>>> > > > EXCELLENT MORNING, AS WELL AS WELCOME. I AM COUNCILMEMBER CORNEGY. THE CHAIR ON THE COMMITTEE OF HOUSING AND ALSO BUILDINGS. IT'' S EXCELLENT TO BE BACK IN TOWN HALL AFTER 18 MONTHS OF FUNCTIONING FROM ANOTHER LOCATION. I'' M HAPPY TO BE BELOW WITH MY COWORKERS. FERNANDO CABRERA, MARGARET S. CHIN, MARK GJONAJ, BARRY S. GRODENCHIK, FARAH N. LOUIS, EXPENSE PERKINS, CARLINA RIVERA AS WELL AS HELEN K. ROSENTHAL. I DO NOT TAKE LIGHTLY THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. GATHERING TODAY IS HOW WE CONTINUES TO BE GENERALLY TAKE PART IN I AM THANKFUL TO BE RIGHT HERE. TODAY THE BOARD WILL CERTAINLY BE HEARING 13 VARIOUS BILLS. SOME RELATED TO BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SAFETY, GAS PIPING, AS WELL AS SEVERAL WITHIN THE PROVINCE OF THE BOARD I WILL CERTAINLY PRESENT EACH COSTS. WE HAVE A VARIETY OF BILLS PERTAINING TO BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AND SECURITY. THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THE INSTALLMENT OF STANDOFF BRACES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A CONTRIBUTING ASPECT IN SUSPENDING SCAFFOLDING INCIDENTS. WE ALSO WILL ATTEMPT TOTO AMEND MAJOR STRUCTURE BUILDING SITES FOR STRUCTURES THAT ARE 7 TALES OR 75 FEET IN ELEVATION. THAT WILL CERTAINLY ACTIVATE ADDED SECURITY NEEDS. WE ALSO WANT TO ESTABLISH SPECIAL DEMANDS FOR STEEL BUILDING.
THE REQUIRING ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE OF MAJOR STRUCTURE SITES TO BUILD ON EFFORTS TO DECREASE BUILDING RELATED UTILITIES AND ALSO FATALITIES. WILL CERTAINLY BE HEARING A NUMBER OF COSTS CONNECTED TO GAS PIPING INSPECTION WHICH ARE FUNDED BY MYSELF. A REGIONAL REGULATION TO CHANGE THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, IN REGARD TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING LOTTO PROCESSES INT 1817-2019 A REGIONAL REGULATION IN REGARD TO AN EXTENSION OF THE DEADLINES FOR EVALUATION AND ALSO ADJUSTMENT OF STRUCTURE GAS PIPING SOLUTION IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICTS INT 2259-2021 A LOCAL REGULATION TO AMEND THE BRAND-NEW YORK CITY BUILDING REGULATIONS, IN CONNECTION WITH FINAL INSPECTIONS FOR TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION TOOLS PERMITS AND ALSO RESTRICTING STAND-OFF BRACKETS INT 2262-2021 A NEIGHBORHOOD LEGISLATION TO AMEND THE NEW YORK CITY BUILDING CODE, IN CONNECTION TO THE DEFINITITION OF MAJOR BUILDING INT 2263-2021 A REGIONAL LAW TO MODIFY THE NEW YORK CITY CITY BUILDING REGULATIONS, IN REGARD TO COLD-FORMED STEEL BUILDING INT 2264-2021 A REGIONAL LEGISLATION TO AMEND THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, IN CONNECTION TO STOVE SAFETY KNOBS INT 2265- 2021 A REGIONAL LAW TO CHANGE THE NEW YORK CITY CITY BUILDING CODE, IN REGARD TO CONSTRUCTION SUPERINTENDENTS, AND RESCINDING SECTIONS 3310.8.3 AND 3310.8.6 OF THE BRAND-NEW YORK CITY BUILDING ORDINANCE IN REGARD TO INSPECTIONS REQUIRED BY WEBSITE SECURITY MANAGERS OR COORDINATORS, AND ALSO IN REGARD TO REASONABLE CAREFULNESS REQUIRED BY WEBSITE SAFETY MANAGERS OR COORDINATORS TO GUARANTEE SAFETY INT 2276-2021 THE NEW YORK CITY CITY COUNCIL PAGE 1 PRINTED ON 9/ 8/21 COMMITTEE ON REAL ESTATE AS WELL AS BUILDINGS BOARD ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY SHEET MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 A NEIGHBORHOOD LAW TO MODIFY THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK CITY AND THE NEW YORK CITY CITY BUILDING ORDINANCE, IN CONNECTION WITH THE LICENSING OF GENERAL CONTRACTORS INT 2278-2021 PROPOSED INT.
NO. 2278-A A LOCAL LAW TO CHANGE THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, IN RELATION TO REQUIRING REGISTRATION FOR SHORT-TERM SERVICES AND ALSO SCHEDULING SOLUTIONS INT 2309-2021 A REGIONAL LAW TO AMEND THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK CITY, IN CONNECTION WITH CREATING A HARDSHIP PROGRAM FOR EXAMINATION AS WELL AS CORRECTION OF STRUCTURE GAS PIPING SYSTEMS INT 2321-2021 A LOCAL LEGISLATION TO AMEND THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, IN RELATIONSHIP TO CREATING A SURVEY RELATED TO THE INSPECTION AND ALSO IMPROVEMENT OF STRUCTURE GAS PIPING SYSTEMS INT 2361-2021 A NEIGHBORHOOD LAW TO CHANGE THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK CITY, IN CONNECTION WITH EXPANDING THE PHYSICAL SCOPE OF GAS PIPING ASSESSMENTS INT 2377-2021 A LOCAL LEGISLATION TO CHANGE THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK CITY, IN CONNECTION TO REQUIRING An ACCREDITATION OF NO HARASSMENT PRIOR TO AUTHORIZATION OF CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS OR ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR DEMOLITION OR IMPROVEMENT OF SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER LANDER, AND 1870 SPONSORED BY MAJORITY LEADER CUMBO, TO CIRCULATE MINIMUM POLICIES RELATING TO REAL ESTATE LOTTERY GAMES.
AND 2265 WOULD AMEND THE UPKEEP CODE BY REQUIRING OWNERS OF UNITS OF MULTIPLE DWELLINGS TO PROVIDE LESSEES WITH LONG-TERM STOVE SAFETY NIGHTS WITH INCORPORATED SECURING SYSTEMS OR COVERS FOR KNOBS ON THE FRONT OF GAS POWERED STILLS. I LOOK ONWARD TO HEARING THESE THINGS. SECTOR EXPERTS AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC. SINCE OF A NUMBER OF BILLS AND ALSO TO MANY EFFICIENTLY USE EVERY PERSON'' S TIME WE WILL DEDICATE THE FIRST SECTION OF THE HEARING TO 2309 AND WE WILL HEAR STATEMENT AND CONDUCT CONCERN AS WELL AS ANSWERS WITH THEM. WE WILL THEN RELOCATE TO THE REMAINING LEGISLATION. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK WITH LOAD OUT A CARD WITH THE SERGEANT.
I CURRENTLY TURN IT OVER TO THE BOARD GUIDANCE TO ADMINISTER THE OATH OF ADMINISTRATION PRIOR TO TEST MONEY. WE WILL HEAR FROM AMONG THE COSTS ENROLLERS, COUNCILMEMBER KALLOS. >> > > MANY THANKS COUNCILMEMBER TRENT ONE. I BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR 8 YEARS. I'' VE BEEN A LESSEE MOST OF MY LIFE AS WELL AS I'' M SICK OF HAVING TO TAKE ON VISITORS FOR REAL ESTATE IN THE CITY. PATEL MUST BE FOR TERSE AS WELL AS REAL ESTATE NEEDS TO BE FOR NEW YORKERS. IF THAT'' S STRAIGHTFORWARD OCCUPANTS HAVE ACTUALLY NEEDED TO PAY AN BONUS $384 IN INCREASED RENT BECAUSE OF THE AIRBNB GROWTH. THE SPIKE AS WELL AS RENT FORCED MYSELF AS WELL AS MY BETTER HALF TO MOVE DURING A HIGH DANGER PREGNANCY. THERE WERE 37,000 SYSTEMS ON AIRBNB IN FEBRUARY. AS WELL AS HALF OF THEM WERE SHORT-TERM RENTALS THAT NEED TO BE RESTRICTED TO LESS THAN 30 DAYS WHERE THERE LOCAL IS HOUSE AT THE TIME. THERE ARE LOTS NEGATIVE ACTORS AVAILABLE. LIKE ONE THAT RENTED OUT HOUSES TO THOUSANDS OF GUESTS. FOR 55,000 NIGHTS OVER 3 YEARS A WENT ACROSS THROUGHOUT 35 STRUCTURES. AND THANKFULLY THE CITY CAUGHT THEM.
THAT IS 151 YEARS OF HOUSING THAT WAS KEPT OFF THE MARKET. IT'' S POSSIBLE THAT LOTS HOLDS DON'' T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS ILLEGAL. WE ARE HEARING REGULATIONS TO CALL FOR EVERY HOST AND PLATFORM TO REGISTER THEIR SYSTEM. VIA THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS THEY WILL FIND OUT IF IT IS LEGAL TO RENTAL FEE THEIR UNITY UNITS THAT ARE CONTROLLED WILL CERTAINLY NOT MAY. MARKET RATE WILL CERTAINLY NOT BE ABLE TO REGISTER WITHOUT PROPRIETOR PERMISSION. CONDO OWNERS CAN REGISTER AND CHECKLIST THEIR UNITY MAY ADD THAT COOPERATIVES ON THE UPPER EAST SIDE DO NOT AUTHORIZATION RENTALS. BOARDS CAN ALWAYS ADOPT NEW STANDING ORDER.
SINGLE-FAMILY HOME OWNERS ARE FREE TO REGISTER AND ALSO LIST THEIR ROOMS AND ALSO SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS. WITH THE CURRENT FLOODING AS WELL AS DEATHS FROM TROPICAL STORM IDA THE ROOMS REQUIRED TO BE INSPECTED. WHEN WE PASS THE REGULATIONS THE BUDGET FRIENDLY HOUSING SITUATIONS MAKE IT EASIER WITH THE FLOOD OF 18,000 MARKET COMING BACK ON THE MARKET THAT MAY BE AFFORDABLE. THIS EARLY MORNING WE HAD 45,000 PEOPLE IN SHELTERS. AND 14,000 OF THEM WERE KIDS. WE COULD AND ALSO FAMILY MEMBERS BEING HOMELESS WITH THESE UNITS COMING BACK.
WE COULD HOUSE EVERY HOMELESS NEW YORKER. REAL ESTATE IS A HUMAN RIGHT AS WELL AS WE DEMAND TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THERE IS MORE OF IT AVAILABLE TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE. I INTEND TO THANK THE COALALITION AGAINST LEGAL HOTELS AND MY ADVICE THAT HAD THE BAD LUCK OF RESIDING IN A RENTAL BUILDING THAT WAS BORDERED BY TEMPORARY SERVICES WHERE THE CONTINUOUS COMING AND GOING OF INDIVIDUALS FORCED HIM OUT OF HIS RESIDENCE. AND CERTAINLY CHAIR RIVERA. THANK YOU AS WELL AS CURRENTLY IS THE TIME TO BRING THESE UNITS BACK ONTO THE MARKETPLACE AS WELL AS MAKE IT SAFE FOR EACH NEW YORKER. THANK YOU. >> > > PLEASE ELEVATE YOUR RIGHT-HAND MAN SELECTED YOUR COMPANY TO TELL THE REALITY, THE ENTIRE TRUTH AND ALSO NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH AND ALSO TO RESPOND HONESTLY TO COUNCILMEMBER QUESTIONS? THANKS. YOU MAY BEGIN WHEN READY. >>> > > > GREETINGS CHAIR RIVERA. AND MEMBERS OF THE MIDI ON HOUSING AND ALSO STRUCTURES. I AM THE EXEC DIRECTOR OF THE WORKPLACE OF SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY TODAY. WE INTEND TO COLLABORATE EFFORTS TO ISSUE FIX AROUND EMERGING PROBLEMS. THAT IMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY AND SECURITY, cohesion, as well as livability. OUR WORK IS ADDRESSING ILLEGAL SHORT- TERM RENTALS.
SINCE THE TEST MONEY REFERENCES UNLAWFUL SHORT- TERM RENTALS REPEATEDLY ALLOW ME TO STATE THE CURRENT REGULATION IN NEW YORK CITY. THE CITY AS WELL AS STATE LAW THAT USES IN NEW YORK CITY CITY RESTRICTS RENTALS FOR LESS THAN 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS TO THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE TWO VISITORS ARE KEEPING A COMMON HOME WITH THE LONG-TERM PASSENGER OF THE UNITY WHETHER A MULTIPLE HOUSE OR A A COUPLE OF FAMILY BUILDING. RENTALS TO GREATER THAN 2 VISITORS ARE ILLEGAL. LIVING IN ONE DEVICE WHILE RENTING ANOTHER PERSON DEVICE TO GUEST DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A HOSTED SERVICE. BY WORKING TO STOP THE PROLIFERATION OF THESE ILLEGAL SHORT-TERM LEASINGS THIS BREAKTHROUGHS SECRET GOALS TO PRESERVE COST AND ALSO COMMUNITY LIVABILITY. TO AVOID HARASSMENT OF LONG-TERM RESIDENCE AS WELL AS TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
WALL SURFACE VYING TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT NEW YORKERS ARE NOT INTERRUPTED BY PROHIBITED TASK IN THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL AS BUILDINGS. AS OSE HAS REPORTED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. BETWEEN 2016- 2020. WE OBTAINED OVER 11,000 PROBLEMS ABOUT SHORT-TERM LEASINGS. AS WELL AS CARRIED OUT 21,000 EVALUATIONS AND PROVIDED 13,000 INFRACTIONS THAT LED TO HEAVY PENALTIES. THE FIELD TASK THAT WAS DRIVEN AND EDUCATED BY THE PROBLEMS OF TENANTS AND ALSO NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBORS THROUGHOUT NEW YORK CITY IN THE DATA EVALUATIONS OF THE STUDY TEAM HAS CAUSED THOUSANDS OF ILLEGAL RENTALS BEING RESOLVED. IN SELECT INCIDENTS OF ILLEGAL TASK PERSISTING OR WHERE OSE INVESTIGATIONS DISCLOSE OPERATIONS THAT PERIOD DOZENS OF BUILDINGS. OUR LEGAL GROUP INITIATES LITIGATION. AND HAS BROUGHT 20 LEGAL ACTIONS BECAUSE 2015. DEALING WITH A VARIETY OF UNLAWFUL OPERATIONS. AND RESULTING IN COURT PROTECTIONS AND SETTLEMENTS AND ALSO PENALTIES VERSUS SHORT- TERM RENTALS THAT ALLOW THEIR BUILDINGS TO BE ABUSE. THIS WORK STRAIGHT IMPACTS THOUSANDS OF ILLEGAL OPERATORS AND REVEALS KEY FACTS REGARDING TEMPORARY LEASING MARKET.
THE TRICK TOOL IS THE ONLINE INDUSTRY IT'' S DEVELOPED BY BOOKING SOLUTIONS. AS WELL AS ONLY THROUGH GETTING DATA CONTAINER THE FULL LEVEL OF ILLEGAL OPERATIONS BE UNDERSTOOD. THERE ARE FEW RESTRAINTS IMPOSED BY RESERVATION SOLUTIONS TO QUIT THE EXPANSION OF UNLAWFUL TASK. AS WELL AS LACK OF CONFIRMATION THAT BANS UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY THAT STRAIGHT ADDED TO THE INCREASE OF THE PROHIBITED SHORT- TERM LEASING MARKET IN NEW YORK CITY. IT TOOK THE WORSE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS CRISIS IN MEMORY TO INTERRUPT THE LEGAL SERVICES TAKING PLACE NIGHTLY IN NEW YORK CITY CITY. WITH PROHIBITED TASK DECLINING CONSIDERABLY DURING THE FIRST WAVE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. THE DISRUPTION WAS BOOSTED WITH LOCAL LAWS 146 AS WELL AS 64 ONE. KNOWN AS THE BOOKING SERVICE INTERNET DATING REPORTING LEGISLATION THAT WENT INTO RESULT IN THIS PAST JANUARY. THE LAW RESULTED IN A SUBSTANTIAL DROP IN THE COMPLETE VARIETY OF ILLEGAL SHORT- TERM LEASING LISTINGS.
ON AIRBNB THE UNLAWFUL LISTINGS DROPPED FROM 38,000 IN OCTOBER 2020, TO 14,000 IN AUGUST OF 2021. UNFORTUNATELY ILLEGAL SHORT- TERM RENTAL ACTIVITY IS REBOUNDING. IN THE FIRST QUARTER ACROSS SEVERAL KINDS REPORTING DATA THERE WERE 3600 ILLEGAL LISTINGS WITH HIGH STRENGTH USE THAT WERE SCHEDULED FOR HUNDRED 35,000 EVENINGS. THE STANDARD LISTING WAS SCHEDULED FOR 32 EVENINGS IN THE REPORTING DURATION. THE SECONDLY QUARTER SAW AN SISIGNIFICANT RISE IN THE VARIETY OF ILLEGAL LISTINGS. UP 33% TO OVER 4800. WITH THE AUGMENTATIONS OF LEGAL ILLEGAL ACTIVITY WAS PRONOUNCED WITH THE VARIETY OF NIGHTS RESERVED RISE BY 60% TO 253,000.
AS WE HAVE SEEN FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS PROHIBITED ACTIVITY IS THE MAJORITY OF RAMPANT IN AREAS OF THE CITY THAT HAVE ENCOUNTERED GENTRIFICATION. INCLUDING WILLIAMSBURG AND ALSO BROOKLYN AND CHELSEA, “” CHINATOWN””, THE LOWER EAST SIDE AS WELL AS THE EAST TOWN. I SHOULD MENTION THAT THESE OBSERVATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE TASKS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE LISTINGS THAT SEEM LEGAL AND ALSO ARE OPTIONAL TO BE REPORTED. EXTENSIVELY TALKING THIS ONLY CALLS FOR REPORTING ON FACIALLY ILLEGAL LISTINGS. THOSE THAT OFFER AN ENTIRE UNIT FOR THREE OR MORE GUESTS. THERE IS A SEGMENT THAT IS FACILITATED VIA LISTINGS THAT APPEAR TO BE FOR PARTIAL DEVICE AND ONLY ONE OR 2 VISITORS. >> > > STILL MAY BE ILLEGAL. WHEN SEVERAL LISTINGS ARE FOR ROOMS IN THE CITY UNNIT OR WHEN SUCH AREAS TAKE PLACE IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS THAT ARE PROVIDE BY THE EXACT SAME HOUSE. THESE UNREPORTED LISTINGS WERE 2400 THAT ABANDONED THIS PROHIBITED ACTIVITY THAT IS CONCENTRATED IN NEIGHBORHOODS IN HELLS COOKING AREA AND BROOKLYN. THIS DATA COMBINED WITH ENFORCEMENT REVEALS ANOTHER SECRET TRUTHS. THE MEANS TO ADDRESS THE FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGES OF EXAMINATION BASED ENFORCEMENT IS TO ADD PREVENTION TO THE REMEDY. AS WELL AS SUPPORT IT WITH STRUCTURE WHERE UNPERMITTED TASK IS FORBIDDEN ON THE MARKETPLACE.
OSE SUSTAINS 2309 TO OFFER A REGISTRATION SYSTEM FOR SHORT- TERM RENTALS. WE EAGERLY ANTICIPATE WORK WITH ADVICE TO SUGGEST CHANGES TO MAKE SURE THAT CONCENTRATES ON STOPPING PROHIBITED TRANSACTION WITH ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES FOCUSED ON AVOIDANCE. >> > > THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. THE I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS BEFORE I ' LL PASS IT ON TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE PRESENT. THE FIRST INQUIRY YOU MENTIONED THE INCREASE IN ILLEGAL USAGE OF SHORT-TERM LEASINGS. IN GENTRIFICATION AREAS. I AM WONDERING WHAT YOUR THOUGHT GETS ON THE PANDEMIC THE RENT MORATORIUM AND ALSO THOSE KINDS OF DETAILS WOULD YOU THINK ABOUT THOSE TO BE MITIGATING ELEMENTS FROM YOUR EVALUATION? >> > > WE ARE LOOKING VERY CLOSELY AT THE TIMING OF THINGS. WHEN LEGISLATIONS PASSED AND AIRBNB WAS IMPLEMENTING THEIR CUSTOMER EDUCATION AND LEARNING, WE TALK ABOUT THE DROP IN LISTINGS THAT WAS RIGHT AROUND THE TIME. AND AFTER THAT WE SAW A BIG DECREASE. IN REGARDS TO THE NUMBERS THAT WERE REPORTED. THAT IS A COMBINATION OF ALL THE TASK THAT IS BEING REPORTED. NOT ALL OF IT IS HAPPENING ON THE SITES. FOR ALL THE LISTINGS ARE 3 OR MORE THAT ARE RECOILING QUICKLY. I DO NOT HAVE DATA OR PROOF REGARDING THE RENT POSTPONEMENT.
FORGIVE ME YOU MENTIONED ANOTHER PERSON ELEMENT? >> > > THE RENT HALT AND THE PANDEMIC AS POSSIBLE MITIGATING ASPECTS FOR THE INCREASE OF FAMILY MEMBERS ENDING UP IN DEEP FINANCIAL CONCERN. ANY ONE OF THOSE VARIABLES THAT ARE ADDING? >> > > I WOULD SAY THEY ARE PURELY TRANSACTIONAL THE QUANTITY OF ACTIVITITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING. THE FIRST QUESTION AS IT ASSOCIATES DIRECTLY TO THIS. I AM CURIOUS REGARDING HOW THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT LEARNS MORE ABOUT ILLEGAL SHORT- TERM RENTALS. WHAT IS THE REPORTING SYSTEM FOR FINDING OR SITUATING A POSSIBLE UNLAWFUL DRIVER? >> > > WE RECEIVED ISSUES, PERSONNEL PERSON GETS A GRIEVANCE REGARDING A LOSS OF SECURITY, IT RAISED SOUND AND HASSLE ACTIONS.
