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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8256
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 27, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. SUTTON -- 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 prohibiting the issuance of tickets to residential occu-
pants for certain violations of the sanitation code
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision c of section 16-120 of the administrative code
of the city of New York is amended by adding a new paragraph 4 to read
as follows:
4. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SUBDIVISION OR ANY RULE OF
THE DEPARTMENT RELATING TO COLLECTION TO THE CONTRARY, THE DEPARTMENT
SHALL NOT ISSUE A NOTICE OF VIOLATION, APPEARANCE TICKET OR SUMMONS TO
ANY OWNER, LESSEE, TENANT OR OCCUPANT OF A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING OR
DWELLING, NOR TO A PERSON WHO MANAGES OR CONTROLS SUCH A BUILDING OR
DWELLING, FOR A VIOLATION OF PARAGRAPH (2) OF SUBDIVISION E OF THIS
SECTION OCCURRING BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 3:00 P.M. ON FRIDAY AND 6:00 P.M.
ON SATURDAY AS A RESULT OF PLACING REFUSE, SOLID WASTE OR RECYCLABLE
MATERIAL OUT FOR COLLECTION EARLIER THAN ALLOWED UNDER THE RULES OF THE
DEPARTMENT RELATING TO COLLECTION BY THE DEPARTMENT OR BY A PRIVATE
CHARTER THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED OR REGISTERED PURSUANT TO CHAP-
TER 1 OF TITLE 16-A OF THE CODE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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