This bill would increase the civil and criminal penalties for demolishing or altering a building without a Department of Buildings issued permit when such building is calendared for consideration by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. The civil penalty would be increased to not less than $25,000 and not more than $50,000. The criminal penalty would be increased to an amount not more than $50,000.
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History
Int. No. 1608
By Council Members Rosenthal and Gentile
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to penalties for the unauthorized alteration or demolition of a premises calendared by the landmarks preservation commission
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 28-202.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new exception 4 to read as follows:
4. Demolition or alteration of a building or structure calendared by the landmarks preservation commission pursuant to section 25-303 in violation of section 105.2 of the building code shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars and not more than fifty thousand dollars.
§ 2. Section 28-203.1 of the administrative code is amended by adding a new exception 4 to read as follows:
4. Every person convicted of demolishing or altering a building or structure calendared by the landmarks preservation commission pursuant to section 25-303 in violation of section 105.2 of the building code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than fifty thousand dollars or by imprisonment of not more than one year or by both such fine and imprisonment.
§ 3. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.
JHC
LS #8485
4/25/2017