NYC Administrative Code

§ 27-2129.1 — Report on certain elevators referred to the department.

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This section mandates the Department of Buildings to submit an annual report detailing multiple dwellings with immediately hazardous elevator-related violations. The report includes statistics on violations, corrections, and safety assessments. Applies to building owners of multiple dwellings with elevator issues.

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§ 27-2129.1 Report on certain elevators referred to the department.

AC § 27-2129.1

In December 2016 and in each December thereafter, the department shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council, and make publicly available online, a report on the multiple dwellings that were referred to the department during such fiscal year pursuant to section 28-219.4 of the administrative code, containing, at a minimum: (i) the number of multiple dwellings for which the department of buildings issued immediately hazardous elevator-related violations; (ii) the number of multiple dwellings for which the department of buildings issued immediately hazardous elevator-related violations that were corrected before referral to the department was required pursuant to section 28-219.4 of this code; (iii) the number of multiple dwellings with immediately hazardous elevator-related violations issued by the department of buildings that were referred to the department pursuant to section 28-219.4; (iv) the number of such referrals that included information indicating that a dwelling unit serviced by such elevator was not served by another operable elevator; (v) the number of multiple dwellings with immediately hazardous elevator-related violations that were corrected by the owner of the multiple dwelling subsequent to such referral and the average number of days between such referral and such correction; (vi) the number of multiple dwellings with immediately hazardous elevator-related violations that the department determined were dangerous to human life and safety or detrimental to health; (vii) the number of multiple dwellings with immediately hazardous elevator-related violations that the department ordered corrected; and (viii) the number of multiple dwellings with immediately hazardous elevator-related violations that were corrected by the department and the cost of such corrections. (L.L. 2015/101, 11/4/2015, eff. 7/1/2016)

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