WE GET THOSE COMPLAINTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. IN ENHANCEMENT TO COMPLAINTS WE ALSO DO PROACTIVE INSPECTIONS WHERE WE USAGE THE INFORMATION FROM INSIDE AIRBNB TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS ACTIVITY. WE RECEIVED DATA FROM THOSE OPERATING SYSTEMS WE TURN THAT INTO ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY. >> > > DO ANY SHORT -TERM RENTAL BOOKING OPERATING SYSTEMS SHARE INFORMATION STRAIGHT WITH OSE. OR DO YOU NEED TO GET THAT FROM A THIRD-PARTY? WE WILL CERTAINLY THEY ARE CURRENTLY ALL UNDER THE CITY REPORTING REGULATION. FOR THE CATEGORIES REQUIRED. IN ENHANCEMENT BOOKING SERVICES HAVE BEEN CORROBORATIVE. AND ALSO HAS GIVEN THE DATA REQUIRED THROUGH THE SUBPOENA. THE COVERAGE LEGISLATION HAS A VARIETY OF THINGS AND ALSO WE CONTAINER CERTAINLY REFER BACK TO THOSE. IT IS ALSO ON OUR WEB SITE UNDER THE REPORTING TAB. GREAT DEALS OF DETAILS FACTORS REGARDING THE ADDRESS, AND CONTACT INFORMATION. THE EVENINGS RESERVED. THE QUANTITY OF REVENUE GENERATED. AND ALSO THAT DETAILS CONCERNS United States ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. ADDITIONALLY WE STILL HAVE A SUBPOENA PRACTICE THAT WE WERE USING PRIOR TO THE REPORTING GREAT DEAL TO GET INFORMATION. AS WELL AS WE CONTINUE TO USAGE THAT IF WE DEMAND TO TAKE A MUCH DEEPER DIVE TO CONSIDER THE HISTORICAL EFFECT OF A SPECIFIC DRIVER.
>> > > WHAT IS THE DETAILS DATA THAT IS A SHARED? WE WILL I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE A PARTICULAR SOLUTION TO THAT INQUIRY FOLLOWING THE HEARING. >> > > WE CANISTER COMPLY WITH UP ON THAT. THE >> > > HOW-TOS OSE ISSUE INFRACTIONS? >>> > > > THAT VIOLATIONS WE PROBLEM. THE FIRST OF VIOLATION IS FOR THE ILLEGAL CONVERSION OF A PERMANENT HOUSE TO A SHORT-TERM LEASING. THERE ARE TWO VARIOUS LAWS IN THE BUILDING CODE. IT IS TENANCY THAT CONTRASTS WHAT IS PERMITTED. AND ALSO THE VIOLATION IS PROVIDED UNDER THE CONSTRUCTING CODE. AND ALSO THAT HAS BEEN ON GUIDE FOR YEARS. A YEARS AGO WHEN THE STATE UPDATED THE LEGISLATION THE COMMON COUNCIL REACTED AND ALSO PRODUCED AN IMPROVED EXCLAMATION. THE CORE VIOLATIONS IS FOR THE MODIFICATION OF PERMANENT RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCY TO ILLEGAL SHORT- TERM HOUSE. WHEN YOU HAVE SHORT-TERM USAGE SUCH AS ADEQUATE FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS, INTRUDERS, AS WELL AS EGRESS, violations FOR DOING NOT HAVE THE SAFETY STIPULATIONS REQUIREREDD. THE VIOLATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT OF WHETHER THE PERSON IS UTILIZING A BOOKING SYSTEM OR NOT.
MAKING USE OF THE SCHEDULING SYSTEM BECOMES RELEVANT WHEN THERE ADVERTISING ILLEGAL TENANCY. AND ALSO AFTER THAT THE MARKETING LAW THAT THE STATE PASSED. THAT IS THE ONE AREA OF THE ENFORCEMENT LEGISLATION THAT ONLY RELATES TO MULTIPLE DWELLINGS. >> > > TO YOU OCCUR TO HAVE THE VARIETY OF PROPRIETORS WHO HAVE GOTTEN OFFENSES OVER THE LAST 2 CALENDAR YEARS? >> > > I TIN SAY BROADLY IN THE 2020 THAT WE PROVIDED 1500 INFRACTIONS. IN 2019 WE ISSUED A 3500 INFRACTIONS. THERE'' S An INFORMATION WEB PAGE THAT PROBLEMS THE YEARLY RECORDS. EVERY ONE OF THE VIOLATIONS IN ADDITION TO STANDINGS. I WILL CERTAINLY MAKE A KEEP IN MIND TO SEND OUT THOSE RECORDS.
>>> > > > SO WHEN THEY INSPECT SHORT- TERM RENTALS DID THEY SEARCH FOR INFRACTIONS OF THE DEVELOPING CODE? YOUR PASSION AS IT ASSOCIATES WITH VIOLATIONS OF THE STATUARY THAT ARE STRAIGHT CORRELATED TO T SHIRT SHORT-TERM RENTALS DO YOU CAST A WIDER INTERNET ON THE STRUCTURE? >> > > TO BE CLEAR ALL THE VIOLATIONS ARE REFERENCED IN THE CITY ADMINISTRATION CODE. AS WELL AS IT INTEGRATES THE HOUSING MAINTENANCE CODE.
IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN DO WE WRITE FOR A CRUMBLING FAGADE OR A BLOCKED EGRESS? IF THEY SEE A CONDITION THEY ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE IDEAL ACTIVITY. BACK FOR THE RECORD DOES OSE ASSISTANCE 2309? >> > > WE SUPPORT THE GOAL OF 2309. AS WELL AS WE ARE DEVOTED TO WORKING TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE FINEST OUTCOME BOILS DOWN. IT IS CLEAR THAT WE NEED THE DEVICE OF AN ONLINE REGISTRATION SYSTEM THAT WOULD ALLOW United States TO HEAD TO THE SCHEDULING SERVICE AND ALSO ELIMINATE ALL THE UNPERMITTED AS WELL AS UNREGISTERED ACTIVITY. THIS WILL OFFER US THAT TOOL TO STOP PROHIBITED TASK. THIS IS DEFINITELY An ACTION IN THE RIGHT INSTRUCTIONS. SCENE EXIST ANY MAJOR CONCERNS THAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS MORNING? >> > > THERE ARE NO MAJOR WORRIES. >> > > ADVICE MEMBER KALLOS? >> > > THANKS FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. THE THE NUMBERS ARE STAGGERING. AND ALSO ONE QUARTER 135,000 KNIGHTS. THAT'' S 369 YEARS OF HOUSING THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF THE MARKETPLACE. IS THAT CORRECT? >> > > I TRUST YOUR COMPUTATIONS. THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS JAW-DROPPING. IN YOUR TESTAMENT CLAIMED LIMITATION OF THIRTY DAYS FOR GREATER THAN TO ASSUMPTION THAT IS ILLEGAL. STAYING IN ONE UNIT AND RESTING LEASING TO ANOTHER PERSON IS NOT ILLEGAL.
AS WELL AS YOU SHARE A CERTAIN CASE LEGISLATION THAT SUSTAINS THIS ANALYSIS? >> > > TO BE CLEAR THIS IS NOOT JUST MENTION LEGISLATION. >> > > THIS HAS BEEN ILLEGAL FOR DECADES. YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED TO CHANGE THE USAGE FROM ONE ACCEPTED USE TO ONE THAT IS NOT AUTHORIZED. THE ALTERING FROM IRREVERSIBLE HOUSING TO TRANSIENT REAL ESTATE CONSTITUTES SUCH A CONVERSION. THE RESOURCE OF RESTRICTIONS COME FROM THE BUILDING ORDINANCE OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION. SPECIFY LAW MAKES CLEAR WHAT THAT INDICATES FOR CONSECUTIVE USE FOR 30 DAYS. ADDITIONALLY WHAT CREATES THE UNLAWFUL SHORT- TERM LEASING. IRREVERSIBLE TENANCY OF THE RESIDENTIAL SYSTEM IS FOR A FAMILY AS WELL AS THAT INCLUDES AS MUCH AS 2 BOUNDARIES OR LODGERS. THAT INTERPRETATION DEVELOPS A SMALL EXCEPTION OF WHAT IS A LEGAL SHORT-TERM SERVICE. >> > > IS SOMEONE IS INTERESTED IN CONVERTING A CURRENT RESIDENTIAL USAGE FOR TRANSIENT USE.
THE IS THERE A PROCEDURE TO DO SO? >> > > THERE IS FOR THE DIVISION OF BUILDING. >> > > THAT IS MY TIME. THANKS. >> > > WE WILL CURRENTLY RIGHT HERE TESTIMONY FROM HPD AS WELL AS DOB. >> > > THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND I INTEND TO SAY FOR THE DOCUMENT THE I WILL CERTAINLY BE REVIEWING EVERY ONE OF THE TESTAMENT PRIOR TO US. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE NUMBER OF PEOPLE BELOW TO INDICATE ON 2309 AS WELL AS I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT THEY NEED TO SAY AS WE CONCLUDE ON THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION. >> > >'IT ' S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTAINER HEAR STRAIGHT FROM MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THANKS FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO STATE. >> >'> I ' M GOING TO LEAVE BUT I WILL BE LISTENING. I NEED TO RETURN TO THE WORKPLACE. >> > > MARGARET CHIN HAS An INQUIRY PRIOR TO YOU LEAVE. >> > > TO START WITH I REALLY INTENDED TO GIVE THANKS TO THE SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT UNIT ON THEIR CURRENT VICTORY. THERE WERE BUILDINGS IN MY DISTRICT AS WELL AS THEY HAD LESSEES WHO FUNCTION GRUMBLING THAT THEIR PROPERTY OWNER WAS ILLEGALLY RENTING ILLEGAL AIRBNB'' S. I BELIEVE THAT WITH THIS EXPENSE IT WILL CERTAINLY MOTIVATE EVEN MORE PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT. IS THERE A WAY TO TALK TO HPD TO SEE WHETHER UNITS ARE SIGNED UP? I ASSUME A MORE PROACTIVE TECHNIQUE WOULD HELP ALLEVIATE A FEW OF THE HARASSMENT THAT TENANTS ARE EXPERIENCING. THAT IS A COMPLICATED QUESTION. PERMIT ME TO SHOT TO BREAK IT DOWN. WE DO HAVE ACCESS TO SYSTEM INFORMATION. BUT ONLY THROUGH SUBPOENAS. THERE ARE SOLID LIMITATIONS. REGARDING MAKING USE OF THE DATA. IF IT IS NOT LEGAL THEY WOULD NEVER MAKE IT ONTO THE SITE, my UNDERSTANDING IS THE GOAL OF THE REGULATIONS IS THAT. THEY MAY HAVE A LISTINING BUT IT WOULDN'' T BE REGISTER. AND ALSO THEY WOULD BE PENALIZED. THE WORTH OF An ENROLLMENT SYSTEM AND THE HOPE AND ALSO OBJECTIVE IS THAT IT AVOIDS EVERY ONE OF THAT ILLEGAL ACTIVITY RIGHT FROM THE START TO MAKE IT TO MAKE SURE THAT INDIVIDUALS CAN NOT GO INTO THE MARKETPLACE ILLEGALLY. >> > > WE EAGERLY ANTICIPATE DEALING WITH YOU ON THAT PARTICULAR. WE WILL CERTAINLY NOW ASK FOR HPD. I'' M GOING TO ASK THE BOARD ADVICE TO SWEAR IN HPD.
WE ARE WAITING FOR THE COMMISSIONER AHEAD. IF YOU COULD PLEASE BE SWORN IN. >> > > PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT-HAND MAN. THE DO YOU ATTEST TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE FACT, AS WELL AS JUST THE FACT. BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE AS WELL AS TO RESPOND HONESTLY TO COUNCILMEMBER QUESTIONS? >> > > YES. >> > > THANKS >>. > > MANY THANKS. >> YOU MAY BEGIN. > > EXCELLENT AFTERNOON, CHAIR RIVERA. MY NAME IS MS. SANTIAGO. AND ALSO I'' M THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER WITH THE DIVISION OF REAL ESTATE AND PRESERVATION DEVELOPMENT. THANKS FOR THE POSSIBILITY TO TESTIFY ON THIS VITAL AS WELL AS TIMELY CONVERSATION ON THE CERTIFICATION OF THE NO HARASSMENT PILOT. THIS IS AMONG THE VARIOUS EXTRAORDINARY ACTIONS THAT THE CITY HAS TAKEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNCIL TO COMBAT TENANT HARASSMENT AS WELL AS VARIATION.
THERE'' S NO SILVER BULLET TO ADDRESS HARASSMENT THAT IS AVAILABLE IN LOTS OF KINDS. WHICH IS WHY DEMO HAS ACTUALLY EMBRACED BRAND-NEW PROGRAMS WHILE USING EXISTING DEVICES EVEN MORE AGGRESSIVELY TO ASSISTANCE TENANTS AND ALSO ADDRESS HARASSMENT VIA IMPROVED SYCHRONISATION OF INTERAGENCY EFFORTS. THE INITIATIVES ARE GREATER THAN CRUCIAL IN THE WAKE OF COVID-19 WHICH IS MADE GAIN ACCESS TO TO STABLE AND ALSO BUDGET-FRIENDLY REAL ESTATE CRITICAL. WE LOOK ONWARD TO CONTINUING OUR COLLABORATE WITH THE COUNCIL TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENT WE DEMAND TO SHIELD NEW YORKERS WERE FACING INSTABILITY. WE ASSEMBLED IN 2016 BY COUNCILMEMBER LANDER. TO CONCERNS OF LESSEE HARASSMENT AS WELL AS DISPLACEMENT ACROSS THE CITY. THE WORKING TEAM INCLUDING COUNCILMEMBERS, ADVOCATES AND REPS FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND ALSO THE PROPERTY INDUSTRY IS BILLED WITH QUALITIES THAT INDICATE HARASSMENT.
AND ALSO HOW TO HINDER HARASSMENT VIA THE LONG- STANDING ANTI- HARASSMENT PILOT THAT WAS DESIGNED AFTER A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM TO DETER HARASSMENT OF BUILDINGS CITYWIDE. AND NUMEROUS DWELLINGS IN THE UNIQUE ZONING DISTRICT. THE PROGRAM INCENTIVIZED PROPERTY OWNERS FROM PESTERING TENANTS TO LEAVE BY CONFIRMING THAT NO TENANTS WERE HARASSED THROUGHOUT THE RECOMMENDED TIME PERIOD. THIS IS COME TO BE AN EFFECTIVE DEVICE TO STOP OCCUPANT HARASSMENT.
>>> > > > EXCELLENT MORNING, AS WELL AS WELCOME. > > > GOOD MORNING CHAIR RIVERA. > > > THAT OFFENSES WE CONCERN. > > > SO WHEN THEY INSPECT SHORT- TERM RENTALS DID THEY APPEARANCE FOR OFFENSES OF THE CONSTRUCTING CODE? > > FIRST OF ALL I REALLY WANTED TO THANK THE SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT DEVICE ON THEIR RECENT VICTORY.THE DEMAND IS A NARROW TOOL THAT IS TRIGGERED WHEN THE BUILDING PROPRIETOR WHOSE BUILDING IS SUBJECT TO THE PROGRAM SEEKS LONG-TERM APPLICATION FOR KINDS OF FUNCTION.
IT OPERATES WHEN IT IS CUSTOMIZED TO TARGETING STRUCTURES WITH COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE A HIGH DANGER DUE TO THE FACT THAT OF EXISTING HOUSING QUALITY PROBLEMS. CRITERIA SET FORTH THE TARGET BUILDINGS WERE OCCUPANTS WENT TO THREAT. BASED ON THE CAN PLACE. HPD IS FOCUSED ON THE OVERSIGHT INCLUDING GUIDELINES, CORONATION HIRING OF PERSONNEL, HIRING CONFERENCES AND FOR FEEDBACK FROM TENANTS RESIDING IN PILOT STRUCTURES. THE EDUCATION AND ALSO TRAINING OF HPD LAWYER INVESTIGATORS AND ALSO THE CREATION OF AN ONLINE SITE. AMONGST THE NEEDS IS THAT THE CITY IDENTIFY WHETHER THE PILOT MINIMIZES HARASSMENT TO NOTIFY THE COUNCIL ON THE DIRECTION OF THE PROGRAM. IT'' S A FAIRLY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITHIN WHICH TO ACTION IMPACT THE ANALYSIS HAS BEEN COMPLICATED BY 2 SIGNIFICANT EVENTS. THE FIRST WAS THE PASSAGE OF THE REAL ESTATE PROTECTION ACT OF 2019. THAT SOUGHT TO DECREASE PROPRIETOR INCENTIVE TO DECREASE TURNOVERS. THE SECOND WAS THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. THAT CONSTRAINED LOTS STRUCTURE OWNERS CAPABILITY TO SUPPLY REGULAR MAINTENANCE.
DESPITE LESS APPLICATIONS IT INFLUENCED GENERAL PROPRIETORS BEHAVIOR. BUILDING PERMITS WERE DOWN 34% CITYWIDE DURING THIS PERIOD. RECOGNIZING THESE OBSTACLES THIS CITY HAS USED INFORMATION TO SUPPLY INITIAL FINDINGS. INFORMATION INDICATE THE STRUCTURE HAVE A HIGHER REDUCTION IN THE VARIETY OF VIOLATIONS IN BUILDINGS CITYWIDE. A FAVORABLE TREND THAT SUGGESTS THAT IT IS INCENTIVIZING. ADDED INFORMATION IS NECESSARY TO COMPLETELY EXAMINE THE EFFICIENCIES OF THE PILOT AND ALSO SEE TO IT THAT IT IS STRUCTURED IN SUCH A WAY THAT SATISFIES ITS PLANNED PURPOSE. GIVEN THAT IT WAS A BASED ON SEARCHINGS FOR THAT MAKE COMPLEX EXTERIOR ASPECTS THEY RECOMMEND EXTENSION OF THE PILOT IN ORDER TO EXAMINE A FIVE-YEAR PILOT CYCLE. WE ARE ESTABLISHING AMENDMENTS TO RECOMMEND FOCUSING AND REDUCING THE POSSIBLE FOR HARM TO TENANTS. THE CITY THINKS THAT THE REQUIREMENT IS NECESSARY TO THE VARIED VARIETY OF ANTIHARASSMENT TOOLS TO PROTECT OCCUPANTS. WE WISH TO DEAL WITH THE COUNCIL ON THE A LOT OF EFFICIENT METHOD TO FURTHER DETOUR HARASSMENT. CURRENTLY TO SPEAK ON INTRO 1817 THAT WOULD CALL FOR HPD TO PROPER DAY GUIDELINES FOR HOUSING LOTTERIES. WE ABSOLUTELY AGREE THAT IT IS CRUCIAL THAT CANDIDATES TO AFFORDABLE REAL ESTATE POSSIBILITIES HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THEY STAND IN THE PROCESS AND ALSO THEIR ABILITY TO ALLURE ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS THAT THEY FEELING WERE MADE AN ERROR.
BECAUSE THE DAY THAT THE BILL WAS PRESENTED IN THE 2019. FIRM HAS MADE SUBSTANTIAL REVISIONS TO THE MANUAL. AND ALSO HAS PRESENTED A HOUSING WEBSITE. HOUSING CONNECT 2.0 WAS DEVELOPED WITH MULTIPLE COMPANIES. WE CONTINUNUE TO CHANGE BASED ON COMMENTS FROM MULTIPLE AGENCIES. WE DO HAVE CONCERNS WE NEED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT A BRAND-NEW REQUIREMENT IS EXECUTED PRIOR TO MODIFICATIONS EMERGE. WE WISH TO SEE TO IT THAT WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO RESPOND NIMBLY. ON TOP OF THAT THE NEW SITE ENABLES CANDIDATES THE VERSATILITY TO CHOOSE A NOTICE SYSTEM. THE EXPENSES OF CONFORMITY WOULD BE CONSIDERABLE AS WELL AS IT WOULD PRODUCE LOGISTICAL TROUBLES FOR TENANANTNTS. HPD SHARES THE OBJECTIVE TO BE FAIR AS WELL AS SUPPLY LEVEL PLAYING FIELD TO ALL CANDIDATES. AND ALSO WE ANTICIPATE MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS PARTNER'' S. SEARCHING FOR WAYS TO TAKE INTO PLACE INCLUSIVE CHANCES. THANKS FOR THE CHANCE TO INDICATE AND I EXPECT QUESTIONS. >> > > I SEE THAT WE'' VE BEEN JOINED BY COMMISSIONER LAROCA >>. > > DO YOUR FIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE REALITY, AND ALSO ONLY THE REALITY BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE AND TO RESPOND HONESTLY TO COUNCILMEMBER QUESTIONS? >> > > PRIOR TO YOU START I LIKEWISE INTENDED TO SHOW THAT WE'' VE BEEN SIGNED UP WITH BY OUR COLLEAGUES
>>. > > MANY THANKS. I AM COMMISSIONER LAROCA AND ALSO'I ' M PLEASED TO BE RIGHT HERE TO REVIEW BUILDING SAFETY AND SECURITY. IT IS OF THE UTMOST RELEVANCE TO THE DEPARTMENT. CONSTRUCTION RELATED INJURIES AND FATALITIES ARE An AGONIZING SUGGESTION THAT MORE DEMAND TO BE DONE TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY OF CONSTRUCTION. THE I SECURELY BELIEVE THAT THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE CITY BOARD AND THE BUILDING INDUSTRY CONTAINER COLLABORATE TO PREVENT PREVENTABLE INJURIES AND ALSO CASUALTIES. THE NUMBER OF RELATED BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION FATALITIES HAVE LOWERED FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN FIFTY PERCENT A DECADE IN 2014. THERE HAVE BEEN 75,000– 75 FATALITIES. THE THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AS WELL AS WE NECESSITY COLLABORATE TO BOOST SAFETY AT BUILDING SITES.
