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What is NYC AC § 26-3009?

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This section outlines the enforcement of civil penalties for individuals involved in the maintenance, construction, or operation of buildings or affordable housing units that violate applicable provisions. The penalties can be pursued in administrative or court proceedings. Applies to building owners, architects, contractors, and engineers involved in such violations.

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§ 26-3009 Enforcement of civil penalty.

AC § 26-3009

The owner, architect, builder, contractor, engineer or any other person who maintains any building, or who erects, constructs, alters, extends, occupies, uses, operates, rents or sells any building or affordable housing unit subject to applicable affordable housing provisions, or assists or causes same to be done, in conflict with or in violation of any of such provisions, or who fails to comply with an order of the commissioner or violates any order of the commissioner issued pursuant to this chapter, shall be liable for a civil penalty that may be recovered in a proceeding before an administrative tribunal within the jurisdiction of the office of administrative trials and hearings or before a court of competent jurisdiction. (L.L. 2022/045, 1/15/2022, eff. 7/14/2022)

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