New York S 4108: Relates to demolition costs of residential property

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S04108 Summary:

BILL NOS04108 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04345

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §11-301, add §11-357, NYC Ad Cd

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Provides that an owner of a residential building which has been deemed unsafe because of an arson related fire shall be charged the actual cost of demolition.

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BILL NOS04108 

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02/03/2025REFERRED TO CITIES 1

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CITIES 1

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4108

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1

 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
 relation to demolition costs of residential property

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

 1 Section 1. Section 11-301 of the administrative code of the city of
 2 New York, as amended by local law number 68 for the year 2007, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 § 11-301 When taxes, assessments, sewer rents, sewer surcharges [and],
 5 water rents and demolition costs to be liens on land assessed. All taxes
 6 and all assessments and all sewer rents, sewer surcharges [and], water
 7 rents and demolition costs, and the interest and charges thereon, which
 8 may be laid or may have heretofore been laid, upon any real estate now
 9 in the city, shall continue to be, until paid, a lien thereon, and shall
 10 be preferred in payment to all other charges. The words "water rents"
 11 whenever they are used in this chapter shall include uniform annual
 12 charges and extra and miscellaneous charges for the supply of water,
 13 charges in accordance with meter rates, minimum charges for the supply
 14 of water by meter, annual service charges and charges for meters and
 15 their connections and for their setting, repair and maintenance, penal-
 16 ties and fines and all lawful charges for the supply of water imposed
 17 pursuant to the New York city municipal water finance authority act,
 18 which is set forth in title two-A of article five of the public authori-
 19 ties law. Charges for expense of meters, their connections, setting,
 20 repair or maintenance shall not be due or become a charge or lien on the
 21 premises where a water meter shall be installed or against which a
 22 charge shall be made, until such charge shall have been definitely fixed
 23 by the commissioner of environmental protection, and an entry of the
 24 amount thereof shall have been made with the date of such entry in the
 25 book in which the charges for water supplied by meter against such prem-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05373-01-5

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 1 ises are to be entered. A charge in accordance with meter rates or mini-
 2 mum charges for the supply of water measured by meter, and a service
 3 charge shall not be due or become a lien or charge upon the premises
 4 where such meter is installed until an entry shall have been made indi-
 5 cating that such premises are metered, with the date of such entry in
 6 the book in which the charges for water by meter measurement against
 7 such premises are to be entered. The words "sewer rents" when used in
 8 this chapter shall mean any rents or charges imposed pursuant to section
 9 24-514 of the code or pursuant to the New York city municipal water
 10 finance authority act, which is set forth in title two-A of article five
 11 of the public authorities law. The words "sewer surcharges" when used in
 12 this chapter shall mean the charges imposed pursuant to section 24-523
 13 of the code or pursuant to the New York city municipal water finance
 14 authority act, which is set forth in title two-A of article five of the
 15 public authorities law. Whenever an increase in the amount of uniform
 16 annual charges or extra or miscellaneous charges shall have been made or
 17 a charge shall have been made for water services for any building
 18 c