PRIOR TO I PROCEED I LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK CONSTRUCTION MEMBERS FOR THE CRITICAL WORK THAT THEY DO AND ALSO TO KEEP IN MIND THE WORKERS THAT HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES CONSTRUCTING THIS CITY. INCLUDING THE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE SHED THEIR LIVES THIS YEAR ALONE. [CAPTIONERS TRANSITIONING] SIX-STORY BUILDING IN LONG ISLAND, QUEENS. ULTIMATELY, JOSI FERNANDEZ DURING THE DEMOLITION OF THE 2 STORY STRUCTURE IN BROOKLYN IN 2019 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY A DECADE CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATED INJURIES LOWERED. LAST YEAR WE SAW ANOTHER DECLINE IN BUILDING RELATED INJURIES WITH 500 TO CONSTRUCTION RELATED INJURIES IN 2020. DOWN 34% FROM THE 761 CONSTRUCTION RELATED INJURIES IN 2018. WHILE THERE WAS A REDUCTION IN BUILDING RELATED INJURIES IN 2020 FOR A SECOND YEAR STRAIGHT IT MUST BE NOTED THAT THE BUILDING SECTOR WAS IMPACTED BY COVID 19, CONSISTING OF A PAUSE ON ALL NONESSENTIAL BUILDING WHICH RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TASK DURING THAT YEAR.
AS NEW YORK CITY CITY RECUPERATES FROM COVID-19 AND THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION MARKET GETS BACK TO FUNCTION WE NECESSITY REMAIN TO PRIORITIZE SAFETY AND SECURITY. THE REDUCTION IN INJURIES SINCE 2018 FOLLOWS THE LAUNCH OF OUR CONSTRUCTION SECURITY COMPLIANCE DEVICE, WHICH IS DEDICATED TO PERFORMING PROACTIVE UNANNOUNCED INSPECTIONS OF LARGE CONSTRUCTION SITES. TO DATE THIS DEVICE HAS ACTUALLY CONDUCTED NEARLY 65,000 PROACTIVE ASSESSMENTS AT OVER 25,000 SITES. THE DECREASE IN INJURIES ALSO BATTLES A MULTIYEAR– 2017, WHICH CALLS FOR EMPLOYEES ON MUCH OF OUR LARGER SITES TO OBTAIN EXTENSIVE WEBSITE SECURITY TRAINING. SINCE EARLIER THIS YEAR WORKERS AT LARGE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE 40 HRS OF SAFETY TRAINING AND ALSO MANAGERS AT THOSE WEBSITES ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE 62 HRS OF SECURITY TRAINING, INCLUDING ALL AVOIDANCE TRAINING. CONSIDERING THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS LEGISLATION THAT A PERMIT HAS ACTUALLY CARRIED OUT SUBSTANTIAL OUTREACH INTO THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR, INCLUDING PROACTIVE GOES TO TO BUILDING SITES ACROSS THE CITY TO DIRECTLY NOTIFY WORKERS WHO ARE IMPACTED.
INFORMING WORKERS OF THIS BASIC TRAINING REQUIREMENT WHILE KEEPING INDUSTRY INFORMED OF UPCOMING DEADLINES AS WELL AS A MEANS TO ACQUIRE THE TRAINING. EXTRA OUTREACH AND EFFERENT EDUCATION AND LEARNING INITIATIVES ARE ONLINE EMPLOYEE SAFETY SESSIONS, AND PERSON INFORMATION PROCEDURE WITH STAKEHOLDERS IN THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, MULTILINGUAL ADVERTISEMENTS IN DOZENS OF COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS, AND ALSO SUBWAY WIDE SYSTEMWIDE TRAIN CAMPAIGNS. STRAIGHT EMPLOYEE OUTREACH AS WELL AS WORKER SITES AT THE WORKPLACE SITES BY DOD CONSTRUCTION CENTERS AND PERSONNEL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT UNIT IN ADDITION TO DIRECT MAILING TO ALL DOD LICENSE SAFETY AND SECURITY PROFESSIONALS AND ALSO LICENSE OWNERS WHOSE FUNCTION ENTAILS LOCAL 192 EDUCATED WORKERS. TO DAY OUR APPROVED SERVICE PROVIDERS HAVE ACTUALLY ISSUED OVER 150,000 SITE SAFETY TRAINING G CARDS, MANY A SUPER SITE TRAINING CARDS, WHICH IMPLIES WORKERS ARE FINISHING THE POTENTIALLY LIFE- SAVING SITE SAFETY TRAINING REQUIRED BY THIS HISTORIC LAW.
IN 2015 THE DIVISION ORGANIZED ITS VERY FIRST VIRTUAL BUILDING INDUSTRY SEMINAR, WHICH FOCUSED ON SECURITY, INNOVATION, AS WELL AS SUSTAINABILITY. IN KEEPING WITH OUR CONCENTRATE ON SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR THE FIRST TIME OUR ANNUAL SECTOR CONFERERENCE INCLUDED SESSIONS COMMITTED TO WORKER SAFETY AND SECURITY, WHICH HIGHLIGHTED LOCAL 186 AND THE RELEVANCE OF GETTING WEBSITE SAFETY AND SECURITY TRAINING. WE HELD THESE SESSIONS AGAIN IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES THIS YEAR. WE HAVE ALSO BEGAN ISSUING EMPLOYEE INFORMS WHICH SUPPLY SENSIBLE SITUATIONAL SECURITY DETAILS AND ALSO UNCOMPLICATED ASSISTANCE FOR EMPLOYEES IN THE LOCATIONS THAT WE SEE HIGHER DANGER TO SAFETY. THESE WORKER SIGNALS THAT INCLUDE INFO CONCERNING PROTECTING AGAINST WORKER FALLS AND ALSO DOING FAGADE FUNCTION SECURELY HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO WORKERS ON BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES BY THE DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR. FINALLY COME IN N JUNE FOLLOWIN MULTIPLE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION RELATED FATALITIES IN MIGHT THE DIVISION TOOK SWIFT ACTION AS WELL AS ANNOUNCED THE MOBILIZATION OF TEAMS OF ENFORCEMENT SECTORS ACROSS THE FIVE BOROUGHS TO PERFORM SECURITY SWEEPS OF LARGER AND MORE COMPLEX BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THEY ARE SAFE, FROM An EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC. THE GOAL OF THIS WAS TO SEND A STRONG MESSAGE TO THE BUILDING INDUSTRY THAT SECURITY GAP ON CONSTRUCTION SITES WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
WHILE CARRYING OUT THESE SWEEPS THE DEPARTMENT INSPECTORS TOOK APPROPRIATE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS IF THEY OBSERVE ANY SECURITY VIOLATIONS AS WELL AS SHUTDOWN SITES IF THEY FOUND SERIOUS SAFETY AND SECURITY GAPS. AS COMPONENT OF THE SWEEP WHICH IN THE RECENTLY THAT AUTHORIZATION CONDUCTED NEARLY 7500 EVALUATIONS, RELEASED VIRTUALLY 1500 STANDSTILL ORDERS AS WELL AS OVER 3600 VIOLATIONS FOR SECURITY ISSUES. THE BUNDLE OFF BUILDING SAFETY REGULATIONS PRIOR TO THE BOARD TODAY, WHICH THE DEPARTMENT TOTALLY SUSTAINS, BUILDS UPON OUR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS TO ENHANCE SECURITY WITH THE GOAL OF FURTHER REDUCING DIRECTION RELATED INJURIES AND FATALITIES BY PROVIDING FOR GREATER OVERSIGHT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL CONTRACTORS WHO INVOLVE IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION OR DEMOLITION WORK BY LICENSING THEM, DECREASING THE LIMIT TO CALL FOR A FULL- TIME DIVISION RELEASED WEBSITE SECURITY ORGANIZER OR WEBSITE SAFETY AND SECURITY SUPERVISOR TO CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION SITES THAT INVOLVE STRUCTURES THAT ARE 7 TALES ARE GREATER AS WELL AS CALLING FOR THAT THEY SUBMIT HIGH SAFETY AND SECURITY PLANS TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR EVALUATION AS WELL AS AUTHORIZATION. REQUIRING DIVISION BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SUPERINTENDENTS TO SERVE PERMANENT ALONGSIDE SITE SAFETY COORDINATORS OR SITE SAFETY AND SECURITY MANAGERS AT MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AS WELL AS LIMITING THE VARIETY OF NON- MAJOR CONSTRUCCTION PROJECTS FO WHICH THE DIVISION SHOULD BUILDING SUPERINTENDENT MAY BE ASSIGNED.
BUILDING ON A BUILDING BULLETIN RELEASED BY THE DEPARTMENT WHICH FORBADE MAKING USE OF SCAFFOLDING INSTALLATIONS BY PRODUCTION THAT PROHIBITION PERMANENT. ALSO STRUCTURE UPON A BUILDING PUBLICATION RELEASED BY THE DIVISION WHICH ENHANCED THE SECURITY OF SEALED CONSTRUCTION BY CREATING NEW SAFETY AND SECURITY CRITERIA FOR EVENT OVERLOADING AS WELL AS IMPROPER SETUPS OF COLD FORMED STEEL. NOW RELYING ON THE REGULATION TO CITIZEN LAW 152, WHICH MANDATES THE REGULAR ASSESSMENT OF GAS PIPING SYSTEMS FOR THE MAJORITY OF BUILDING TYPES, EXCLUDING ONE AND ALSO TWO O HOUSEHOLD HOMES. INTRODUCTORY 2259 PROLONGS THE DEADLINE FOR THE SECOND GROUP OF BUILDINGS THAT MUST ABIDE BY THE EXAMINATION NEED. THE DIVISION HAS NO OBJECTION TO THIS EXPANSION. HOWEVER, BUILDING OWNERS SHOULD NOT DELAY COMPLIANCE WITH THIS EVALUATION NEED. GET IN 2321, THE CHALLENGE PROGRAM THAT WOULD SUPPLY CERTAIN BUILDING OWNERS WITH EXTRA TIME TO ADHERE TO THE INSPECTION CRITERIA IF THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO MEET THEIR APPLICABLE DUE DATES. THE DIVISION IS SUPPORTIVE OF CREATING A DIFFICULTY PROGRAM BUT WOULD LOVE TO DISCUSS SPECIFICS OF THE PROGRAM WITH THIS COMMITTEE FURTHER. INCLUDING HOW A BUILDING PROPRIETOR SHOWS A DIFFICULTY. ANY PROGRAM THAT IS GRADED TO BE RECEPTIVE as well as helpful TO THE NEEDS OF BUILDING OWNERS WHILE IDENTIFYING THE VALUE OF ADHERING TO THIS EVALUATION REQUIREMENTS IN A PROMPT MANNER.INTRO 2261 NEEDS THAT WE INTEGRATE A QUESTIONNAIRE TO SEEK RESPONSES FROM STRUCTURE OWNERS REGARDING THE EXECUTION OF RESIDENT LAW 152. THE DIVISION ALREADY UTILIZES INQUIRIES AS WELL AS COMMENTS RECEIVED FROM OWNERS TO IMPROVE THE PRODUCTS WE USAGE IN OUR OUTREACH AND WE WOULD CERERTAIN SUPPORT THIS STEP. INTRODUCTORY 23 77 EXPANDS THE SCOPE OF THIS COMPANY SECTION NEED TO INCLUDE OCCUPANT SPACES. THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL EXPANSION OF THE EXTENT OF THE EXAMINATION AND ALSO WILL CERTAINLY CAUSE INCREASED COSTS FOR BUILDING OWNERS. GAIN ACCESS TO TO OCCUPY OCCUPANT SPACE FOR THE FUNCTIONS OF CONDUCTING THESE EXAMINATIONS MAY ALSO POSITION AN PROBLEM AND ALSO PROLONG THE TIME IT TAKES TO COMPLETE AN EXAMINATION OF A STRUCTURE. THIS PROPOSED GROWTH MERITS FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH STRUCTURE OWNERS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE EFFECT IT WILL CERTAINLY HAVE FOR CONFORMITY. THANKS ONCE MORE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY BEFORE YOU. I WOULD WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. > > THANKS SO MUCH. WE ARE GOING TO CURRENTLY BEGIN THE CONCERN AND SOLUTION PART OF THIS STARTING WITH ME AS THE CHAIR AND MOVING TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO WILL CERTAINLY LIKEWISE HAVE INQUIRIES. I ' M GOING TO BEGIN WITH THE CONSTRUCTION, THE CERTIFICATIONS OF NO HARASSMENT. HAS HPD CONSIDERED THE ACTIONS THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO MAKE THIS A PERMANENT PROGRAM? > > THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER. AS YOU RECOGNIZE, WE HAVE JUST JUST RECENTLY PUT OUT OUR ASSESSMENT OF THE PROGRAM. AS PART OF THAT ASSESSMENT >> IT WAS VERY HARD FOR US, GIVEN THE ISSUES THAT I ELEVATED MY STATEMENT, TO REALLY DO A FULL EXAMINATION OF THE PILOT PROGRAM. AT THIS FACTOR, WHILE WE SEE THE PERFORMANCES OF THE PROGRAM IN THE INFORMATION THAT WE DID HAVE WE REALLY FEEL THAT IT ' S VITAL THAT WE CONTINUE TO ASSESS THE PROGRAM. > > AS IT ASSOCIATES TO THE PILOT, HOMINY BUILDINGS EXIST CURRENTLY COVERED BY THE PILOT? >'> ASKED THE PRESENT TIME THERE ARE 1143 BUILDINGS THAT ARE ON THE >> PILOT LISTING. > > DEVOPS EXPANSION, WILL THAT COVER MORE STRUCTURES? > > SO, IN REVIEWING THE EXPANSION OF> THE PROGRAM WITH THE COUNCIL WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT WAYS TO RISE THE NUMBER OF
>> BUILDINGS THAT WOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE PILOT. THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING. > > WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK HAS THE MANAGEMENT GOT REGARDING THE PILOT? > > THANKS FOR THE INQUIRY, COUNCILMEMBER. WE ARE, AS I DISCUSSED IN MY TESTIMONY, FULFILLING WITH THE ADVOCATES OFTEN REGARDING THE PROGRAM. WE HAVE GOT SOME RESPONSES PURSUANT TO BOTH THOSE DISCUSSIONS AS WELL AS TWO VARIOUS OTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COUNCIL AND OTHERS ON THE PROGRAM. I THINK THAT T WE ARE DONE IN ARRANGEMENT THAT THE PROGRAM HAS ITS PERFORMANCES AS WELL AS THAT THERE ARE METHODS TO ENHANCE THE PROGRAM. OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE OPEN TO HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. > > HAS ANY OTHER FEEDBACK THAT YOU RECEIVED BEEN TAKEN INTO FACTOR TO CONSIDER IN THE FORMULA OF THE EXPENSE? IS INCLUDED IN THE EXISTING EXPENSE TODAY? > > I THINK IT IS. YES. > > DOES THE MANAGEMENT, I SUGGEST, I SORT OF KNOW, BUT I NEED TO ASK THE STRAIGHTFORWARD QUESTION, DOES THE ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT THE BILL? > > ONCE MORE, WE ASSISTANCE THE GROWTH OF THE PROGRAM TO SEE WHERE IT CONTAINER GO TO MAKE >> SURE THAT IT IS A DATA-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT, TO SEE THAT IT REMAINS TARGETED TO THOSE BUILDINGS A LOT OF MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE HARASSMENT. WE HAVE AN INTEREST IN PROCEEDING THOSE DISCUSSIONS AS WELL AS> ACTIVELY DOING THAT. > > THANKS. DO ANY ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SPECIFIC BILL? COUNCIL MEMBER CHIN. > > THANK YOU, CHAIR. MY INQUIRY IS WITH THE CERTIFICATE OF NO HAZMAT PROGRAM HOW DO– WHAT CRITERIA DID YOU UTILIZE TO SELECT THE STRUCTURES? AND THE OTHER THING IS I WISH TO SEE WITH THIS EXTENSION, INCLUDING– CAN WE INCLUDE AREA THAT IS BEING REZONED AS WELL AS AREAS THAT ADJOIN THE READ ZONE AREA TO MAKE SURE THAT RENTERS UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS ARE AS WELL AS THEY CANISTER BATTLE ANY KIND OF HARASSMENT THAT MAY BE HAPPENING. CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT IN TERMS OF OUTREACH AND PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITY-BASED COMPANIES? THOSE KINDS OF EFFORTS IN SOME OF THE REZONING LOCATIONS TURNING UP? ALSO REZONING AREAS THAT CAME ON THE PAST., COUNCILMEMBER, PERMIT ME TO GO BACK FOR A SECOND. AS YOU RECOGNIZE, HARASSMENT IS A HARD CONCERN. THERE IS NO PERSON SINGLE SOLUTION TO TAKING CARE OF HARASSMENT. WHEN YOU THE CITY AGENCIES, THE MAYORS OFFICE TO SAFEGUARD TENANTS HAS USED OTHER DEVICES, EVEN SINCE THE CERTIFICATION OF NO HARASSMENT PILOT PROGRAM HAS COME RIGHT INTO RESULT. WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS ISSUES NOT JUST VIA THIS PROGRAM, BUT THROUGH IN THE MOMENT RESPONSIVENESS TO HARASSMENT PROBLEMS.
