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During heating season, between October 1 and May 31, owners of residential buildings who are required to provide heat for their tenants must maintain certain minimum temperatures in areas of dwelling units that are used or occupied for living purposes. This bill would increase the minimum nighttime (between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.) temperature during heating season from 55 degrees to 62 degrees, regardless of the outdoor temperature.

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Int. No. 722-A

 

By Council Members Williams, Levine, Rose, Rosenthal, Van Bramer, Torres, Constantinides, Garodnick, Kallos, Levin, Treyger, Dromm, Barron, Cornegy and Salamanca (by request of the Manhattan Borough President)

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to minimum temperatures required to be maintained in dwellings

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

                     Section 1. Subdivision a of section 27-2029 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:

                     a. During the period from October first through May thirty-first, centrally-supplied heat, in any dwelling in which such heat is required to be provided, shall be furnished so as to maintain, in every portion of such dwelling used or occupied for living purposes:

(1) between the hours of six a.m. and ten p.m., a temperature of at least sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit whenever the outside temperature falls below fifty-five degrees; and

(2) between the hours of ten p.m. and six a.m., a temperature of at least [fifty-five] sixty-two degrees Fahrenheit [whenever the outside temperature falls below forty degrees].

                     § 2. This local law shall take effect on October 1, 2017, except that the commissioner of housing preservation and development may take any actions necessary for its implementation, including promulgation of rules, before such effective date.

 

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