New York A 8404: Imposes certain penalties related to violations of building and fire code standards within fourteen days and increases certain fine amounts for violations of housing standards

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
A08404 Summary:

BILL NOA08404A

&nbsp

SAME ASSAME AS S03819-B

&nbsp

SPONSORLucas

&nbsp

COSPNSR

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Amd §382, Exec L

&nbsp

Requires that any penalties for violations of housing standards or building and fire codes be assessed and imposed within fourteen days; increases certain fine amounts for violations of housing standards.

Go to top A08404 Actions:

BILL NOA08404A

&nbsp

05/13/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

05/11/2026amend (t) and recommit to governmental operations

05/11/2026print number 8404a

06/01/2026reference changed to ways and means

06/04/2026reported referred to rules

Go to topA08404 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/04/2026AYE/NAY:22/10 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyePalmesanoNay

GlickAyeFitzpatrickNay

ColtonAyeHawleyNay

CookExcusedBlankenbushNay

BenedettoAyeWalshNay

WeprinAyeDeStefanoNay

RamosAyeManktelowNay

BraunsteinAyeSmullenNay

McDonaldAyeGiglioNay

RozicAyeSlaterNay

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAbsent

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAbsent

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

SeptimoAye

HevesiAye

Go to topA08404 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA08404 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8404--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. LUCAS -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Govern-
 mental Operations in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to imposing certain
 penalties related to violations of building and fire code standards
 within fourteen days and increasing certain fines for violations of
 housing standards

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 382 of the executive law, as
 2 amended by chapter 571 of the laws of 2021, is amended and a new subdi-
 3 vision 5 is added to read as follows:
 4 2. a. Any person, having been served, either personally or by regis-
 5 tered or certified mail, with an order to remedy any condition found to
 6 exist in, on, or about any building in violation of the uniform fire
 7 prevention and building code, who shall fail to comply with such order
 8 within the time fixed by the regulations promulgated by the secretary
 9 pursuant to subdivision one of section three hundred eighty-one of this
 10 article, such time period to be stated in the order, and any owner,
 11 builder, architect, tenant, contractor, subcontractor, construction
 12 superintendent or their agents or any other person taking part or
 13 assisting in the construction of any building who shall knowingly
 14 violate any of the applicable provisions of the uniform code or any
 15 lawful order of a local government, a county or the secretary made ther-
 16 eunder regarding standards for construction, maintenance, or fire
 17 protection equipment and systems, shall be punishable by a fine of not
 18 [more than one thousand dollars per day of violation, or imprisonment
 19 not exceeding one year, or both for the first one hundred eighty days,
 20 and for the following one hundred eighty days shall be punishable by a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07999-05-6

 A. 8404--A 2

 1 fine of no less than twenty-five dollars and not more than one thousand
 2 dollars per day of violation or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or
 3 both and thereafter shall be punishable by a fine of no less than fifty
 4 dollars and not more than one thousand dollars per day of violation or
 5 imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both] less than twenty-five
 6 dollars nor more than one hundred fifty dollars for each non-hazardous
 7 violation in a multiple dwelling containing ten or fewer dwelling units.
 8 b. For each hazardous violation occurring in a multiple dwelling
 9 containin