I JUST INTENDED TO ENSURE THAT EVERY PERSON REALIZES THAT THE CERTIFICATIONS OF NO HARASSMENT, WHILE IT IS AN ESSENTIAL TOOL IN OUR TOOL KIT, IS NOT THE ONLY TOOL. AS COMPONENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE INFORMATION THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GATHER FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS, WE ARE CHECKING OUT WHAT GOOD INDICATORS OF HARASSMENT MAY BE. WE ARE WANTING TO INCREASE TO ADDITIONAL DISTRICTS WE ARE HAVING DISCUSSIONS REGARDING AREAS THAT ADDITIONALLY SHARE A FEW OF THE DISTRESS SIGNS THAT THE FIVE AREAS SHARE. WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT MULTIPLE WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN IDENTIFY DISTRICTS, REZONING AREA IS CERTAINLY ONE METHOD. SURROUNDING AREAS IS ONE METHOD. WE HAVE NOT YET CHOSE THE PRECISE INFORMATION THAT WE ARE GOING TO USAGE IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION. > > THANKS. > > I ' M SORRY. FORGIVE ME. AND REZONINGS ARE COVERED UNDER THE EXISTING REGULATION THAT EXISTS. THE GROWTH IS NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO COVER NEW ROWS THE REZONING BARRIERS, BECAUSE THOSE ARE ALREADY COVERED. > > YOU ARE SAYING THE REZONING AREAS ARE COVERED. ANY KIND OF UPCOMING REZONING AREAS WOULD BE COVERED. > > CORRECT. > > WHAT TYPE OF OUTREACH DOES HPD DO TO THE TENANT AND THOSE BUILDINGS IN THE REZONING> LOCATIONS AND ALSO BESIDE REZONING AREAS? > > IN TERMS OF HARASSMENT GENERALLY, WE HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF DETAILS ON OUR WEB SITE ABOUT WHAT TENANTS ' ' RIGHTS AR AND INS WHICH THEY CONTAINER GO FOR HELP ON HARASSMENT. FOR THE STRUCTURE– NO HARASSMENT PROCEDURE IS >> STARTED THEERE ' S A LOT OF OUTREACH TO THE TENANTS IN THOSE BUILDINGS TO ESTABLISH WHETHER HARASSMENT IN TRUTH TOOK PLACE. THAT IS THE METHOD IN WHICH WE DO OUTREACH. I THINK WE BLOG POST THE STRUCTURES AND SEND OUR INVESTIGATORS TO THE BUILDINGS TO TALK ONE-ON -ONE WITH THE TENANTS. ARE THERE ANY KIND OF OUTREACH BEFORE HAND? LIKE, IN REGARDS TO THE REZONING AREAS ' AND ADJACENT LOCATIONS TO THEM, ARE ANY TYPE OF OUTREACH THAT WILL BE
EXTENDED TO CITIZENS? EQUALLY AS A GENERAL EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH, SO INDIVIDUALS UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE RIGHTS. IF IT OCCURS LATER THEY KNOW WHERE TO GO. > > SPECIFIC TO THE SUFFOCATION OF NO HARASSMENT PROGRAM? > > YES BUT I WILL CERTAINLY CHECK OUT THAT AND ALSO OBTAIN BACK TO YOU. > > O.K.. > > THANK YOU, CHAIR. > > WE WILL CERTAINLY CURRENTLY BE HEARING QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL PARTICIPANT LOUIS, NOT COUNCILMEMBER VANESSA WILLIAMS. > > THANK YOU CHAIR CARNEGIE. I SIMPLY HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION THAT PIGGYBACKS OFF OF WHAT COUNCILMEMBER 10 JUST ASK YOU. THE MANAGEMENT IS FINDING COMMENTS. WHERE IS THAT INFORMATION BEING TRACKED? IS THERE A SPECIFIC WEBSITE WHERE THAT DETAILS IS BEING TRACKED? IN ENHANCEMENT TO THAT, THE SPECIFIED THAT YOU ' RE RECEIVING AS WELL AS ACCUMULATING, SO YOU CAN DETERMINE IF THERE WILL BE AN DEVELOPMENT> IN WHICH IS THAT BEING KEPT? WHEN WILL YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION>? THANKS. >> > > THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVE, AS I STATED, WE MEET REGULARLY WITH A GROUP OF ADVOCATES. THAT IS BASICALLY A VERBAL RESPONSES ONE-ON-ONE WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS OUR TEAM. IN REGARDS TO THE INFORMATION, THE INFORMATION THAT WE ARE MAKING USE OF IS BASICALLY AROUND THE ISSUANCE OF INFRACTIONS, AROUND THAT INFORMATION, I ' M SORRY, THE INFORMATION ON BOTH HPV VIOLATIONS IN THOSE LOCATIONS AND THE DATE ON– I ' M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR DATA EXPANDED TO'SOLUTION THAT CONCERN EVEN MORE COMPLETELY. > > THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. WE SIMPLY PROVIDED OUR RECORD. IN THAT RECORD WE HAVE REPORTED ON A NUMBER OF APPROACHES WE ARE UTILIZING AS SANTIAGO WAS INDICATING. THE ADVOCATES THAT WE ARE REFERENCING FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS HAS BEEN AN EXPANSION OF THAT DATA THAT WE USED TO PREDICT IN WHICH WE MUST BE FOCUSING EFFORTS AS WELL AS ALL OF THAT IS CONSISTED OF IN THE RECORD THAT WE SHOWN TO THE COUNCIL WITHIN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. > > I HEARD SEVERAL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS YOU DISCUSSED, BUT DOES THAT INCLUDE THE COMPONENTS? > > OUR BELIEF IS THAT WE ARE ACCUMULATING INFORMATION AND ALSO INFORMATION FROM THE REPRESENTATIVES IN THE RENTER ORGANIZATIONS>> AS WELL AS THE PROCESS THROUGH WHICH OUR INVESTIGATORS ARE ROUTINELY CONNECTING WITH TENANTS. WE ARE REGULARLY THINKING OF HOW TO CONTINUE WORKING ON AND ALSO IMPROVING THE PROGRAM. > > I WANT TO ASK THAT YOU INCLUDE THEM IN THIS DISCUSSION AND ALSO GO A BIT DEEPER. SOMETIMES THEIR VOICES ARE NOT BEING HEARD. YOU CAN LISTEN TO FROM United States AND ALSO EVERYONE ELSE, BUT SIMPLY THE BASIC INDIVIDUAL IS NOT BEING HEARD. IT ' S GREAT TO INCLUDE >> THAT. THANKS. > > MANY THANKS, COUNCILMEMBER. I JUST WISHED TO NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF >> THE LATE ENTRY OF INTRODUCTION NUMBER 2265, WHICH IS COUNCILMEMBER KUMBLE ' S BILL ON SAFETY WE WILL CERTAINLY NOT BE ASKING INQUIRIES AT THIS DAY, BUT WE WILL BE TAKING AS WELL AS ASKING INQUIRIES LATER ON THAT COSTS BECAUSE OF ITS LATE SUBMISSION. > > THAT GETS ON 1817? > > NO. 2265. IRREVERSIBLE OPTIONAL OVEN HANDLE COVERS. YOU MAY NOT HAVE IT, WHICH IS WHY I ' M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU CONCERNS REGARDING IT. > > MANY THANKS, SIR. > > > THANK YOU. > > WE ARE GOING TO NOW TRANSFER TO QUESTIONS DOB. COMMISSIONER, FANTASTIC TO SEE YOU THIS EARLY MORNING. HAS DOB CONSULTED WITH ANY STAKEHOLDERS REGARDING THESE'BILLS? > > YES. OF THE TRAINING COURSES OF THE LAST FEW YEARS THE DIVISION HAS HAD MULTIPLE ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS WITH HER INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS. > > SO, YOU HAVE OBTAINED, I DON ' T SAY ADVOCATE, BUT OBTAINED SOME COMMENTS FROM THOSE STAKEHOLDERS? > > WE CERTAINLY HAVE GOT COMMENTS. WE ASSESS AS COMPONENT OF THIS DISCUSSION TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE>> FEEDBACK FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS. OBVIOUSLY, THIS DEPARTMENT IS OPEN TO HEARING ANY COMMENTS FROM INDUSTRY PARTNERS AS WE CONTINUE TO AIM TO DEVELOP An EVEN MORE ROBUST CULTURE OF SECURITY ON OUR JOBBSITES. > > > THANK YOU >>. I WEAR ' T KNOW IF I DISCUSSED, WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY MY COWORKER HOME PARTICIPANT COLLEEN RIVERA. > > DO YOU HAVE A CONCERN? >>. I ' M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA HAS INQUIRIES ON THIS CERTIFICATE OF NO HARASSMENT BILL. > > THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING RIGHT HERE.
>> I HAVE A FAST INQUIRY.'I KNOW WE ARE GOING VIA PLENTY OF BILLS TODAY, SO I ' M JUST >> GOING TO CONCENTRATE ON THE PRE-CONSIDERED INTRODUCTION. MY CONCERN IS SIMPLE. I RECOGNIZE THERE IS OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL, BUT HOW DO YOU PRESENTLY FIGURE OUT WHICH STRUCTURES MOLLIFY FOR THE PROGRAM? > > I WILL CERTAINLY START BY EXPRESSION WE ' RE NOT AGAINST THE COSTS. > > NO. NOT YOU. SEVERAL OF THE BASIC GROUPS UNDERSTANDING THE CHIP HAS ACTUALLY CONNECTED
AS WELL AS EXPRESSED SOME PROBLEMS OVER THE BILL. I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW HOW DO YOU CURRENTLY DETERMINE WHICH >> BUILDINGS RECEIVE THE PROGRAM? > > AS WE REFERENCED BEFORE, THERE WAS A WORKING TEAM THAT DID A WHOLE LOT OF DATA ANALYSIS LOOKING >> AT WHICH BUILDINGS WE BELIEVE, BASED ON VARIOUS INDICATORS, SUGGESTED THAT THERE WAS A RISK OF HARASSMENT. THAT WAS WHAT THE PILOT IS BASED ON. IT ' S MEANT TO BE A DATA-DRIVEN METHOD, SO BASED ON THE WORKING GROUP ' S THEORY WE TAKE A LOOK AT VARIOUS METRICS CONNECTED WITH STRUCTURE LEVELS OF DISTRESS, SEARCHINGS FOR >> OF HARASSMENT, OWNERSHIP TRANSITIONS, EXISTENCES OF SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF DISTRESS RECOGNIZED BY HPD PROGRAMS AND ABANDON ORDERS. DONE IN WHICH CAME OUT OF THIS DATA-DRIVEN COLLECTIVE PROCESS.
. > > MANY THANKS SIGNIFICANTLY. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. I WILL CERTAINLY WAIT UNTIL WE COVER SEVERAL OF THE VARIOUS OTHER BILLS. > >> MANY THANKS, COUNCILMEMBER. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND THE POLITENESS TO COUNCIL MEMBER BARON TO OBTAIN TALK ABOUT HER COSTS. WE HAVE BEEN SIGNED UP WITH BY COUNCILMEMBER HELEN ROSENTHAL. > > THANK YOU, MR.CHAIR. THANKS TO THE PANEL FOR COMING. AND ALSO THE COSTS THAT THE CHAIR IS REFERRING TO IS INTRODUCTORY 1817, WHICH SPEAKS ABOUT HAVING WRITTEN'ALERT BEING GIVEN TO THOSE APPLICANTS AS TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE APPLICATIONS WHEN THEY OBTAIN HOUSING. WHETHER THEY HAVE BEEN APPROVED OR DECLINED. AND TO OFFER THEM THE possibility as well as the time TO RESPOND TO ANY REJECTIONS BY OFFERING
THEM ALSO DIRECTION AS TO HOW THEY CAN FILE AN CHARM. IN >> YOUR REMARKS FURTHER THE COSTS STATES THAT THE FILING OF A GRIEVANCE WOULD BE WITH HPD OR HDC IF THEY BELIEVE >> THEY HAVE BEEN DECLINED IN MISTAKE.
> > THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER. > > I WANT TO ASK THAT YOU CONSIST OF THEM IN THIS DISCUSSION AND ALSO GO A LITTLE LITTLE BIT DEEPER. > > THANK YOU, SIR. > > > THANK YOU. > > WE CERTAINLY HAVE GOT COMMENTS.HDD WOULD BE REQUIRED TO SUPPLY TRAINING TO THE MARKETPLACE REPRESENTATIVE AS WELL AS THAT THERE BE AN POSSIBILITY FOR CONFORMITY LINE TO BE ESESTABLISHED, SO TH APPLICANTS CONTAINER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR CONCERNS ADDRESSED. IN YOUR COMMENTS YOU STATE THAT YOU HAVE THE CAPABILITY, YOU DESIRED TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO REACT TO UPDATING YOUR MARKETING STANDARDS. YOU STATE THE PRICES OF CONFORMING WITH WRITTEN NOTIFICATION WOULD BE SUBSTANTIAL.
I SIMPLY WISHED TO ASK YOU, DO YOU THINK THAT THE PRICES OF SOMEONE GETTING A WRITTEN RESPONSE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE BORNE BY AN AGENCY? >> > > THANKS, COUNCILMEMBER, FOR THE INQUIRY. THE SPECIALIST ON HOUSING CONNECTED 2.0 COULD NOT BE AT THIS HEARING. I THINK THE COUNCIL WAS ADVISED THAT THAT AHEAD OF TIME. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HPD HAS COME A LONG MEANS BECAUSE THE INTRO OF THIS BILL. TO FULFILL A GREAT DEAL OF THE GOALS THAT YOU SET OUT IN THE EXPENSE.
AND ALSO WHAT WE ARE TALKING REGARDING NOW IS REALLY THE INFORMATION OF THAT APPLICATION. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING, AGAIN, I AM NOT THE EXPERT IN THIS FIELD, IS THAT HPD IS EAGER AND ABLE AND DOES MAKE THESE and also notifications ENROLLERS DO. WHICH WE HAVE TRIED TO ADDRESS TAKING TIPS IN OUR ADVERTISING AND MARKETING GUIDELINES TO ADDRESS SOME OF YOUR ISSUES. THE INFORMATION OF THE SOLUTIONS TO THE INQUIRIES THAT YOU ARE RAISING, CERTAINLY MUST BE HAD WITH THE AGENCY. WE WILL CERTAINLY FOR THOSE DISCUSSIONS TO EXPLORE YOUR CONCERNS AS WELL AS EASE THOSE CONCERNS. >> >
>'THANK YOU. I ' M THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING THAT THE SPECIALIST IS NOT HERE. I WOULD TELL THE PROFESSIONAL THAT IN MY AREA APPLICANTS SAY THAT THE TROUBLE STILL EXISTS FOR OBTAINING ACCURATE, CURRENT INFO. I KNOW YOU REFERRED TO HAVING RELOCATED TO HOUSING 2.0. THE TRANSITION WAS NOT AS SMOOTH. IT IS ONE WHICH MY NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS INFORM ME IS INEFFECTIVE. THEY ARE STILL NOT ABLE TO GET THE ANSWERS, STILL NOT ABLE TO HAVE THAT TRANSPARENCY. THAT IS THE PRIMARY ISSUE. THE TRANSPARENCY OF KNOWING WHAT IS THE STATUS AND ALSO THE CAPACITY FOR THEM TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN THEY CONTAINER OBTAIN INFORMED OF WHAT THE STANDING IS THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY, AN METHOD RATHER, FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR CONCERNSNS ADDRESSED.
THAT IS NOT THE SITUATION. I JUST WISHED TO PUT THIS IN CONTEXT. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE DISASTER THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH. WE ARE DISCUSSING THIS PANDEMIC. AND HOW IT HAS ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHTED MUCH OF THE OPPRESSION THAT THIS NATION HAS ACTUALLY COMMITTED UPON PEOPLE THAT ARE BLACK AS WELL AS BROWN. AND ALSO HOUSING IS AMONG THOSE MAJOR LOCATIONS. WE GO BACK TO THE NEW OFFER, WHICH IT IS YOUR AS WELL AS A FACTOR STATED THAT BLACKS COULD NOT LIVE IN PARTICULAR AREAS. THERE IS A LONG-STANDING BAASIS OF DISCRIMINATION AS WELL AS BIGOTRY THAT HAS YET TO BE ADDRESSED ADEQUATELY. WE ARE CHATTING NOW AS THE HOUSING CONNECT PROGRAM SEEKS TO OFFER SOME POSSIBILITY FOR ABSENCE AS WELL AS LATINO INDIVIDUALS, INDIVIDUALS OF COLOR, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS, THAT WE REMOVE ALL OBSTACLES AND ALSO THAT WE BEAR THE PRICE FOR ELIMINATING THOSE BARRIERS. I ASSUME IT'' S INSULTING TO SAY THAT THERE IS A PRICE INCLUDED TO PRODUCTION SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE EQUAL GAIN ACCESS TO.
I HOPE IN THE FUTURE RECORDS THAT IS NOT LISTED. I SIMPLY INTENDED TO SAY THAT THIS BILL THAT'' S BEING INTRODUCED REMAINS IN COMBINATION WITH MY COLLEAGUES, COUNCILMEMBER KUMBLE TO, CHAIR CARNEGIE, AND COUNCILMEMBER MICHAELA. WE HAVE ALL HAD ASPECTS TODAY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT AS WELL AS THAT IS HOW THEY WERE COLLABORATED IN THIS BILL. I'' M NOT SATISFIED THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS NOT RIGHT HERE. I INTEND TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE SOME CREATED TESTIMONY THAT REACT TO THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE ACTUALLY ASKED MANY THANKS.
>> > > WE ARE 100% COMMITTED TO A FAIR AND ALSO EQUITABLE PROCEDURE. >> > > AS WELL AS I ASSUME YOU OUGHT TO PAY FOR MAKING THAT OCCUR. >> > > THANKS >>. > > MANY THANKS, COUNCIL PARTICIPANT BARRON. YOU TIN RELY ON A FOLLOW-UP FROM THIS BODY IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR INQUIRIES. I'' M GOOING TO STAY RIGHT THERE ON 1817 FOR A MOMENT. WHAT SORT OF ASSISTANCE DOES HPD CURRENTLY PROVIDE TO ADVERTISING AGENCIES? >> > > AGAIN, I ' M SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER, BUT'I PUT ON ' T HAVE THE RESPONSE TO THAT INQUIRY. I AM NOT TOTALLY VERSED ON THE HOUSING CONNECT 2.0 PROCEDURE. WE WILL OBTAIN BACK TO YOU INSTANTLY WITH AN RESPONSE TO YOUR INQUIRY. >> > > SO, YOU CAN POSSIBLY SPOT THE FRUSTRATION IN ALL OF OUR VOICES. CERTAINLY ARTICULATED THROUGH MY COWORKER. , if I WERE YOU I WOULD MAKE SURE I OBTAINED BACK WITH THAT.. HOW MUCH TIME IS AN APPLICANT CURRENTLY GIVEN TO CURE ANY DEFICIENCIES IN AN APPLICATION? SIMPLY FOR THE RECORD, ARE ANY ONES OF THESESE QUESTIONS UNABLE TO BE ANSWERED TODAY? I WEAR'' T WANT TO GO THROUGH EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE IF YOU'' RE GOING TO TELL ME– >> > > I THINK WE DID SUGGEST THE COUNCIL BEFOREHAND THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WAS NOT ABLE TO BE BELOW RIGHT NOW.
THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE ALL OF THE IN-DEPTH ANSWERS TO YOUR CONCERNS. >> > > SO, WHAT I'' M GOING TO DO IS READ THE REMAINDER OF THE CONCERNS INTO THE RECORD, TO ENSURE THAT WHEN WE ASK FOR OUR FEEDBACK AS A PART OF THE RECORD GOING AHEAD YOU WILL CERTAINLY HAVE YOUR ACTIONS ALSO. >> > > THANKS, SIR>>. > > HOW MUCH TIME IS AN APPLICANT CURRENTLY GIVEN TO GIVE EXTRA DETAILS FOR AN APPLICATION? WHEN IS AN APPLICANT– WHEN AN CANDIDATE IS DENIED FROM AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING LOTTERY GAME ARE THEY OFFERING FACTORS FOR THEIR DENIAL? WHAT KIND OF INFO IS CURRENTLY REQUESTED BY CANDIDATE DURING THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING LOTTERIES? WHAT IS THE EXISTING APPEAL PROCESS FOR APPLICANTS DENIED FOR AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING SYSTEM? HOW MUCH TIME DO THEY NEED TO ALLURE? DOES HPD HAVE OVERSIGHT OVER THE APPEAL PROCESS? DOES HPD CURRENTLY ACCEPT ANY COMPLAINTS MADE BY APPLICANTS DENIED FOR AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING LOTTO GAME? THOSE ARE THE CONCERNS THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING A RESPONSE FROM HPD ON.
HOPEFULLY, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. >> > > MANY THANKS, SIR. >> > > MANY THANKS >>. > > AT THIS FACTOR WE ARE GOING TO– THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXTRAVAGANCE. WE ARE NOT GOING TO VISIT THE CONCERNS THAT ARE STRAIGHT CONNECTED TO DOB. WE WILL CERTAINLY BEGIN WITH A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE AND AFTER THAT RETURN THE CONCERNS FROM MY ASSOCIATES. SO, I AT FIRST STARTED BY ASKING THOSE TWO INQUIRIES AS DOB TALKED TO ANY STAKEHOLDERS. HE REPLIED LESS YES. HAS DOB RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS? LIKEWISE YOU REPLIED YES. 2262, FINAL INSPECTIONS FOR TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION DEVICES PERMITS AND ALSO FOR HAVING STANDOUT BRACKETS. HOW WOULD DOING AWAY WITH THE REQUIREMENT THAT A LAST ASSESSMENT NOT BE REQUIRED FOR TEMPORARY BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION DEVICES FURTHER THE DOD OBJECTIVE OF PROTECTING SPEECH BUILDING WORKERS FROM INJURY AND ALSO QUITING EMPLOYEE FATALITIES? WE SHARE THE SAME ENTHUSIASM FOR SAFETY AS WELL AS WE HAVE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS OFF-LINE, ONLINE, ANY POSSIBLE METHOD YOU CANISTER. IF YOU COULD JUST SOLUTION THAT FOR ME. >> > > CERTAINLY. THIS DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT BE UNDER, ENTERING ANYTHING INTO A CHANGE OR DEREGULATION THAT WOULD LESSEN EMPLOYEE SAFETY AS WELL AS THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE PUBLIC.WE HAVE A DUAL ROLE RIGHT HERE. WE INTEND TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO INJURY TO MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE PARTICULAR ARRANGEMENT YOU ARE MENTIONING, CHAIR, REALLY DOES NOT FORWARD OUR GOALS OF ENSURING OUR RESOURCES ARE USED WHERE THEY ARE SEEING FUNCTION OCCURRING. THIS WOULD CHANGE THE OBLIGATIONS AND ALSO RATHER THAN NEEDING AN ASSESSOR TO TAKE CARE OF A SITE AFTER THE MOMENTARY TOOLS HAS BEEN REMOVED WILL ENSURE THAT SERVICE PROVIDERS INFORM THE DEPARTMENT OF SUCH ELIMINATION WHICH OUR EFFORTS REMAIN FOCUSED ON ENSURING WORK IS MOVING ON ACCORDING TO OUR CODES AS WELL AS ENSURING THAT WORK IS KEEPING A SECURE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS WELL AS EMPLOYEES ON HEIGHTS.
>> > > THANK YOU. BUT ALSO FOR THE DOCUMENT AS WELL AS IN LAYPERSON TERMS, CANISTER YOU DISCUSS WHAT A STANDOUT BRACE IS? >> > > SURE. IN THE MANY SIMPLIFIED MANNER A STANDOUT BRACE IS A PIECE OF STEEL OR STEEL THAT IS USED TO, BASICALLY, PRESS A SUSPENDED SCAFFOLD FURTHER FAR FROM A LEDGE, SO YOU OBTAIN A MODIFICATION OF ANGLE. >> > > WHY THIS AS WELL AS [CONSIDERED SO DANGEROUS? >> > > WE INDICATOR VARIETY OF INCIDENCES, WHEN IT THAT INCLUDED A CASUALTY. AT THAT TIME WE EVALUATED WHAT WAS TAKING PLACE ON THE SITE. STANDOUT BRACE, THIS ITEM OF STEEL, THAT IS USED TO ADJUSTMENT THE ANGLE OF THE ROPE THAT BOIL DOWN FOR SUSPENDED SCAFFOLD, AT THE TIME OF THOSE INCIDENCES WE REALLY FOCUSED IN ON HOW THE STANDOUT BRACE MODIFIES THE TONS TROUBLED A PARAPET.
WHEN YOU HAVE ACTUALLY A PUT ON HOLD SCAFFOLD THAT IS GOING DOWN A STRUCTURE YOU SEE IT, WE ALL SEE IT. IF YOU SEE A HOME WINDOW WASHER ON THE SIDE OF A WALL IT'' S THE VERY SAME POINT. ON SOME BUILDINGS THERE RIGORS WHO ARE UTILIZING THE SUSPENDED SCAFFOLD ARE USING WHAT WE PHONE CALL A C HOOK. BASICALLY, A C THAT YOU PLACE ON TOP OF A PARAPET T AS WELL AS THAT IS WHAT IS ALLOWING THE PUT ON HOLD SCAFFOLD TO FIND DOWN THE BUILDING. THE DESIGNERS AT THE DIVISION OF BUILDINGS REALLY FOCUSED IN ON THE STANDOUT BRACKETS AS WELL AS THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT THE LITTLE TOOL DOES TO THE ENGINEERING, TO WHETHER A STRUCTURE'' S PARAPET CAN ACTUALLY WITHHOLD THAT TRANSFORM IN LOTS.
