Requires records of elevator or vertical transportation maintenance, operation issues and repairs be made available to the municipal department having jurisdiction over such elevator or vertical transportation.
Summary
S09708 would amend the New York Multiple Dwelling Law to require owners of multiple dwellings to maintain up-to-date records of elevator or other vertical transportation maintenance, operational problems, and repairs. Those records would have to be made available to the municipal department with jurisdiction over elevator or vertical transportation violations.
The bill also gives tenants the right to review these records and obtain copies upon request. In addition, the bill states that copies of the records may be used to support the denial of individual apartment improvement increases or temporary major capital improvement increases under the state’s emergency housing rent control law, potentially affecting rent-regulated buildings and related rent adjustment proceedings.
Impact
This bill would add a new recordkeeping and disclosure requirement to section 51 of the Multiple Dwelling Law for owners of multiple dwellings with elevators or other vertical transportation systems. It would create a statutory obligation to preserve maintenance and repair records, share them with local enforcement agencies, and provide tenant access, while also linking those records to rent regulation enforcement by allowing their use in challenges to certain rent increases under the emergency housing rent control law.
Sentiment
No committee transcript or vote record is provided, so there is no direct evidence of debate or formal support/opposition. Based on the bill text, the measure appears aimed at transparency, tenant access to safety-related information, and stronger oversight of elevator maintenance in multi-unit housing, which suggests a consumer- and tenant-protection orientation.
Contention
The main potential points of contention are likely to be between tenant advocates and building owners or landlords. Supporters would likely favor greater transparency, safety oversight, and the ability to use maintenance records in rent-increase disputes, while opponents may object to the administrative burden of recordkeeping, disclosure obligations, and the use of maintenance records to block apartment improvement or capital improvement rent increases. The bill may also raise questions about how much information must be disclosed and how municipal agencies and tenants would access and use the records.
Requires records of elevator or vertical transportation maintenance, operation issues and repairs be made available to the municipal department having jurisdiction over such elevator or vertical transportation.
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