§ 53-02 Pilot Program List.
RCNY § 53-02
(1)A Pilot Program List will be provided by the Department on its website and may be amended and republished as necessary to include additional multiple dwellings.
(2)The criteria used to select buildings to be included on the Pilot Program List shall include: (a) Buildings with scores on the Building Qualification Index indicating significant distress as determined by the Department; (b) Buildings where a full vacate order has been issued by the Department or by the Department of Buildings within the five-year period prior to October 31, 2021, except where such vacate order was issued due to a fire; (c) Buildings where there has been active participation in the Department's alternative enforcement program pursuant to an order issued by the Department that have been discharged from such program on or after October 31, 2021, as of the date of the discharge determination by the Department. A building will be added to the Pilot Program List and included on the Pilot Program List on the Department's website within 30 days after it is discharged from the program; and (d) Buildings where there has been a final determination by New York State Homes and Community Renewal or any court having jurisdiction that one or more acts of Harassment were committed at such building after October 31, 2016. A building will be added to the Pilot Program List and included on the Pilot Program List on the Department's website within 30 days after it is identified as having been the subject of such determination, provided, however that where such final determination was made on default judgment, and such default is opened by the court having jurisdiction, such building will be removed from the Pilot Program List within 30 days of notification by the owner unless such building meets other criteria for inclusion on such list.
(e)Buildings where an administrator has been discharged under article 7-A of the real property actions and proceedings law on or after October 31, 2021, as of the date of the court order discharging such administrator, unless such building is the subject of a loan provided by or through the department or the New York city housing development corporation for the purpose of rehabilitation that includes, but is not limited to, electric, heating, plumbing, roofing, windows, or another major component of the building. A building will be added to the Pilot Program List and included on the Pilot Program List on the Department's website within 30 days after the date of the court order. (Added City Record 9/7/2018, eff. 10/7/2018; amended City Record 6/17/2022, eff. 6/17/2022)