THAT, WE THOUGHT, WAS A VERY CONSIDERABLE PROBLEM, WHICH IS WHY WE WENT ON WITH STRUCTURES BULLETIN IN 2019 PROHIBITING USING THIS DEVICE. EVER SINCE WE HAVE HAD A HOST OF CONVERSATIONS BEFORE THE NOTICE AND PERCEPTIVENESS WITH OUR MARKET PARTNERS IN ENSURING THEY UNDERSTOOD OUR RATIONALE OF WHAT WE WERE DOING WHICH COMPLAINTS HAS BEEN, THIS AS WELL AS I BELIEVE THE MARKET HAS BEEN, HAS ACTUALLY GOTTEN THIS PUBLICATION QUITE WELL.
WE ARE LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD. >> > > HOW REGULARLY ARE STANDOUT BRACKET USED? >> > > BECAUSE, AS I POINTED OUT, WE DID CONCERN A BUILDING PUBLICATION PROHIBITING USING STANDOUT BRACKETS IN 2019. GIVEN THAT THAT TIME WE HAVE SEEN EXTREMELY GOOD COMPLIANCE. WE HAVE NOT SEEN THESE DEVICES REESTABLISHED TO THE AREA. AGAIN, THIS IS AN EFFORT TO MAKE CERTAIN WE CODIFY THIS STRUCTURE PUBLICATION AND CONTINUE TO GUARANTEE SUSPENDED SCAFFOLD ARE APPROPRIATELY UTILIZED AND SAFELY USED.
>> > > EXISTS AN ENHANCED FINANCIAL COST TO BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION FIRMS BASED ON DOING AWAY WITH THEM? >> > > SINCE WE RECOGNIZE. >> > > WILL ELIMINATING THEM, I'' M SORRY, HOW DOES DOB KNOW OF ANY FATALITIES RELATED TO USING STANDOUT BRACKETS? SIMPLY PUT, WE HAVE SEEN THAT YOU IN THIS BOARD AND US WORKING WITH EACH OTHER HAVE SEEN SECURITY AND ALSO FATALITIES, HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN CHARACTERISTIC ANY FATALITIES ACTUALLY TO THIS DEVICE? >> > > AGAIN, I ASK FORGIVENESS, NOT AGAIN, ACTUALLY. I HAVEN ' T MENTIONED THIS. SORRY. AS YOU KNOW, AFTER ANY DEATH ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS DOES A COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION OF THAT FATALITY. THAT, WHAT, IN WHICH, WHEN. WE ARE WANTING TO DETERMINE WHAT, OBVIOUSLY, WHAT WENT INCORRECT ON THIS WEBSITE SEQUENCE, BUT WERE THERE ANY FACTORS THAT COULD HAVE ADDED TO THAT FATALITY OR MAJOR EVENT? AND IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF STANDOFF BRACKETS WE DID LOOK, AS I DISCUSSED, THERE WERE FOUR OCCURRENCES JUST IN 2019.
AMONG WHICH WHERE WE HAD A DEATH. IN THOSE INSTANCES WE DID DETERMINE THAT THE USE OF THE STANDOUT BRACKET WAS A CONTRIBUTING COMPONENT OF WHAT FAILED ON THOSE JOBSITES. I ONCE AGAIN, THE DESIGNERS LOOKED COMPLETELY AT THE PIECE OF DEVICES TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE ACTIVITY WE WERE REPOSSESSING IN 2019 WITH THE STRUCTURE BULLETIN WAS JUSTIFIED. OUR COMPANY BELIEVE REALLY STRONGLY THAT USING STANDOFF BRACES CHANGES THE ENGINEERING AS THOUGH IT DEVELOPS UNSAFE PROBLEMS WHICH C HOOKS CANISTER AND ALSO OUGHT TO PROCEED TO BE USED SAFELY AND ALSO DOING SO MEANS GETTING RID OF STANDOFF BRACES. CONSIDERING THAT THE BULLETIN HEADED OUT IN 2019, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE SEEN VERY STRONG CONFORMITY. >> > >'IT ' S HARD FOR ME TO FATHOM THIS IN MY MIND. IS THERE ANYHOW YOU COULD DESCRIBE TO THE MOST EFFECTIVE OF YOUR CAPABILITY A FATALITY THAT WAS, THAT THE EXAMINATION THOUGHT CONTRIBUTED, I'' M SORRY, USING THIS TOOL ADDED TO A DEATH? EXISTS ONE CIRCUMSTANCES? I JUST ASK YOU FOR ONE. >> > > SURE. THERE WAS AN CASE IN MANHATTAN ON 50th STREET IN 2019 IN WHICH OUR TEAM BELIEVE THE STANDOUT BRACE ADDED TO THAT OCCURRENCE WHERE A WORKER WAS STRUCK BY A COPING ROCK THAT HAD COME LOOSE, BECAUSE OF THE FAILING AT THE PARAPET DEGREE.
>> > > SO, HAS DOB RECEIVED COMMENTS FROM STAKEHOLDERS ON THIS SPECIFIC EXPENSE? >> > > YES. WE DID. BEFORE ISSUING THE BUILDING BULLETIN WE HAD A NUMBER CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TRADE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE MARKET THAT ARE PARTICULARLY AFFECTED BY THIS. ONCE MORE, OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MARKET HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY GREAT, REALLY SOLID. THEY ARE OUR PARTNERS IN ALL OF THIS. OBVIOUSLY, OUR TASK IS TO SUPPORT THEIR CAPABILITY TO DO FUNCTION SECURELY. AND ALSO OUR CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE PROHIBITION OF THIS PARTICULAR MATERIAL WERE QUITE GOOD AS WELL AS THEY UNDERSTOOD EXACTLY WHY WE WERE RELOCATING AHEAD ON THE PATTH WE WERE. I WEAR'' T BELIEVE WE HAD ANY SOLID ARGUMENTS TO THAT. >> > > DOES THE MANAGEMENT HAVE ANY CONCERNS? AND DOES IT ASSISTANCE THIS BILL? >> >
> NO. THIS IS THE CONSTRUCTING DEPARTMENT FULLY SUPPORTS. THE RESTRICTION OF STANDOFF BRACKETS CODIFYING OUR BUILDING PUBLICATION FROM 2019. >> > > THANK YOU. DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR EXPENSE? OTHERWISE WE WILL GO ON TO INTRO OF 2263, A LOCAL LOT TO AN END OF THE BRAND-NEW YORK CITY BUILDING REGULATIONS IN RELELATATION TO THE MEANING OF MAJOR BUILDING. WHAT IS THE COMPASS BY CHANGING THE INTERPRETATION OF MAJOR STRUCTURE? >> > > CURRENTLY A STRUCTURE THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT BUILDING NOW IS A BUILDING THAT IS 10 TALES ARE GREATER. WITH THE REDEFINITION THE DIVISION IS SEEKING WE ARE AIMING TO AMENDED MEANING TO INCLUDE BUILDINGS 7 TALES OR GREATER OR 75 FEET IN ELEVATION. OUR COMPANY BELIEVE THAT THE REDEFINITION WILL CERTAINLY FULFILL AMONG OUR GOALS, WHICH IS INCREASING SECURITY, PARTICULARLY BY ENSURING ADDITIONAL, DEDICATED SITE SECURITY EMPLOYEE PAST A JOBSITE. CURRENTLY, A MAJOR BUILDING IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A DEDICATED SAFETY SPECIALIST ON THAT PARTICULAR JOBSITE ENSURING THAT THE BUILDING'' S CODE, AS IT CONNECTS TO SAFETY AND SECURITY, IS BEING ADHERED TO. OUR COMPANY BELIEVE THIS CHANGE FROM 10 TO 7 WILL CERTAINLY FURTHER OUR EFFORTS IN ENSURING A GREATER LEVEL OF SECURITY.
>> > > IS THERE ANYWAY THAT YOU COULD POINT TO HOW THIS MODIFICATION WILL DIRECTLY AFFECT THE SECURITY OF WORKERS? >> > > OUR TEAM BELIEVE VERY HIGHLY, AND ALSO WE HAVE SEEN THIS WITH THE APPLICATION OF CITIZEN LEGISLATION 196 AS WELL AS WITH THE CREATION OF OUR CONSTRUCTION SECURITY CONFORMITY DEVICE, WE UNDERSTAND, OBVIOUSLY, EMPLOYEES HAVING THE DETAILS BEING TRAINED IN RELEVANT COMPONENTS OF THEIR WORK, AS WELL AS LET'' S BE STRAIGHTFORWARD REGARDING BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION FUNCTION, IT IS A TESTING CAREER. OUR EMPLOYEES WHO GO OUT ON A DAILY BASIS TO EARN A LIVING FOR THEMSELVES AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILIES ARE DOING A VERY HARD TASK. CONSIDERING THE WORKER THEMSELVES, WHICH IS WHAT THE COUNCIL DID WHEN YOU ALL PASSED 186, AND ALSO IT WAS QUITE SUBSTANTIAL. WE COUPLE THAT WITH THE POSITIVE INSPECTIONS, WHICH IS CREATING ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT ON SITES THEMSELVES TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT CONFORMITY IS, ACTUALLY, ADHERE TO.
WE THINK THOSE 2 INITIATIVES TRULY DID LEAD United States DOWN THIS COURSE OF LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN BOOST GUIDANCE ON JOBSITES. AS WELL AS NUMBER OF THE DEVELOPS THAT WE WILL DISCUSS RELATE TO MAKING CERTAIN ADDITIONAL SUPERVISION ON JOBSITES. AS WELL AS SIMPLY HAVING ACTUALLY A DEDICATED PERSOON WHOSE TASK IT IS TO FOLLOW JUST SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE WEBSITE. IT'' S SO CRITICAL WHEN YOU SPEAK ABOUT THESE LARGER BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES THAT HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT. WE FEELING REALLY SECURELY THAT THE ADDITIONAL DEDICATED GUIDANCE IS THE ACTION IN THE RIGHT INSTRUCTIONS IF WE ARE SEEKING TO ACCOMPLISH DEEPER REDUCTIONS IN INCIDENCES ALONG WITH FATALITIES.
>> > > FROM A NUMBERS VIEWPOINT THE NUMBER OF EVEN MORE BUILDINGS WOULD BE CONSISTED OF WITH THIS CHANGE IN LANGUAGE? >> > > WITH THE REDEFINITION OF MAJOR BUILDINGS TO CATCH SEVEN-STORY STRUCTURES AND OVER WE ARE LOOKING AT APPROXOXIMATE 300 ADDITIONAL JOBS. >> > > EYE PRODUCT, I THINK I LISTENED TO TO SAY THE MANAGEMENT FULLY SUSTAINS THIS COSTS? >> > > THAT IS CORRECT. >> > > MANY THANKS. EXIST ANY QUESTIONS FOR MY COLLEAGUES ON INTRODUCTORY 2263? INDEED. COLLEEN RIVERA.
>> > > HI, THERE. WHAT FACTOR TO CONSIDER LISTED A THREE-YEAR DURATION THAT IS PROPOSED IN THE PRESENT COSTS TEXT? >> > > ONCE MORE, I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE REALLY DO BELIEVE WE ARE PARTNERED WITH THE MARKET IN ENSURING THEIR CAPACITY TO WORK. AT THE DIVISION OF BUILDINGS WE ARE CERTAINLY SUPPORTERS FOR DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER THAT BE NEW BUILDINGS OR KEEPING EXISTING BUILDING STOCK, WHICH IS SERIOUSLY ESSENTIAL. WE UNDERSTAND THE MARKET. WE UNDERSTAND THE SECTOR OPPORTUNITY TO SATISFY THE DEADLINES. THIS IS AN INITIATIVE TO GUARANTEE OUR PARTNERS, THE MARKET ARE ABLE TO ACTUALLY INDUCE THE EXTRA CAPABILITY NEEDED TO FULLY REMAIN IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS. OUR TEAM BELIEVE 3 YEARS IS RESPONSIVE TO THE INDUSTRY. >> > > UNDERSTOOD. WHAT ACTING PRECAUTION ARE POSSIBLE? >> > > WE CERTAINLY MUST DISCUSS POSSIBILITY STEP UPS, IF YOU WILL.
I'' M SATISFIED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE BOARD IN ADDITION TO THE INDUSTRY ON HOW WE CANISTER ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS COSTS IN MORE STEP-BY-STEP STEPS GOING OUT TO A THREE-YEAR TARGET DATE. WE ARE CERTAINLY HAPPY TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. >> > > I ANTICIPATE IT. >> THANKS. > > THANKS. I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK REALLY SWIFTLY. COUNCIL PARTICIPANT ROSENTHAL HAS An INQUIRY ON THE CERTIFICATIONS OF NO HARASSMENT. >> > > THANK YOU A LOT, COUNCIL MEMBER CARNEGIE.
COMMISSIONER, I HAVE A QUICK INQUIRY REGARDING THE CERTIFICATE OF NO HARASSMENT EXTENSION. THE TIMELINE EXPANSION, WHICH I'' M EXCITED ABOUUT. >> > > COUNCIL MEMBER, THAT ' S IN FACT FOR HPV. >> > > IT IS? I THINK ABOUT IT MORE AS A DOB POINT. BECAUSE THE CONSTRUCTION JOB REQUIRE HAS BEEN LOOKING AT THESE BILLS. I ' M SORRY, THESE BUILDINGS. MY QUESTION IS TO ANY COMMISSIONER. WHY NOT APPLY IT'TO THE ENTIRE CITY? AS I CHECK OUT THE COSTS IT ' S JUST FOR AN EXTRA SET OF STRUCTURES. SET OF DISTRICTSTS. MY APOLOGY. WHY NOT APPLY IT CITYWIDE? BECAUSE THERE ARE ALWAYS STRUCTURES IN MY DISTRICT IN WHICH THIS TYPE OF HARASSMENT IS GOING ON, I ASKED THAT. NOT AS MUCH AS IN OTHER DISTRICTS. >> > > THANKS FOR THE CONCERN, COUNCIL MEMBER. THINK WE INTEND TO REMAIN IN LINE WITH THE INITIALLY CONCEIVED CONCEPT OF THE PROGRAM. WHICH, AS DISCUSSED WITH THE FUNCTIONING GROUP, WAS REALLY TARGETED. THE CONCEPT IS TO REALLY TARGET THIS PROGRAM TO STRUCTURES AND ALSO AREAS WHERE THERE IS AN INDICATOR OF HARASSMENT.
AS WELL AS THE PROGRAM IS CITYWIDE IN IS IF THERE IS A LOCATING OF HARASSMENT DESPITE WHERE THE SEATED IT OCCURRED IT DOES, TO THE CHECKLIST. WE ARE CHECKING OUT WHAT ADDITIONAL STEPS WE CONTAINER TAKE TO ADD BUILDINGS, BUT WE REALLY WISH TO TARGET THIS PROGRAM, ESPECIALLY GIVEN, AS YOU KNOW, EVERY ONE OF THE WORK THAT DOB HAS BEEN DOING THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN OTHER AREAS TO SEE TO IT THAT HARASSMENT IS ADDRESSED IN ITS MANY KINDS. >> > > THAT MAKES GOOD FEELING. THANKS. ONCE MORE, APOLOGIES, I WAS AT ANOTHER EVENT. DO YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS EXPENSE? >> > > WE ARE REVIEWING THE INFORMATION ARE STILL WITH THE COUNCIL. WE WOULD LIKE TO FUNCTION OUT SOME OF THE SPECIFICS OF IT.
I ASSUME THE PRINCIPLE AND THE EXTENSIONS OF THE PROGRAM AS AN EXPANSION IN SOME MEANS THE PROGRAM IS CERTAINLY PART OF THE CONVERSATION. >> > > OKAY. FOR THE DOCUMENT, I SIMPLY INTENDED TO SAY THAT THISIS HAS BEEN CRITI PROGRAM WHICH I WOULD URGE THE CITY TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR EVEN MORE BUILDINGS TO BE IN THE RUBRIC OF REQUIRING A CERTIFICATE OF NO HARASSMENT. THIS IS THE POINT THAT HAS BEEN BURIED FOR A LOT OF YEARS ON BUILDINGS THAT ARE HARASSING AND ALSO TERRORIZING THE OCCUPANTS THOSE VARIOUS OTHER ONES THAT WE HAVE ALL FOCUSED ON. THANKS VERY MUCH. THANKS, CHAIR. >> > > THANK YOU. I INTEND TO SAY FOR THE DOCUMENT, FEE TO THE LARGE QUANTITY OF THE AMOUNT OF BILLS THAT WE HAVE TODAY, ESPECIALLY IN BUILDING WEBSITE SAFETY, I'' M GOING TO TRY TO ABBREVIATE A FEW OF THE QUESTIONING, BECAUSE THERE IS An HONEST EFFORT ON MY COMPONENT TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH THE PUBLIC.
THIS IS NOT GENERALLY THE MANNER IN WHICH THE HEARING WOULD BE MADE UP, BUT IT'' S VITAL FOR ME TO MAKE IT THROUGH THESE WEBSITE SECURITY BILLS WITH THE COMMISSIONER SO I TIN LISTEN TO STRAIGHT FROM THE PUBLIC. ON THE NEXT EXPENSE, 2264, WHICH IS A NEIGHBORHOOD LEGISLATION TO AMEND THE NEW YORK CITY STRUCTURE CODE IN RELATION TO COLD FORMED STEEL BUILDING CONTAINER YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN IN LAYPERSON STIPULATIONS WHAT THIS EXPENSE ACCOMPLISHES? >> > > THANKS, CHAIR. THE EXPENSE COMPLETES AN IMPORTANANT FACET OF OUR WORK BELOW, WHICH IS ENSURING FURTHER SAFETY AND SECURITY ON SITES. COOL CREATED STEEL IS THE MATERIAL USED, GENERALLY MADE USE OF. IT IS A SAFE, RELIABLE, EXPENSE- EFFECTIVE PRODUCT. NEVERTHELESS, WHEN USED IMPROPERLY CAN CAUSE BREAKS DOWN OF BUILDINGS, WHICH, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF COLLAPSES AS A RESULT OF THE IMPROPER USE OF THIS PRODUCT. CONSISTING OF A FATALITY IN THE BRONX IN 2019. COMPARABLE TO STANDOFF BRACKETS WE ASSESSED THE OCCURRENCES, DETERMINED THE DIFFICULTIES THOSE SITES HAD ACTUALLY, AND ALSO PROVIDED A BUILDINGS BULLETIN CORRECTING WHAT WE IDEA WERE CONCERNS SITES HAD. WE ARE WANTING TO CODIFY THAT RIGHT HERE. THIS WILL IMPROVE THE SAFETY ON SITES IN WHICH COLD CREATED STEEL IS BEING USED.
>> > > YOU ARE TOTALLY IN AGREEMENT WITH THE EXISTING COSTS AS IT'' S WRITTEN? >> > > YES >>. > > DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC EXPENSE? IF NOT WE ARE GOING TO TRANSFER TO INTRODUCTION 2276. THE CITIZEN LOT TO CHANGE THE NEWARK CITY BUILDING ORDINANCE IN KEN'' S PUBLIC AUCTION SUPERINTENDENT AS WELL AS RESCINDING SECTIONS 3210Ã EIGHTÃTHREE AND 3310ÃEIGHT ÃSIX OF THE BRAND-NEW YORK CITY BUILDING REGULATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH INSPECTIONS REQUIRED BY SITE SAFETY AND SECURITY MANAGERS OR COORDINATORS IN CONNECTION WITH REASONABLE CAREFULNESS REQUIRED BY KIND SAFETY MANAGERS OR COORDINATORS TO MAKE SURE SAFETY AND SECURITY. THIS COSTS NEEDS THAT A LONG-TERM HOLDERS SUBMIT An AUTHORIZATION ATTESTING THAT THE SITE SECURITY STRATEGY MEETS PARTICULAR NEEDS. WILL DOB EVALUATION THE WEBSITE SECURITY STRATEGY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS? >> >
> YES. AS THE DIVISION DOES CURRENTLY FOR ALL MAJOR BUILDINGS WE DO EXCEPT, TESTIMONIAL, AND IMPROVE WEBSITE SAFETY AND SECURITY WE and also intends INTEND TO ACCOMPLISH SUCH HERE. >> > > WHY DOES THIS COSTS EXCLUDE 1 TO 3 FAMILY BUILDINGS? >> > > AS YOU KNOW OVER THE COURSE OF YEARS THIS CITY ADVICE, ALONG WITH PREVIOUS CITY COUNCILS, HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE DIVISION IN ENSURING WE HAVE APPROPRIATE SECURITY MEASURES IN AREA. WE HAVE CONTINUED TO EXPAND ON THAT RELATIVE TO ONE, TWO, THREE HOUSEHOLDS, THE PRODUCTION OF EXISTING ONE, 2, 3 FAMILY MEMBERS RESIDENCES. THOSE HOUSES ARE CREATED BY CONTRACTORS WHO ARE PRESENTLY LICENSED.
