress paths and elevators. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0414-2018 * Margaret S. Chin     Safety signs in elevators. Introduction This bill would require signs to be posted in elevators instructing passengers on correct actions in the event the elevator stops between floors. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0414-2018 * Margaret S. Chin     Safety signs in elevators. Introduction This bill would require signs to be posted in elevators instructing passengers on correct actions in the event the elevator stops between floors. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0565-2018 * Mark Treyger     Elevator service outage accommodations Introduction This bill would require the owners of residential buildings (R-1 or R-2 occupancies) where an elevator is used for residential service, to provide reasonable accommodations during outages longer than a day when necessary for any affected resident with a disability. It further requires that a plan detailing the accommodations during a service outage be created and maintained by building owners and that a copy of the plan be provided to residents in advance of anticipated outages. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0565-2018 * Mark Treyger     Elevator service outage accommodations Introduction This bill would require the owners of residential buildings (R-1 or R-2 occupancies) where an elevator is used for residential service, to provide reasonable accommodations during outages longer than a day when necessary for any affected resident with a disability. It further requires that a plan detailing the accommodations during a service outage be created and maintained by building owners and that a copy of the plan be provided to residents in advance of anticipated outages. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0786-2018 * Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.     DOB to report on the efficacy of elevator brake monitors and remote elevator monitoring systems. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Buildings to submit by December 31, 2019 a report analyzing whether brake monitors and remote electronic monitoring systems enhance elevator safety and, if so, the feasibility of requiring installation on all elevators in residential buildings. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0786-2018 * Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.     DOB to report on the efficacy of elevator brake monitors and remote elevator monitoring systems. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Buildings to submit by December 31, 2019 a report analyzing whether brake monitors and remote electronic monitoring systems enhance elevator safety and, if so, the feasibility of requiring installation on all elevators in residential buildings. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0787-2018 * Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.     Maintaining brake monitors and elevator monitoring systems. Introduction This bill would require building owners to maintain annually any brake monitors and elevator monitoring systems installed in building elevators to ensure safety standards. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0787-2018 * Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.     Maintaining brake monitors and elevator monitoring systems. Introduction This bill would require building owners to maintain annually any brake monitors and elevator monitoring systems installed in building elevators to ensure safety standards. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0788-2018 * Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.   Proposed Int. No. 788-A Elevator maintenance company licenses and elevator maintenance company director licenses. Introduction This bill would require companies that perform elevator and escalator maintenance, repair and replacement to designate a person in responsible charge of those companies’ elevator-related operations, and would require (1) elevator maintenance companies and company directors to be licensed by the Department of Buildings (DOB), (2) elevator maintenance company mechanics to demonstrate their qualifications based on experience or certification, and (3) elevator maintenance company helpers to demonstrate enrollment in a vocational, trade or apprenticeship program. The bill would include initial training and continuing education requirements and would be phased in over time, with full compliance required by January 1, 2023. The bill would also exempt DOB from the licensing and training requirements. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0788-2018 * Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.     Elevator maintenance company licenses and elevator maintenance company director licenses. Introduction This bill would require companies that perform elevator and escalator maintenance, repair and replacement to designate a person in responsible charge of those companies’ elevator-related operations, and would require (1) elevator maintenance companies and company directors to be licensed by the Department of Buildings (DOB), (2) elevator maintenance company mechanics to demonstrate their qualifications based on experience or certification, and (3) elevator maintenance company helpers to demonstrate enrollment in a vocational, trade or apprenticeship program. The bill would include initial training and continuing education requirements and would be phased in over time, with full compliance required by January 1, 2023. The bill would also exempt DOB from the licensing and training requirements. Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 0788-2018 * Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.     Elevator maintenance company licenses and elevator maintenance company director licenses. Introduction This bill would require companies that perform elevator and escalator maintenance, repair and replacement to designate a person in responsible charge of those companies’ elevator-related operations, and would require (1) elevator maintenance companies and company directors to be licensed by the Department of Buildings (DOB), (2) elevator maintenance company mechanics to demonstrate their qualifications based on experience or certification, and (3) elevator maintenance company helpers to demonstrate enrollment in a vocational, trade or apprenticeship program. The bill would include initial training and continuing education requirements and would be phased in over time, with full compliance required by January 1, 2023. The bill would also exempt DOB from the licensing and training requirements. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1508-2019 * Mark Levine     Requiring that vents in elevator hoistway enclosures be closed to prevent air leakage. Introduction This bill would require owners of existing buildings to partially close the elevator hoistway vents in such buildings to mitigate air leakage and owners of new buildings to install automated hoistway vents so that elevator hoistway vents in such buildings remain closed to prevent air leakage. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1508-2019 * Mark Levine     Requiring that vents in elevator hoistway enclosures be closed to prevent air leakage. Introduction This bill would require owners of existing buildings to partially close the elevator hoistway vents in such buildings to mitigate air leakage and owners of new buildings to install automated hoistway vents so that elevator hoistway vents in such buildings remain closed to prevent air leakage. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1533-2019 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams   Preconsidered Definition of site safety training full compliance date and site safety training second compliance date. Introduction This bill would extend the existing compliance dates for Local Law 196 for the year 2017. Local Law 196 for the year 2017 requires, in part, that construction workers complete an Occupational Safety and Health Thirty Hour Course (OSHA-30) or an additional 20 hours of safety training or a 100-hour training program approved by the Department of Buildings, and comply with the training required by Section 3321 of the New York City Building Code. Hearing on P-C Item by Comm   Action details Not available Int 1533-2019 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams     Definition of site safety training full compliance date and site safety training second compliance date. Introduction This bill would extend the existing compliance dates for Local Law 196 for the year 2017. Local Law 196 for the year 2017 requires, in part, that construction workers complete an Occupational Safety and Health Thirty Hour Course (OSHA-30) or an additional 20 hours of safety training or a 100-hour training program approved by the Department of Buildings, and comply with the training required by Section 3321 of the New York City Building Code. P-C Item Laid Over by Comm   Action details Not available