New York A 4861: Enacts the New York state senior housing opportunities partnership act and establishes a state senior housing opportunities partnership authority

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A04861 Summary:

BILL NOA04861 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORChang

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COSPNSRBrook-Krasny, Norber, Novakhov

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §16-118, NYC Ad Cd

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Increases penalties for public urination or defecation to $500 for any violation.

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BILL NOA04861 

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02/06/2025referred to cities

01/07/2026referred to cities

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4861

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. CHANG, BROOK-KRASNY, NORBER, NOVAKHOV -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Cities

 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
 relation to penalties for public urination and defecation

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 8 and 11 of section 16-118 of the administra-
 2 tive code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 75 of
 3 the city of New York for the year 2016, are amended to read as follows:
 4 8. The violation of any provision of this section shall constitute an
 5 offense punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more
 6 than two hundred fifty dollars, or by imprisonment not to exceed ten
 7 days, or both; provided that the violation of subdivision 1 of this
 8 section[, or the violation of subdivision 6 of this section by means of
 9 the act of public urination,] shall constitute an offense punishable
 10 only by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred
 11 fifty dollars, or by imprisonment not to exceed one day, and provided,
 12 further, that the violation of subdivision 6 of this section by means
 13 of the act of public urination or public defecation shall constitute a
 14 class A misdemeanor punishable by a fine of five hundred dollars.
 15 11. In the event that a violator fails to answer such notice of
 16 violation within the time provided therefor by the rules and regulations
 17 of the environmental control board, a tribunal of the office of adminis-
 18 trative trials and hearings, pursuant to section 1049-a of the charter,
 19 [he or she] such violator shall become liable for additional penalties.
 20 The additional penalties shall not exceed four hundred fifty dollars for
 21 each violation, provided that such penalties imposed for a violation of
 22 this section for the act of public urination or public defecation shall
 23 not exceed 150 percent of the penalties enumerated in paragraph b of
 24 subdivision 9 of this section, and further provided that such penalties
 25 imposed for violations of subdivision 1 of this section shall not exceed

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07577-01-5

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 1 150 percent of the penalties enumerated in paragraph c of subdivision 9
 2 of this section.
 3 § 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 9 of section 16-118 of the administra-
 4 tive code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 137 of
 5 the city of New York for the year 2018, is amended to read as follows:
 6 b. notwithstanding paragraph a of this subdivision, for any natural
 7 person violating subdivision 6 of this section by means of the act of
 8 public urination[:
 9 (1) 75 dollars for a first violation, and
 10 (2) not less than 250 and not more than 350 dollars for any second
 11 violation within any 12 month period, and
 12 (3) not less than 350 and not more than 450 dollars for any third
 13 violation within any 12 month period] or public defecation, 500 dollars
 14 for each violation;
 15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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