> > SURE. > > WE SIGN NUMBER OF INCIDENCES, WHEN IT WHICH INCLUDED A FATALITY. > > GIVEN THAT, AS I POINTED OUT, WE DID ISSUE A STRUCTURE BULLETIN PROHIBITING THE USE OF STANDOUT BRACKETS IN 2019. > > THANK YOU. > > DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC EXPENSE?QUALITIES TEND TO BE FAIRLY MUCH LESS COMPLICATED THAN OUR LARGER BUILDING SITES WHERE YOU HAVE A SIGNIFICANT VARIETY OF EQUIPMENT PIECES BEING UTILIZED THAT ARE QUITE LARGE, QUITE IMPACTFUL AS WELL AS YOU HAVE SOME CONCERNS AROUND NEARBY PROPERTY. >> > > THIS FOLLOWS THE city and also the administration COUNCIL'' S REQUIRED FOR AS MUCH SAFETY AS POSSIBLE ON WEBSITES? >
> YES. >> I THINK SO. > > CAN DOB THINGS TO THE CONSTRUCTION SUPERINTENDENT >>? > > THE DEPARTMENT LICENSES BUILDING SUPERINTENDENT SUPERINTENDENT. THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES IN WHICH SOME HAVE NOT BEEN LIICENSED BY THE DIVISION. AS WITH VARIOUS OTHER CERTIFICATE TYPES SURE THAT INDIVIDUAL HAVE DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS, HONESTLY, THE DIVISION WOULD SEEK TO ADJUDICATE THOSE. >> > > DOES THE ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT THIS BILL? >> > > YES >>. > > EXIST ANY CONCERNS FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS PARTICULAR EXPENSE? IF NOT WE WILL CERTAINLY LEARN THROUGH INTRO 2278Ã8A, RESIDENT AUTOMATED APPROACH OF CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK CITY AND ALSO THE NEW YORK CITY CITY BUILDING REGULATIONS IN CONNECTION TO THE LICENSING OF GENERAL CONTRACTORS. DOES THE DOB, HAVE AN OVERSIGHT OVER GENERAL CONTRACTORS? >> > > THE DIVISION OF BUILDINGS BELONGS TO OUR DEMAND TO CONCERN ALLOWS TO ENTITIES EXECUTING WORK DOES HAVE A STANDARD PROCESS IN PLACE FOR RECOGNIZING SPECIALISTS.
I WOULD NOT SAY THAT WE HAVE AN OVERSIGHT OF STATED SPECIALISTS, WHICH IS THE FACTOR THE PROPOSITION IS BEFORE THIS GUIDANCE TODAY ON LICENSING GENERAL CONTRACTORS. >> > > ARE THEY PRESENTLY LICENSED BY ANY OTHER FIRM? >> > > PROFESSIONALS MIGHT BE LICENSED BY OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER EMPLOYEE PROTECTION. THEY MAY OR MAY NOT OBTAIN OTHER PAPERWORKS FROM THE STATE, BUT AS MUCH AS THIS DIVISION OF BUILDINGS AND OUR CAPABILITY TO ENSURE SAFETY AND ALSO OVERSIGHT ON JOB SITES, NO.
>> > > CANISTER YOU CURRENTLY INFORM ME HOW LOTS OF CONTRACTORS ARE SIGNED UP WITH DOB TO DATE? >> > > AS OF EARLIER THIS MONTH WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 10,000 INDIVIDUALS, ENTITIES. >> > > WHAT DOES THIS COSTS SEEK TO ACCOMPLISH? >> > > I BELIEVE REALLY PUT SIMPLY, CHAIR, AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED THOROUGHLY, AND ALSO AS MY TESTIMONY DESCRIBES, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT IN THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT A TRUE CULTURE OF SAFETY EXISTS ON ALL OF OUR TASK SITES. THIS ADVICE REALLY THOUGHTFULLY ASSEMBLE REGULATION TO MAKE CERTAIN THE EXTENSION OF OUR SHARED GOAL OF SAFETY AND ALSO WE HAVE SEEN THAT THROUGH 196. YOU HAVE SEEN THE DIVISION DO THAT THROUGH THE AGGRESSIVE INSPECTIONS. THE EXPENSE BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS SEEKING TO ADDRESS A REALLY BIG TROUBLE OF OUR CAPABILITY TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY. THAT IS THE DEPARTMENT PROVIDED LICENSES TO OVER 20 DIFFERENT ENTITIES IN THIS CITY PERFORMING SERVICE WORK WEBSITES. YET, FOR GENERAL CONTRACTORS WE DON'' T PERMIT SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE SAME MANNER. WHAT WE WOULD BE FINISHING WITH THIS BILL IS ENSURING THAT THERE HOLDS TRUE RESPONSIBILITY ON WORK SITES FOR THE SUCCESS OF THAT JOB SITE AS WELL AS FOR THE SUCCESS OF THAT FUNCTION.
OF PROGRAM, WE WOULD DEEM SUCCESS AS WORKERS AND THE PUBLIC WERE SAFE AND ALSO KEPT SAFE DURING THE DURATION ANND CONCLUSION OF THAT JOB. WE ARE LOOKING TO BRING REAL LIABILITY TO THE FUNCTION THAT HAPPENS AND ALSO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE CAN HOLD ONE ACTOR– CRIMINALS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ACTIVITY AND ACTIONS THAT MAY REASON FATALITIES AND OTHER INCIDENCES ON A WORK WEBSITE. >> > > WHAT WOULD BE THE EXPENSE FOR REGISTERING AS A PROFESSIONAL WITH DOB? >> > > CURRENTLY, WE DO CHARGE FOR THE RANGE OF REGISTRATION COSTS, ENROLLMENTS THAT WE HAVE.THEY CONTAINER SPEND BETWEEN$80 AS WELL AS $300. WE ANTICIPATE THAT WITH THIS COSTS WE WILL BE REVISITING THE CHARGES. WE WILL DO SO BY RULE, BUT THE EXPECTANCY IS THAT THE CHARGES WILL CERTAINLY REMAIN IN MAINTAINING WITH SEVERAL OF OUR OTHER CHARGES. >> > > SO, DOES THE ADMINISTRATION AGREE WITH THIS EXPENSE? >> > > YES >>. > > ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS PARTICULAR BILL? COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS. >> > > THANKS, CHAIR. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, FOR BEING BELOW. I SIMPLY WANTED YOU TO SHARE WITH United States POTENTIALLY HOW COULD THIS COSTS ADVERSELY AFFECT LIKE ANNE BROWN GENERAL CONTRACTORS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE SERVICE PROVIDERS, BUT MAY NOT KNOW ANY OF THE PROBLEMS THAT MAY COME UP? >> > > THANKS SIGNIFICANTLY, COUNCIL MEMBER. OUR MWD POPULATION OF CONTRACTORS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THIS CITY. OBVIOUSLY, ALONG WITH THE DEPARTMENT. WE ARE PARTICULARLY CONSCIOUS OF THAT GROUP OF CONTRACTORS AND ALSO THEIR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO ENJOY THE FUNCTION THAT THEY DO AS WELL AS DO SO SAFELY.
AS WELL AS I WILL CERTAINLY SAY, THE LARGE BULK OF CONTRACTORS WHO ARE ACTIVE IN THIS CITY ARE ACCOUNTABLE CONTRACTORS WHO DO ADHERE TO THE CODE. WHAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED WITH THE REGULATIONS IS WHAT OUR COMPANIED BELIEVE PRETTY COMMON FEELING APPROACH TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE DON'' T PRODUCE FABRICATED BARS TO ACCESS. WE WANT CONTRACTORS WHO ARE PRACTICING AS WELL AS THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY EXERCISING WITH United States AS WELL AS ARE ACTIVE IN OUR SYSTEM WILL BE GRANDFATHERED WHEN THE COSTS ENTERS INTO EFFECT. AGAIN, AS COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA MENTIONED IN HER QUESTION, WE ARE CONSIDERING POSSIBILITIES TO ASSISTANCE THE MARKET AND ALSO SIMULTANEOUSLY BRING US ALL UP IN TERMS OF SECURITY COMPLIANCE. WE THINK WE CAN DO BOTH. WE KNOW WE HAVE DONE BOTH IN THE PAST BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT OUR ALLIES DEMAND TO BE ABLE TO EFFICIENTLY ARRIVE. WE HAVE INCORPORATED IN THE COSTS A ONE-WAY FOR IMPLEMENTATION THAT WE THINK IS APPROPRIATE TO THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE ARE SETTINNG FORTH.AND ADDITIONALLY RECEPTIVE TO THE REALITY THAT WE HAVE CONTRACTORS WORKING NOW AND ALSO THEY WILL CERTAINLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE GRANDFATHERED INTO THESE ARRANGEMENTS. OBVIOUSLY, THEY WILL CERTAINLY GET DREW INTO THE LOOP WHEN THE TIME COMES. WE DON ' T BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY BARRIERS TO ENTRY FAR OUR MW BD CONTRACTORS WITH THE EXPENSE THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED AS WELL AS OUR TEAM BELIEVE THE SUBSTANTIAL BULK OF OUR CONTRACTORS WHO ARE SAFE AND ALSO CODE COMPLIANT AS WELL AS RUN A GREAT SERVICES WILL CERTAINLY BE ABLE TO EXTREMELY SEAMLESSLY TRANSITION INTO THIS NEW STRUCTURE. > > MANY THANKS FOR THAT. IT ' S VERY COMPREHENSIVE.
>> THANKS. WILL THERE BE SOME SORT OF OUTREACH PART DONE? > > ABSOLUTELY. > > IF THERE DISAPPEAR INQUIRIES ON THAT PARTICULAR EXPENSE WE WILL CERTAINLY MOVE RIGHT INTO 2259, A REGIONAL LEGISLATION IN RELATION TO AN EXPANSION OF THE DUE DATES FOR EXAMINATION AS WELL AS ADJUSTMENT OF THE STRUCTURE VOID GAS PIPING SYSTEM INSERTING COMMUNITY DISTRICTS. HOW LOTS OF HOMEOWNER ABIDED WITH CITIZEN 152 DURING THE FIRST CYCLE OF INJECTIONS? DO YOU HAVE THAT NUMBER. > > I MANY CERTAINLY DO. BIRTH WITH ME A SECOND. TO DATE WE HAVE OBTAINED CONCERNING 57,000 APPLICANTS FOR ALL TOTAL AMOUNT.
>> > > HAS DOB RELEASED ANY OFFENSES ASSOCIATED WITH NONCOMPLIANCE DURING THIS PERIOD? > > AS YOU RECOGNIZE, THESE TARGET DATES FOR >> THE FIRST WAS EXTENDED BY THIS ADVISE, WHICH WE WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT ACTIVITY. WE HAVE NOT> PROVIDED OFFENSES PRESENTLY WE ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON ENSURING GREATER INFORMATION. > > [CAPTIONERS TRANSITIONING] > > THEY FOUND AND WHERE WE RECEIVED THE NOTIFICATIONS AS HOLDS TRUE THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF >> THE DIVISION IN WHICH ACCREDITED EXPERTS AND ALSO OTHER SIGNED UP PROFESSIONALS ARE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY US OF THIS. WE DID FOLLOW UP WITH ANY AS WELL AS ALL IDEAL ACTIVITIES. > > MANY THANKS D.– HAVE THEY OBTAINED ANY REQUESTS FROM PROPERTY PROPRIETORS AND ALSO DISTRICTS IN 257, 13 AND 18 TO EXTEND THE TARGET DATE? > > NOT THAT I ' M KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT. > > HAVE THEY PERFORMED >> ANY OUTREACH TO HOMEOWNER IN THE DISTRICTS? > > WE DID. WE LAUNCHED A HUGE PROJECT. WE DID A MAILER TO EVERY RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WE IDENTIFIED> AS BEING REQUIRED TO CONDUCT THIS. WE> ' VE DONE EXTENSIVE SOLUTION OBSERVES VIA OUR CIRCULATION LISTING AND UPDATES CONSISTING OF A DEVOTED WEB PAGE FOR 152. WE HAVE DONE A NUMBER OF VARIOUS OUTREACH STRATEGIES. WE HAVE SPOKE TO OVER 3,000, MORE THAN 3,000 PEOPLE JUST FROM THE MAILER THAT WE DID TO CLEAR UP ANY INQUIRIES THAT THEY MAY HAVE. WE HAVE HEARD A REASONABLE AMOUNT BACK. > > IS THERE PARTNERSHIP IMMINENT TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT? WITHOUT ANY REVENUES AND VARIOUS OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN THE AREA? > > WE WOULD A LOT OF CERTAINLY WELCOME ANY CHANCE TO PARTNER WITH ANYTHING ANY STAKEHOLDER. WE HAVE CONSISTED OF INFORMATION IN OUR AREA NENEWSLETTERS THA OBTAIN DISPERSED TO POLITICAL ELECTION OFFICIALS AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS. THE MORE WE CONTAINER DO >> THAT, CERTAINLY THE BETTER. > > EXIST ANY RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO BUILDING PROPRIETORS NOT ABLE TO ABIDE BY THE DEMANDS OF A NEIGHBORHOOD 152 BY THE DEADLINE? AS IT STANDS. NO, HOWEVER, WITH THE PREPARED, THE COUNCIL ' S PRESENTED, CERTAINLY THAT COULD BE A POTENTIAL AND WE WOULD BE, WE WOULD WELCOME THE CHANCE TO COCAINE EVEN MORE ABOUT– TO TALK MORE CONCERNING THAT. > > HAS DOD CONTEMPLATED ANY PENALTIES WITH NOT HAVING THE ABILITY TO CONFORM? > >'WE HAVE REVIEWED IT. AS I MENTIONED, WE ' RE FOCUSED ON ENSURING PROPERTY OWNERS UNDERSTAND FIRST AND ALSO FOREMOST OF THE REQUIREMENTS AND ALSO HAVE AN CHANCE TO DISCUSS WITH >> THE PARTICIPANT OF THE DIVISION THEIR TO DOS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE >> THIS REQUIRED. THE LEGAL MANDATE. THAT IS OUR EMPHASES AND ALSO WILL CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO BE OUR FOCUS. WE WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN COMPLIANCE AND MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS ARE ARMED WITH THE EXPERTISE THEY REQUIRED TO DO THAT. > > DOES THE MANAGEMENT SENT THIS BILL? > > THE EXTENSION OF THE DEADLINE. OF COURSE. > > YES. > > ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS FROM ANY ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS PARTICULAR EXPENSE? > > YES, PERFUME RIVERA AND ALSO THEN BEN [FAINT]> > > HI THERE ONCE AGAIN. THE CHAIRMAN ASKED CONCERNING THE COMMUNITY DISTRICTS 2, FIVE, SEVEN >>, 13 AS WELL AS 18
>>. WHAT ALTERNATE GAS SAFETY AND SECURITY STEPS WILL BE CONSIDERED IN THOSE AREAS PRIOR TO >> THE EXTENSION? > > I ASSUME YOU UNDERSTAND, COUNCIL MEMBER, ANDUM ON, YOU HAVE A DISTINCT >> ADVANTAGE BEING THAT SADLY, YOUR DISTRICT HAS SEEN SOME OF THE EVEN MORE HORRIBLE END RESULTS OF FAILURES BELOW. WE THINK 152 AS INTENDED IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN ENSURING A CONTINUED RISK-FREE SETTING. WE ARE >> SUPPORTIVE OF THE EXTENSION. AS I STATED IN MY TESTAMENT, WE ' RE ENCOURAGING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS NOT TO WAIT. WE CERTAINLY WERE SUPPORTIVE THE VERY FIRST TIME THE STIPULATIONS WERE EXTENDED FROM DECEMBER TO JUNE OF THIS YEAR. ONCE MORE, EVEN THEN, WE WERE ENCOURAGING OWNERS TO DO IT. I THINK THE CITY HAS AMONGST ONE OF THE MOST DURABLE CODES. NOT ONLY AROUND GAS PIPING, BUT IN GENERAL. WE HAVE SOME OF THE MANY ROBUST CODES IN THIS COUNTRY. I BELIEVE THE SAFETY IS THERE. I BELIEVE THE GREAT REASONING BEHIND THE EXPENSES TODAY, AND ALSO WE CERTAINLY ANTICIPATE CONTINUING TO COLLABORATE WITH THE COUNCIL ON OPPORTUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN IN WHICH WE MAY HAVE THEM. > > AND ALSO I RECOGNIZE THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HADN ' T HEARD ANY REQUESTS FROM HOMEOWNER IN THOSE DISTRICTS TO EXPAND THE TARGET DATE. WHAT PREPARES DOES DOB HAVE FOR OUTREACH SPECIFIC TO THE AREAS SHOULD THE COSTS PASS? > > WE– I MEAN I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU CONCERNING ANY WAYS YOU ASSUME WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE OUTREACH AS I DISCUSSED. WE HAVE'PAGES DEVOTED ON OUR WEB SITE. WE HAVE ISSUED SERVICE NOTICES AROUND THIS. WHICH GOES TO OUR, MAIL NETWORK. WE HAVE DONE A MAILER TO PROSECUTOR OWNERS ACROSS THE BOARD IN THE >> CITY OUTLINING THIS INFO. WE ' RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO COMPANION WITH ANY COUNCIL PARTICIPANT, YOURSELF INCLUDED, ONLY, AS WELL AS AREA GROUPS MAKING CERTAIN THIS INFO GETS TO DISTRICT ATTORNEY PROPRIETORS TO ACT ON IT.
