This bill would prohibit the letting of sleeping rooms by hotels for less than 12 hours.
- Andrew Cohen
- Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
- Corey D. Johnson
- Fernando Cabrera
- Laurie A. Cumbo
- Inez D. Barron
- Rory I. Lancman
- Deborah L. Rose
- Andy L. King
- Ritchie J. Torres
- Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.
- Barry S. Grodenchik
- Annabel Palma
- Alan N. Maisel
- Vincent J. Gentile
- Donovan J. Richards
- Elizabeth S. Crowley
- Helen K. Rosenthal
- Joseph C. Borelli
- Eric A. Ulrich
- Filed (End of Session)
History
Proposed Int. No. 1083-A
By Council Members Cohen, Salamanca, Johnson, Cabrera, Cumbo, Barron, Lancman, Rose, King, Torres, Espinal, Grodenchik, Palma, Maisel, Gentile, Richards, Crowley, Rosenthal, Borelli and Ulrich
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the letting of sleeping rooms
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 10 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 10-173 to read as follows:
§ 10-173 Letting out of sleeping rooms. a. No owner or operator of a hotel shall let out a sleeping room for less than 12 hours or more than twice within a 24 hour period. The terms used in this section shall have the meanings set forth in section 11-2501 of the code unless otherwise indicated.
b. Any owner or operator who violates subdivision a of this section shall be liable for a civil penalty recoverable in a proceeding before an authorized tribunal of the office of administrative trials and hearings of five hundred dollars for each offense.
c. The department of consumer affairs, as well as any other agency designated by the mayor, shall have the authority to enforce the provisions of this section.
§ 2. This local law shall take effect 120 days after it becomes law.
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