> > AS WELL AS MY LAST INQUIRY IS HAS COVID I LOADED ANY OF THE DEMANDS OR FEE DATES FOR NEIGHBORHOOD LAW 152 COMPLIANCE? > > CERTAINLY COVID WAS A COMPONENT OF'WHAT WOKE HEARD AS A FACTOR FOR PRESSING THE FIRST DEADLINE OUT FROM DECEMBER OF IN 2014 TO JUNE OF THIS YEAR. OUR PERMIT PROFESSIONALS IN THIS SPLIT SECOND, PLUMBERS, ARE ACTIVELY OUT WORKING. >> WE DON ' T EXPECT THERE IS AN PROBLEM IN STIPULATIONS OF THEIR CAPABILITY. ONCE AGAIN, WE STAND READY AS WELL AS WILLING TO FUNCTION WITH THE COUNCIL ON OPPORTUNITIES TO ENSURE CONFORMITY THROUGH, MOST IMPORTANTLY, MAKING SURE INDIVIDUALS KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TO CONFORM WITH SOMETHING. > > CERTAINLY WOULD AID WITH THAT OUTREACH CERTAINLY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN FOR THE TIME. THANK YOU'. > > THANKS. > > MANY THANKS, COUNCILWOMAN CALOS ACCEPTED AN ASK THE INQUIRIES AT THE END. WE ' LL GO TO 2321. A GREAT DEAL OF QUESTIONS I REALLY FEEL WE ASKED OR ANSWERED IN THE PREVIOUS, SO I WILL ASK YOU DOES THE MANAGEMENT SENT THIS EXPENSE? > > YES. > > THANK YOU. EXIST ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS SPECIFIC COSTS? IF NOT, WE ' LL CARRY ON TO INTRO 2361, A LOCAL REGULATION TO ACT MEND THE ADMINISTRATE OF CODE IN> THE CITY OF NEW YORK CITY IN MAKING A SET OF QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO THE INSPECTION AND MODIFICATION OF STRUCTURE GAS PIPING SYSTEMS. DOES DOB CURRENTLY SOLICIT RESPONSES FROM RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY PROPRIETORS PERTAINING TO CONCERNS WITH OR R ISSUES CONCERNING REGIONAL REGULATION 152? >> > > AS >> I POINTED OUT, WHO HAVE DONE A NUMBER OF VARIOUS OUTREACH TYPES AROUND NEIGHBORHOOD LAW 152. WHEN, I BELIEVE MOST LIKELY THE THE MAJORITY OF EFFECTIVE WAS SENDING OUT LETTERS TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY PROPRIETORS IN EXTREMELY ORDINARY LANGUAGE THAT CLAIMS WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO AND BY. WE RECEIVED TENDS OF COMMUNICATIONS BACK FROM THAT SOLITARY ITEM OF MAIL. WE HEARD A GREAT DEAL OF FEEDBACK
. INDEED, WE HAVE HEARD A WHOLE LOT OF RESPONSES. > > DOES THE MANAGEMENT SENT THIS EXPENSE? > > YES. > > EXIST ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS EXPENSE? IF NOT, WE– SPOKE OF 2377, A NEIGHBORHOOD LAW TO ACT MEND THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN REGARD TO INCREASING THE PHYSICAL GAS PIPING ADDITIONALLY. HAS DOB RECEIVED RESPONSES FROM STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT EXTENDING THE PHYSICAL 16 6 OF GAS PIPING EVALUATIONS REQUIRED UNDER CITIZEN REGULATION 152? > > WE HEARD FROM A FEW OF THE INDUSTRY PARTNERS ON THEIR RATE OF INTEREST IN SING CHANGES >> GENERALLY TO 152. > > HAS DOB CONTEMPLATED EXPANDING THIS SCOPE THROUGH GUIDELINE MAKING? > > IT ' S NOT ONE THAT WE ACTED ONE. WE HEARD FEEDBACK, AS I MENTIONED, FROM OUR PARTNERS. WE UNDERSTAND THERE IS AN RATE OF INTEREST AT THE COUNCIL. THUS, INTRODUCTION 2327. AND ALSO I THINK THAT IS ONE THAT MERITS A REAL CONVERSATION WITH ALL STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT PROSPECTIVE EFFECTS TO COST AND THE CAPACITY OF A HOMEOWNER AND ALSO THE TIME FOR WHICH A HOMEOWNER NEEDS TO ABIDE BY THE NEEDS. > > DOES THE MANAGEMENT SENT THIS EXPENSE– I ' M SORRY. >> THERE ARE QUESTIONS FROM MY COWORKER BARRY GRODENCHIK ON INTRODUCTORY 2327 >>. >'> THANK YOYOU. I WAS LOOKING TO BE SILENT BUT I STOPPED WORKING. COMMISSIONER, ALWAYS EXCELLENT TO
SEE YOU. > >. > > WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS IN MY DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY WITH GARDEN DEPARTMENTS. BUT I KNOW THAT IT ' S NOT LIMITED TO THAT. I CAME ACROSS OTHER PROBLEMS IN COUNCILMAN COO ' S AREA AND I MAKE CERTAIN THIS HOLDS TRUE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. TO MAKE THINGS AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE, AND ALSO >> ALL OF US WANT THAT GIVEN THE DISASTERS AND THE NUMEROUS DEATHS THAT HAPPENED IN THEBOROUGH OF MANHATTAN. HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE EVERY ONE OF THAT, YOU KNOW– YOU >> CAN JUST STROLL IN AND EXAMINE OR DO YOU REQUIRED, YOU RECOGNIZE A WARRANT OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? I
>> UNDERSTAND THAT IN >> GLEN OAKS WHERE WE FUNCTION VERY CLOSELY WITH THE GAS OPERATIONS PEOPLE, IT WAS A LONG PERIOD OF TIME TO GO THE TO EVERY MOMS AND DAD THAT WAS INFLUENCED. THEY DISCOVERED A LOT OF'UNSETTLING DETAILS. RANGES ATTACHED IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES, DECADES AGO. THANKFULLY NOBODY BLUE UP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BUT HOW TO WE FUNCTION TO SEE TO IT WE GET PARTICIPATION AS WELL AS OPTIMUM SECURITY? > > THANK YOU, COUNCIL PARTICIPANT
. I ASSUME, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A VERY EXCELLENT QUESTION YOU ELEVATE AND ALSO ONCE AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO DISCUSS FURTHER WITH THIS BOARDS AND ALSO WITH THE INDUSTRY. AS WELL AS WITH BUILDING PROPRIETORS. THE ISSUES STAND AS WELL AS REAL. THINK ON, WE ' RE ALL INTERESTED IN ENSURING SAFETY AND SECURITY AND IN WHICH WE CONTAINER, MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO RISE THAT. CERTAINLY.Y. WERE THE FOR United States TO ACCOMPLISH THAT AS WELL AS AS I MENTIONED, WE ALREADY HAVE SOME OF THE MANY STRENUOUS CODES IN THE NATION. SO >>, YOU UNDERSTAND, THOSE ARE CONTRIBUTED TO THAT AS WELL AS THAVALUABLE. WE DO NEED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION CONCERNING THE INFLUENCE, ONCE MORE, AS I STATED, TO COST ALONG WITH AN OWNER ' S CAPABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THE NEEDS IN THE EXPENSE. > > I UNDERSTAND IT ' S CHALLENGING AND ALSO, YOU RECOGNIZE, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS I HAVE IS THE SIZE OF TIME THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE WITHOUT SERVE, ESPECIALLY ON GAS AND OBVIOUSLY, IT ' S JUST– I INTENDED TO PUT THAT OUT. I REJOICE TO HEAR YOU ' RE TALKING W AS YOU CONSTANTLY DO, WITH
THE STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDED. IF YOU NEED MORE, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO FORWARD YOU. THANKS. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I HAVE TO GO OFF. > > THANK YOU. SO THE LAST INQUIRY, I AM SORRY, THE FINE WILLA EXPENSE CONTRIBUTED TO THE SCHEDULE LATE, DUE TO THAT LATENESS, I AM GOING'TO READ THE INQUIRIES INTO THE RECORD. AND NOT CALL FOR THE SOLUTIONS TODAY BUT HAVE A REASONABLE EXPLAINING THAT YOU WILL OBTAIN BACK TO ME AFTER I REVIEW THEM WHICH IS INTRODUCTION 2265, A LOCAL LAW TO
ACT MEND THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN REGULAR TO [INAUDIBLE] HOW DO THE DEMANDS UNDER THE COSTS DIFFER FROM THE EXISTING DEMANDS A PROPERTY MANAGER SETS UP, OVEN KNOB COVERS? CAN PERMANENT OVEN– I ' M SORRY. CANISTER PERMANENT STOVE SAFETY KNOBS WITH INTEGRATED SECURING ACTIONS BE MOUNTED ON EXISTING STOVES? WOULD THIS BILL NEED A PROPRIETOR TO MOUNT A BRAND-NEW OVEN? WOULD An OCCUPANT BE ABLE TO CHOOSE WHETHER THEY NEED PERMANENT STOVE SAFETY KNOBS WITH INCORPORATED SECURING MEASURES OR STEVE KNOB COVERS? IS THERE An ADVANTAGE TO ONE OVER THE OTHER? JUST HOW MUCH DO PERMANENT SECURITY KNOBS WENT GRATED LOCKING SOLUTION COST? DOES THE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE THE COSTS? IF NOT, WHAT ARE THE INTEREST IN THE BILL AND ARE THERE SUGGESTED MODIFICATIONS? ONCE AGAIN,'THERE IS An AFFORDABLE ASSUMPTION THAT IN A TIMELY STYLE YOU WILL CERTAINLY OBTAIN BACK. > > CERTAINLY, THANKS, CHAIR. > > THANKS, I HAVE REMARKS FROM MY COWORKER BEN CALIS. > > COMMISSIONER LARACA, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I SEE YOU INDICATING. I HAVE VITAL INQUIRIES. HOW ARE YOU TAKING PLEASURE IN BEING COMMISSIONER AS WELL AS HOW WAS YOUR SUMMER? > > I CAN EFFECTIVELY REPORT OR GLADLY REPORT THAT I LIKE BOTH. AS WITH EVERY LITTLE THING, IT ' S ALWAYS TOO SHORT. > > I GENERATE MY TIME. > > THANKS, SIR. > > THANKS FOR YOUR STATEMENT. I THINK WE ' RE GOING TO BEGIN TO LISTEN TO TESTIMONY FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THANKS ONCE MORE COMMISSIONERS
>>. FOR YOUR TIME ONCE AGAIN, HPD IF YOU CAN> GET BACK TO United States ON THE OUTSTANDING PRODUCTS, IT WOULD BE CONSIDERABLY APPRECIATED IN A TIMELY STYLE. > > THANK YOU. > > THANKS. FIRST WE ' LL ACCEPT TESTAMENT FROM SETTING UP PARTICIPANT RICHARD GODFRIED. >> THIS THEN MURRAY COX AND ORLANDO GUZMAN. SO IF THE FREE COULD JOIN AT THE PODIUM, WE'' LL BEGIN THE TESTIMONY WHEN YOU ' RE READY >>. >> AGAIN, RICHARD GODFRIED, MURRAY COX, AND ORLANDO GUZMAN. ASSEMBLY MEMBER GODFRIED. I BELIEVE WE LOST YOUR ENTIRE PANEL. YOU ' RE ON YOUR OWN. ONLY, WE CAN ' T ADD THE TIME OF THOSE NOT THERE. THANK YOU. THEY ' RE IN THE PORCH.
>> CAN WE GIVE >> THEM ONE SECOND TO SIGN UP WITH'United States AT THE PODIUM? THANKS. WHEN ALL SET MUCH I ASK THAT YOU OFFER YOUR NAME PRIOR TO THE TESTIMONY, you TIN START. WE ' RE ALLOWING TWO MINS ON THE CLOCK. EXCEPT THE ASSEMBLY PARTICIPANT BUT'FOR THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE PUBLIC. THANKS ASSEMBLY PARTICIPANT GODFRIED, IF YOU COULD PLEASE LEAD United States OFF. > > THANKS. I AM SETTING UP MEMBER RICHARD GODFRIED AND INDICATING IN BEHALF OF STATE SENATOR BRAD HOLMAN. WE ASSISTANCE INTRODUCTION 2309 PRESENTED BY COUNCIL PARTICIPANT CALOS. THE BILL WILL CERTAINLY REINFORCE THE CITY ' S CAPABILITY TO MAKE SURE CONFORMITY WITH STATE AS WELL AS SEA LAWS. THE CITY ' S REAL ESTATE PRICE SITUATION HAS ACTUALLY BEEN WORSENED BY THE PROLIFERATION OF ILLEGAL TEMPORARY RENTALS. THEY CAUSE RENTS TO RISE AND TAKE AN APPROXIMATED 15,000 DIVISIONS OUT OF THE HOUSING MARKET.
>> BY OPENING UP THOSE UNITS TO TRANSIENTS, SYSTEMS LIKE AIRbnb COMPROMISE THE HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AS WELL AS SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO STAY IN APARTMENTS. WHO HAVE MADE EXCELLENT DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE HAVE FAR TO GO. IT ' S APPROXIMATED THAT 85'% OF ALL ACTIVE AIRbnb LISTINGS IN NEW YORK CITY CITY ARE ILLEGAL. INTRODUCTORY 22309 WILL CERTAINLY OFFER REGULATORS NEW DEVICE BY, TO NAME A FEW THINGS, ONE REQUIRING SO -CALLED HOSTS TO OBTAIN A REGISTRATION NUMBER AND ALSO REGISTER ANNUALLY. 2, REQUIRE SYSTEMS SUCH AS AIRbnb OR RESIDENCE AWAY TO HAVE REGISTRATION FIGURES FOR UNITS THEY ADVERTISE. WHILE WE SUPPORT 2309, WE SUGGEST THE ADHERING TO ADJUSTMENTS. ONE, MAKE THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL COMPUTER REGISTRY PUBLICLY VIBE WITH REGISTRATION NUMBERS AND COMPLETE ADDRESS INFORMATION. 2, CALL FOR AN ANNUAL REPORT BY THE CITY ON THE PROCEDURE OF THE REGISTRATION SYSTEM. AS WELL AS, 3, NEED, NEED PROPER TAX REGISTRATION COLLECTION AND ALSO REPAYMENT SYSTEMS. SIMILAR LEGISLATIONS HAVE ACTUALLY PASSED IN SANTA MONICA AND BOSTON. IN BOSTON, AIRbnb HAD TO WITHDRAW OVER HALF OF ITS LISTINGS BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT SIGNED UP. AIRbnb AND SIMILAR SYSTEMS
MAINTAIN STATING WHAT GREAT NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBORS THEY ARE. BY SEEING TO IT THAT THEIR TECHNIQUES MEASURE UP TO SPECIFY AND CITY CRITERIA AND ALSO REGULATIONS, INTRODUCTORY 2309 WILL CERTAINLY HELP MAKE THAT SO. THANK YOU SIGNIFICANTLY. > > THANK YOU, SETTING UP PARTICIPANT. ANYONE ELSE CANISTER GO NEXT. > > GREAT AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ORLANDO GUZMAN. I AM THE SUPERVISOR FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION AT THE MIX PARTNERSHIP AS WELL AS WHERE OUR CITIZEN AREA ORGANIZATION IN NORTH BROOKLYN. OF ALL, IT ' S GOOD SEEING YOU ALL RIGHT HERE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SCHEDULING THIS HEARING. IT ' S BEEN, I ASSUME, ABOUT 16 MONTHS GIVEN THAT I HAVE TESTIFYING HERE. DELIGHTED TO BE BELOW. I AM HERE ON PART OF THE PARTNERSHIP, AND ALSO TO TESTIFY IN FAVOR OF INTRODUCTION 2309. NORTH BROOKLYN IS JUST ONE OF THE AREAS WITH THE HIGHEST FOCUS OFLESSINGS OF ILLEGAL– LIFE LISTINGS OF ILLEGAL SHORT-TERM LEASINGS IN THE CITY OF >> NEW YORK CITY. I WISH TO PUT IN CONCRETE INSTANCES WHAT EQUATE RIGHT INTO >> THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HAVE A WAVE OF VARIATION WHERE TENANTS ARE BEING DISPLACED EVERY DAY, AND THERE IS A LACK OF ACCESSIBILITY, ESPECIALLY TO RENTAL FEE STABILIZED HOMES. AT THE SAME'TIME, TENANTS ARE BEING PHASED IN– FACING HARASSMENT, DEALING WITH LANDLORDS WAREHOUSING UNITS,
DENYING TO LIST THOSE SYSTEMS INTO THE MARKET FOR RENTAL FEE SUPPORTED SYSTEMS. AT THE EXACT SAME TIME, LISTING THOSE UNITS IN VARIOUS PLATFORMS AS I SHORT-TERM RENTAL. WE UNDERSTAND TOURISTS COME TO THE CITY AS WELL AS WISH TO PRESENT IT BUT SOMETIMES THERE ARE DEVELOPS WHERE CELEBRATIONS ARE GOING ON UNTIL 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 IN THE MORNING ON A MONDAY. BECAUSE THAT COMING OUT OF THE CITY, you USEED TO THINK WHAT YOU ' RE GOING TO FEELING IF YOU GO TO FUNCTION AS WELL AS SOMEONE BELOW YOU OR ABOVE YOU IS PARTYING. THIS IS GOING TO HELP CURB A BIT THE ILLEGAL LISTINGS.
THE OTHER VITAL THING IS THAT WE DON ' T OPPOSE LESSEES LOOKING TO GET A PERSON TO AID WITH THE RENTAL FEE. WE ' RE CONCERNED ABOUT MAKING A BUSINESS FROM DID OF AREN ' T OCCUPANTS, LANDLORDS AND ONLINE OPERATING SYSTEMS OUT OF THE VARIATION OF NEW YORKERS. THANKS SO MUCH. I AM HERE TO RESPONSE AND ALSO INQUIRIES. > > THANKS FOR THE IDEAL TIMING, MR.GUZMAN. > > EXCELLENT MID-DAY, EVERYBODY. I AM MURRAY COX, THE OWNER OF INSIDE AIRbnb. A TASK THAT COLLECTS DATA ALL OVER THE WORLD.
> > CURRENTLY, WE DO CHARGE FOR THE SELECTION OF REGISTRATION CHARGES, ENROLLMENTS THAT WE HAVE.THEY CANISTER SPEND BETWEEN$80 AND $300. > > CERTAINLY WOULD ASSIST WITH THAT OUTREACH OF COURSE. > > THANK YOU. > > THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN CALOS AGREED TO AN ASK THE INQUIRIES AT THE END. > > THANK YOU.> > GOOD MID-DAY. > > WE DO. >
>> > > > UH-HUH.
> > THANK YOU BROWSE FOR YOUR TESTIMONY AND THE CAREFUL INFORMATION THAT THE SETTING UP PARTICIPANT PUT INTO THE PANEL. > > THANK YOU. > > GREAT AFTERNOON. >
>> > > > UH-HUH. > > HELLO.I HAVE STAYED IN MY STRUCTURE FOR 27 YEARS. AND ALSO I HAVE NEVER EVER FELT AS UNSAFE AS I DO RIGHT NOW BY BAD ACTORS THAT ARE LEASING HOUSES IN MY BUILDING AND ALSO THEY DON'' T LIVE THERE.'THEY ' RE RENTING TO GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS, SIX TO 8 AT ONCE, AND THEY'' RE ALSO DOING RAVES CELEBRATIONS. THEY STARTED DOING RAVES CELEBRATIONS AT THE STARTING OF THE PANDEMIC DUE TO THE FACT THAT YOUNGSTERS COULDN'' T DO GO TO BARS. THEY HAVE 30 TO 40 PEOPLE IN APARTMENTS IN THE EVENING BEING LOUD AS WELL AS SMOKING CIGARETTES IN THE BUILDING.
WE HAVE A NONSMOKING STRUCTURE. THE BILLING IS SMALL. 40 DEVICES. OF THE 40 DEVICES, I TIN DETERMINE 6 SYSTEMS THAT ARE USED FOR Prohibited AIRbnb, CRIMINALS ENTERING INTO MY BUILDING, LEAVINGNG TRASH AROUND, RATS, HOMELESS PEOPLE CONTAINER OBTAIN INTO THE STRUCTURE SINCE ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO OUR PROTECTION CODE IN THE FRONT CURRENTLY. WE HAD A DRUG SUPPLIER THAT WAS DOING HIS SERVICE IN OUR STRUCTURE IN THE STAIRWELL FOR An EXCELLENT YEAR UNLESS COVID CAME REGARDING AS WELL AS HE CANISTER'' T OBTAIN INTO THE BUILDING ANYMORE. I PUT ON'' T TREATMENT THAT AIRbnb IS LEGAL. I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED AS MANY AUTOMOBILE TO QUIT THE NEGATIVE STARS. I PUT ON'' T THINK ENOUGH IS CLAIMED ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE Mistreating AIRbnb AND THE OTHERS TO THE DETRIMENT OF SOMEONE LIKE ME THAT RESIDES IN MY STRUCTURE FOR 27 YEARS AND I DO POINTS LAWFULLY.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY,. >> > > MANY THANKS FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. > > NICE. I AM JOHN MUD. I HAVE BEEN LIVING WITHIN THE MID-TOWN COMMUNITY BECAUSE 1984, AS WELL AS I HAVE BEEN THE HEAD OF STATE OF THE MIDTOWN SOUTH COMMUNITY COUPLE FOR AS LONG. I SUSTAIN INTRO 2309. MSC IDENTIFIES THE REAL ESTATE SCARCITY AND THE CONTROL THEREOF AS WELL AS HOW IT'' S CONTRIBUTING TO THE PORE HEALTH, EDUCATION, COSTS, BURDEN, VARIATION AND HOMELESSNESS. THOSE ISSUES DANGER KNOWED HEALTH AROUND IN THE ENTIRE SOCIETY. IT'' S NOT AN OVERESTIMATION TO SAY, THESE ILLEGAL HOTELS CONTRIBUTE TO THAT HAZARD. AS STATED BY AIRbnb DATA FROM THE ECONOMIC PLAN NOSE, THIS AIRBNBE IMAGE INCREASES THE WORTH IN THE AREA AS WELL AS PRESSES OUT THE ABORIGINAL LOCALS– AS REPORTED BY DETAILS FROM THE HARVARD BUSINESS EVALUATION, THE PRESENCE OF AIRbnb Urges LANDLORDS TO REDUCTION LASTING LEASINGS S AN ENTER THE VACATION RENTAL MARKETS. I GOT NUMEROUS ISSUES ABOUT CONTINUOUS WEBSITE TRAFFIC FROM TEMPORARY LEASINGS AND PARTNERS BEING WAREHOUSED. WHAT THIS GENTLEMAN BEFORE MEED, I HEARD– ME STATED, I LISTENED TO THAT A LOT OF TIMES FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE AREA. I PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED THE MATERIAL CIRCULATION OF SUITCASES ROLLING IN AND ALSO OUT OF SMALL RENT-CONTROLLED AS WELL AS STABILIZED WALK-UP IN WHICH I LIVE.
IF YOU WERE ENTERING A HOTEL SPACE, I SUGGEST THE OWNER OF THE CONSTRUCTING WHERE I STAY INSTALLED A READER CARD TO ALLOW INDIVIDUALS ACCESSIBILITY TO THE BUILDING AS. AND NOW, MANY LANDLORDS IN PURSUIT OF MORE EARNINGS WILL CERTAINLY URGE OCCUPANTS TO MOVE BY HARASSMENT AND ALSO IGNORING APARTMENTS AS WELL AS STRUCTURE UPKEEP NEEDS. I HAVE BEEN INTERFERED SEVERAL TIMES BETWEEN LANDLORDS AND ALSO TENANTS WHO ARE– [INAUDIBLE] IN NEW YORK CITY, THE PROBLEM OF BEING HOMELESS AND ALSO FORRABLE REAL ESTATE ARE ENTER TWINED.
SHELTERS MADE USE OF AS AN ALL-TIME HIGH. IT'' S UP 33 %OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. AND THE SIZE IT STAYS HAS RISEN 20 %. NOW, ADEQUATE HOUSING SUPPLY WOULD SAVE MUCH OF THE 46%EVICTED AND ALSO OVERCROWDED AND 41% CAUGHT IN DOMESTIC PHYSICAL VIOLENCE. THAT WERE STAYING IN SANCTUARIES AND INCLUDED IN THE 92,000 HOMELESS NEW YORKERS IN 2020. NOW, WHAT THE LADY CLAIMED BEFORRE ME ABOUT THEM NOT BEING THE SOLE PERPETRATORS OF THE TROUBLE AND ALSO SHE IS RIGHT TO EXPLAIN THAT THE BETWEENERS HAVE A HEAVY HAND IN ALL OF THIS. THEY SQUASH OUT THE STRUCTURES AS WELL AS RUIN HOUSING. THIS IS A HOMELESS AS WELL AS HOUSING CRISIS. I INDICATE PARIS, BARCELONA, BERLIN, SANTA MONICA HAVE PUT IN GUIDELINES AND ALSO REGULATIONS IT'' S CONCERNING THE RENTER WHO IS USING AIRbnb TO ENDURE IS ONE POINT. HAVING ONE ESSENTIAL IS ONE POINT.
A LESSEE MAKING A SERVICE OUT OF RENTING APARTMENTS AND ALSO TAKING THEM OFF THE MARKETS THAT IS ANOTHER PERSON THING. AND ALSO THAT– WE CONTAINER SHORT SUPPLY AS IT IS. AND WE GOT A LOT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE OUT THERE AS WELL AS WE DEMAND TO BEGIN TAKING HOUSING INTO THE MARKETPLACE. SOME AFFORDABLE REAL ESTATE. REALLY AFFORDABLE REAL ESTATE THAT IS ALL I NEED TO SAY,. >> > > THANK YOU A LOT. THANKS ALL. THERE ARRE NO DOUBT FOR THI PANEL. THANK YOU A LOT FOR YOUR STATEMENT. IT'' S EXTREMELY VITAL TO HEAR EVERY SINGLE VOICE ON EVERY SINGLE SIDE AS WE PUT AHEAD LEGISLATION. THANKS. WE'' RE GOING TO TELEPHONE CALL THE NEXT PANEL. WHICH INCLUDE MICHAEL McKEE, ESCAB– ESTEBAN [FAINT], SORRY, I TIN'' T SEE AS WELL AS VIVIAN ARGUELLO. >> > > I AM A MEMBER OF THE UNION AND ALSO I DESIRE TO GO THROUGH THIS REAL QUICK TO OFFER YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN CROWN LEVELS, IN REGARDS TO SHORT- TERM RENTALS. YOU WILL SEE THE FIRST ONE HERE IS ACTUALLY TAKE AFTER THAT FRONT OF MY BODEGA AND ALSO SAYS NOWHERE TO HOLD YOUR AIRbnb Tricks, TRY THIS KEY NEST.
THIS APPEARED A BIT. SHORTLY AFTER THE 2017 PASSAGE OF THE BEDFORD UNION ARMORY REZONING, CREATING CONSIDERABLE MODIFICATION IN THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF MY BLOCK. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT WEB PAGE, YOU WILL SEE THIS ESSENTIAL NEST, WHICH I HAPPENED TO LOOK UP, AND IT'' S An IMAGES OF BASICALLY CENTRAL BROOKLYN AS WELL AS THE SPOTS WHERE THESE TRICK NEST LOCATIONS ARE RESEMBLES A STUNNING INSTANCE OF WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE AREA IF YOU UNDERSTAND IT. IT'' S BASICALLY EMPTIED OUT OF BLACK-AND-BROWN RESIDENTS. THE TRICK POINT BELOW IS THOSE POINTS ARE HAPPENING, THE PROHIBITED TEMPORARY LEASINGS ARE HAPPENING. WE DEMAND TO KNOW IN WHICH THEY HAPPENING, WHERE THEY HAVE THE INFORMATION AND ALSO IN WHICH TO HAVE THIS REGISTRATION TO FIGHT THAT.
AS WELL AS WE REQUIREMENT TO PERFORM SOMETHING. I HAVE INDIVIDUALS CALLING ME ALL OF THE TIME ON MY BLOCK. INDIVIDUALS THAT WE ORGANIZED SOCCERS FOR.– SOCCERS FOR. THE NOISE LEVELS ARE INCREASING. THE INDIVIDUALS WITH SUITCASES IN THE BUILDINGS. EVERY ONE OF RIGHT STUFF YOU HEAR, ALL OF THE HORROR TALES. WAS STRUCK BY ONE THING THE BODYING OWNER TOLD ME. IT WAS NOT– BODEGA OWNER TOLD ME. IT WAS ONLY A HANDFUL OF INDIVIDUALS, MAIDS AND SERVICE WORKERS TRANSFORMING OVER CLEANSING AREAS. WE HAVE HOTELS RUNNING OUT OF THIS COMPONENT OF CROWN LEVELS. YOU TIN SEE THERE, FUNCTIONING THEIR WAY DOWN INTO FLATBUSH NOW AS WELL AS WE'' LL KEEP DOING SEE UP UNTIL WE FIND A SOLUTION FOR IT. >> > > SO >>. > > THANKS FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.> > > HI, MY NAME IS SUSIE. I BELONG TO ILLEGAL HOTELS PROJECT FOR WESTSIDE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP. WE STRONGLY SUPPORT INTRO 2309. IN 2004, AFTER MY APARTMENT WAS DEVELOPED INTO A COMMERCIAL USE HOSTILE– HOSTEL BY ADMINISTRATION, I ACCOMPANIED OTHERS TO FIGHT RESIDENTIAL– 7 YEARS AGO, THERE WAS NO CODE FOR AN UNLAWFUL HOTEL AS WELL AS THE DIVISION OF BUILDINGS WAS NOT EQUIPPED TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM.
IN 2010, THEY WERE BILLED WITH SPLITTING DOWN ON ILLEGAL HOTELS. TO THIS PROVED EFFECTIVE VERSUS LANDLORDS IN ORDER TO COMPOSE INFRACTIONS AS WELL AS THE OFFENSES MUST GO THROUGH ECB BEFORE FINES CANISTER BE ENFORCED. CONVERSELY, IF A SHORT-TERM LEASING OPERATION IS LEGITIMATE, IT NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED AS UP AS WELL AS WILL CERTAINLY OPERATE WITHOUT INTERBY ESTABLISH– INTERFERENCE BY ESTABLISHING PAERALTERS, INTRODUCTORY 2309'' S REGISTRATION SYSTEM WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THE GUESS FUNCTION. THANK YOU. >> >'> I ' M SORRY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTAMENT.> > > EXCELLENT AFTERNOON, I AM MICHAEL McKEE FROM THE LESSEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE UNION AGAINST ILLEGAL HOTELS. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS COSTS FOR 2 YEAR. WE'' RE CONVINCED THAT A REGISTRATION SYSTEM IIS NECESSARY TO BREAK DOWN ON ILLEGAL HOTEL TASK. WE DON'' T BELIEVE THAT DESPITE THEIR BEST EFFORTS, THE DEVICES THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS ARE SUFFICIENT TO GO AFTER BAD ACTORS, AS WELL AS WE THINK THE REGISTRATION SYSTEM IS THE WAY TO GO.
I INTEND TO STATE FOR THE DOCUMENT THAT WE HAVE MADE NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO GET INPUT FROM BOTH THE WORKPLACE OF SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT AND THE MAYOR'' S WORKPLACE, AS WELL AS WE HAVE BEEN ROCK WALLED. WE TEMPT– STONEWALLED. WE TEE. ED TO GET INPUT BEFORE THE BILL WAS INTRODUCED ON MAY 12th, AS WELL AS WE TRIED TO OBTAIN INPUT FROM THEN SINCE AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN GOING TO ENGAGE. WHEN THERE IS A LARGE TURN OVER AT BOTH ENDS OF CITTY Y HALL, WE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED TO OBTAIN THE BILL DONE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. WE WOULD HAVE TO START THROUGHOUT WITH A NOW MAYOR AND CURRENTLY COMMON COUNCIL. THERE IS SIMPLY NO TIME TO WASTE TO HAVE THE DEVICES THAT ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED ON TO REMOVE PROHIBITED RESORT TASK FINALLY.
I INTEND TO BE CLEAR THAT OUR INTENT RIGHT HERE IS TO PURSUE BAD ACTORS, LANDLORDS THAT CONVERT RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS TO SHORT- TERM RENTALS. WE'' RE NOT INTENDING TO GO AFTER MOTHER AS WELL AS POP RESIDENCE OWNERS FROM BROOKLYN, WHO WISH TO LEASE OUT A SPACE OR RENT THEIR RESIDENCE. THAT IS FLAWLESSLY LAWFUL. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE ADJUSTMENTS REQUIRED FOR THE COSTS, AND WE'' RE READY TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS. I INTEND TO OFFER An UNIQUE MANY THANKS TO COUNCIL PARTICIPANT CALOS AND ALSO THE SPEAKER'' S OFFICE WITH THE AID WITH THE EXPENSE. >> > > THANKS I ASSUME I HAVE INQUIRIES FROM BEN KALLOS. >> > > ANDY JUST NEEDED TO SAY, THAT FOR CROWN ELEVATIONS, ESTEBA IN, YOUR STATEMENT BLOW MEAWAY. THEY CALL A AIRbnb Environment. THE E-MAIL OR TEXT TO THE PERSON THAT IS GOING TO BE RENTING THE PLACE, AND THEY NEVER MEET, THEY NEVER INTERACT. SO YES, I WEAR'' T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT MATCHES THE CURRENT LEGAL STRUCTURE, I WEAR'' T THINK IT DOES. AS WELL AS AGAIN, WHAT I WAS TOLD WAS THAT THERE ' S A GREAT DEALS OF MAIDS, SERVICE EMPLOYEES HE STATED, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SITE FOR THIS LIST, I BELIEVE WHAT THEY CALL THEM IS SERVICED HOMES, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY LIKE– IT IS ALMOST LIKE An ADMINISTRATION COMPANY OUT OF THESE PLACES AND ALSO THEY BOIL DOWN EVERY 2 BLOCKS NOW, SO THEY BEGAN UP IN THE NORTH EASTERN PARKWAY AND AFTER THAT UNION STREET.
CURRENTLY THEY'' RE DOWN ON CAROL BUT WORKING THEIR WAY DOWN. SO THERE'' S 7 TRICK NESTS AS WELL AS EACH, IS IT ONE THEY'' RE SERVING OR IS IT 10? WE DON'' T EVEN KNOW. BECAUSE THEY ISSUE CODE, he DIDN ' T EVEN KNOW. THEY DON'' T'REALLY KNOW WHAT ' S GOING ON. THEY OBTAIN PAID AND IT ' S NOT AIRBNB THEMSELVES THAT ' S DOING THIS. THEY ARE A PARTNER SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER PERSON. I DIDN'' T KNOW THEY EXISTED UNTIL I SAW THIS CHECK IN JUST A COUPLE DAYS BACK DREW UP THIS– IF YOU LOOK UNDER MANHATTAN THEY'' RE EVERYWHERE. THEY'' RE OPERATING BELOW AND ALSO CURRENTLY. >
>> > THANK YOU. >> > > THERE DISAPPEAR CONCERNS FOR THIS PANEL. WE ARE GOING TO CALL THE NEXT PANEL. THANK YOU A LOT FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. THE NEXT PANEL CONSISTS OF VICTORIA MacLEOD, CHRISTOPHER ODEN, OUR KEY PRESSURE,– >> > > I WILL CERTAINLY ASK ONCE MORE THAT YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME CLEARLY FOR THE DOCUMENT PRIOR TO YOU START YOUR TESTIMONY. OFFER ME ONE SECOND. >> > > ANOTHER PERSON IS UPCOMING. >> > > ONE SECONDLY >>. > > DO I NEED TO HOLD IT> DOWN. > > SO THAT DO I HAVE? AMY AND ALSO VICTORIA. >> CHRISTOPHER ODEN. > > THANK YOU. CHRISTOPHER LeBRON. TIM TAYLOR? I BELIEVE TIM IS COMING. HANG ON ONE SECONDLY. THERE WE GO. TIM? ONCE AGAIN, I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE, BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR TESTIMONY, TO TALK NOISALLY AND CLEARLY, YOUR NAME FOR THE DOCUMENT >>. YOU TIN BEGIN WHEN YOU ' RE READY. > > THANK FOR THIS POSSIBILITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS AMY THRASHER. I LIVE IN QUEENS. I HAVE BEEN AN AIRBNB HOST GIVEN THAT 2016. AFTER MY INITIAL EVALUATIONS, AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER, I WAS GIVEN THE STANDINGS OF SUPER HOST, WHICH I HAVE PRESERVED EVERY QUARTER SINCE. I RELOCATED TO NEW YORK CITY FROM SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, IN 1980.
THE BIGGEST TROUBLE I RAN INTO DURING THAT TIME WAS ABSENCE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN 1980. IN 1984 I WAS PRICED OUT OF MANHATTAN AND I TRANSFERRED TO QUEENS. IN 1998 I BOUGHT A COTTAGE IN QUEENSNS. CURRENTLY I THINK ABOUT MYSELF THE LUCKIEST LADY ON THE PLANET BECAUSE I HAVE A KID WHO IS A STEWARD, SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO FLY ALL OVER THE WORLD FREE OF COST. HOWEVER, WE CAN NOT AFFORD TO STAY IN RESORTS. SO WE REMAINED IN AIRBNB. WHICH WAS HOW I WAS FIRST PRESENTED TO AIRBNB AS A GUEST. MY HOME IS A MOTHER/DAUGHTER, AS WELL AS WHEN I BOUGHT IT MY LITTLE GIRL LIVED DOWNSTAIRS FOR SEVERAL YEARS PRIOR TO SHE GOT MARRIED AS WELL AS LEFT. THEN MY CHILD'' S DAD, TO WHOM I WAS ESTRANGED, HE RELOCATED THERE AND ALSO LIVED THERE FOR OVER A YEARS UP UNTIL HE PASSED AWAY. UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE MEMBER OF THE FAMILY TO RELOCATE IN. I DIDN'' T KNOW WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO, BECAUSE AT THAT TIME I WAS LOOKING AT RETIREMENT AND DISCOVERED THAT I DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH CASH FROM SOCIAL SECURITY AND PENSION PLAN TO PAY MY HOME LOAN. I DETERMINED TO DEAL WITH UP THE APARTMENT AND RENT IT OUT ON AIRBNB.
SOME AIRBNBERS STATE THAT THIS IS A SUPPLEMENT TO THEIR REVENUE. IT IS NOT A SUPPLEMENT TO MY INCOME. IT IS MY INCOME. WITHOUT MY AIRBNB DEVICE, I WOULD SHED MY RESIDENCE, AND ALSO I HAVE NOWHERE TO GO. MY LITTLE GIRL LIVES UPSTATE IN A SMALL TWO BEDROOM HOME WITH A HUBBY, A TEENAGER, AND ALSO FIVE CANINES IN THE SNOW BELT. ON A CITY GIRL. I TIN'' T GO THERE. MY OTHER CHILD LIVES IN PENNSYLVANIA, IN WHICH I WEAR'' T WANT TO GO BACK, IN A SMALL HOUSE WITH 19 FELINES, SO YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW THAT SMELLS. I WEAR'' T INTEND TO GO THERE. MY OTHER KID SHARES A RESIDENCE WITH ANOTHER PERSON INDIVIDUAL. I TIN'' T GO THERE. I SUPPLY A SERVICE TO INDIVIDUALS WHO CANISTER NOT AFFORD TO REMAIN IN HOTELS. I WEAR'' T KNOW WHY THIS ARBITRARY COSTS STATES 2 PEOPLE. I MAINLY RENT TO FAMILY MEMBERS. HOUSEHOLDS CAN'' T RELAX IN A HOTEL AREA WHERE THERE ' S TWO BEDS AND ALSO ONE CHAIR. I SUPPLY THEM WITH A GOOD AREA TO LOOSEN UP, A COMPLETE KITCHEN, A YARD, AND THESE PEOPLE CONTRIBUTE TOTO THE ECONOMIC SITUATION. THEY MOST LIKELY TO THE SUPERMARKET. THEY GO TO THE RESTAURANTS. THEY USE THE TRANSIT SYSTEM TO GO TO MANHATTAN. THEY ADD TO THE ECONOMIC SITUATION OF NEW YORK CITY CITY. THE CITY OUGHT TO BE TRYING TO ELEVATE US UP INSTEAD OF TEARING US DOWN. THIS EXPENSE, I FIND THIS BILL TO BE EXTREMELY ARBITRARY, AND ALSO EXTREMELY AMBIGUOUS. WHY TWO PEOPLE? I PUT ON'' T UNDERSTAND. THE HOTELS, I UNDERSTAND THEY ' RE HAVING A TROUBLE, BUT THEIR ISSUE IS THAT THEY ' RE LOSING ORGANIZATION TRAVELERS, NOT FAMILIES THAT I RENT OUT TO.
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS COSTS IS TO REMOVE AIRBNB ENTIRELY. IT'' S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE BIG INDIVIDUAL VERSUS THE LITTLE PERSON, AS WELL AS IT'' S THE MOST AWFUL COMPONENT OF INDUSTRIALISM. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO DIRECT YOUR GAZE UP THERE, WHERE IT SAYS OUR COMMERCIAL POLICY MUST HOLD AN EQUAL AND ALSO UNBIASED HAND. THANK YOU. >> > > THANKS FOR YOUR TESTAMENT.> > > PRESS THE SWITCH. >> > > GREAT MID-DAY, MY NAME IS VICTORIA MacLEOD. AS WELL AS I HAVE LIVED IN EAST FLATBUSH NEIGHBORHOOD. THANKS FOR THE POSSIBILITY TO TESTIFY AT THIS HEARING REGARDING WHETHER OR NOT THIS WILL CERTAINLY BE PRACTICAL TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE ECONOMIC SITUATION. I FIND THAT THE INDIVIDUALS I RENT TO, THE PEOPLE HIGH– HAVE BEEN RUNNING AN AIRBNB FOR TWO YEARS. I STARTED TWO YEARS AGO, AS I CLAIMED, AFTER I RETIRED, AS A BACHELOR. I ALSO WAS A SINGLE MOMMY WHOSE YOUNGSTERS HAVE ACTUALLY MATURED AND ARE ON THEIR OWN. MY DAUGHTER LIVES UPSTATE. AS WELL AS THIS WAS AN CHANCE FOR ME TO BE INDEPENDENT AND TO SHOT NOT TO SEEK SUPPORT FROM THE STATE OR THE CITY. HOLDING AIRBNB B LIKEWISE AID ME T REMAIN, AS I CLAIMED, ACTIVE as well as independent.
I HELP INDIVIDUALS WHO INTEND TO SEE NEW YORK CITY CITY BUT CAN NOT AFFORD THE HOTELS. IT SUPPLEMENTS MY RETIRED LIFE REVENUE. IT INCREASES THE ECONOMY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY THE DINING ESTABLISHMENT SECTOR, AND THE COMPLETELY DRY GOODS INDUSTRY. THEY ALSO REACH SEE MY AREA IN THE LIGHT, NOT THAT WHICH THEY SEE IN THE MEDIA. THEY SEE THE GENUINE NEIGHBORHOOD. I THINK THAT THIS EXPENSE WILL HURT THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALSO WILL LIKEWISE INJURE NEW YORK CITY CITY'' S ECONOMY IF IT IS PAST AS IT IS. I ' M ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT SOME OF THE FINES THAT WILL CERTAINLY BE LEVIED AGAINST AIRBNB MEMBERS WOULD BE REASONABLE SUFFICIENT, BASED ON THE EARNINGS WE ARE MAKING. THANKS FOR HEARING MY TESTAMENT. >> > > ONCE MORE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR STATEMENT. >> > > THANKS, CHAIRMAN. MY NAME IS TOM KALER. I'' M A PARTICIPANT OF THE WESTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE, THE UNLAWFUL RESORT COMMITTEE. WE'' VE BEEN A BOARD BECAUSE 2004. KITCHEN AREA WAS VIRTUALLY THE GROUND ZERO FOR ILLEGAL HOTELS IN NEW YORK CITY, AS A RESULT OF TIMES SQUARE AS WELL AS THE MOVIE THEATER DISTRICT, NATURALLY.
SO SOMETHING I DESIRED TO CARRY THIS OUT EARLY MORNING WAS READ INTO THE RECORD TO THE COMMITTEE HERE, AIRBNB'' S ACTUAL STATEMENT IN THEIR IPO PAPER SUBMITTED TO THE FCC ON NOVEMBER 16th, 2020, WEB PAGE 45, IN WHICH THEY CLEARLY STATE TO THEIR INVESTORS, AS WELL AS INTO THE MUNICIPALITIES IN WHICH THEY FEATURE, WE CANISTER NOT WARRANTY THE SAFETY OF OUR HOSTS, GUESTS, AND THIRD PARTIES. THE ACTIONS OF HOSTS, VISITORS, AS WELL AS THIRD PARTIES HAVE RESULTED AS WELL AS CANISTER FURTHER LED TO DEATHS, INJURIES, VARIOUS OTHER BODILY HARM, SCAMS, INVASION OF PRIVACY, BUILDING DAMAGES.
WE DO NOT VERIFY THE IDENTIFICATION OF EVERY ONE OF OUR HOSTS AND ALSO GUESTS. CURRENTLY THIS IS WHAT AIRBNB IS TELLING THEIR INVESTORS. THIS IS WHAT THEY'' RE PHRASE TO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY NEED TO PUT MONEY INTO THEIR SERVICE. THE INQUIRY FOR NEW YORK CITY IS WHAT OTHER BUSINESS EXISTS IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT STATES, WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THAT SERVICE. FRANKLY, SIR, THERE'' S NONE THAT I RECOGNIZE. TO MY AIRBNB HOLDS, TO BOTH OF YOU, I SIMPLY INTENDED TO MENTION THAT THIS BILL DOESN'' T ACTUALLY ADJUSTMENT ANY EXISTING REGULATION IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK CITY OR IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK CITY CITY.
IT ONLY NEEDS THAT AIRBNB as well as hosts ADHERE TO THE EXISTING LAWS. THANKS. >> > > MANY THANKS ALL A LOT FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. THERE ARE NO DOUBT FOR THIS PANEL, SO WE ARE GOING TO CALL THE NEXT PANEL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PERSEVERANCE. JUNE BROXTON. DANIEL R BEANIE. AS WELL AS SONDRA MINGO. >> > > I ASK THAT BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR TESTIMONY OR BEFORE YOU GIVE YOUR TESTAMENT THAT YOU TALK YOUR NAME LOUDLY RIGHT INTO THE MICROPHONE, SO THAT IT CANISTER BE READ INTO THE RECORD. YOU CAN BEGIN WHENEVER YOU'' RE READY. >> > > GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
MY NAME IS JUNE BROXTON. I RESIDE IN MANHATTAN AND ALSO I'' M A REALTY REPRESENTATIVE AND ALSO A PROPERTY OWNER. I OFFER AS A COACH FOR CEREMONIES OF PASSAGE PROGRAM IN HARLEM AND ALSO WESTCHESTER. I GO TO CHURCH AND SING INQUIRES IN MANHATTAN AND LONG ISLAND, AND ALSO I DELIGHT IN EXPANDING NATURAL HERBS AND ALSO VEGGIES IN MY BACKYARD YARD. TODAY I AM RIGHT HERE AS A HOME OWNER. I HOPE– I ORGANIZED A ROOM FOR 4 YEARS BUT QUIT FEE TO THE PANDEMIC, AS WELL AS MY PURPOSE ARE TO DRAW BACK IN 2022. BUT I BEGAN ORGANIZING FOR A FEW FACTORS. ONE BEING TO AID OTHERS WHO CAN NOT AFFORD $400-$500 PER EVENING RESORTS. THAT'' S ME. 2, I LIVE ALONE AND WISH TEMPORARY COMPANIONSHIP AND ALSO NOT LONG-LASTING. THREE, I WAS SICK OF BEING A FULL-TIMIME LANDLORD WHILE DEALING WITH AILMENTS, AS WELL AS WHILE ON VACATION. SINCE YOU TIN CONTROL IT ON AIRBNB.
YOU CAN NOT HAVE PEOPLE THERE WHILE YOU ARE AWAY. YOU TIN NOT HAVE PEOPLE THERE WHILE YOU ARE SICK, BUT IF YOU HAVE A PERMANENT TENANT, SOMETIMES THAT'' S A PROBLEM. THEY DON'' T UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'' RE SICK. AND 4, I WAS SICK OF BEING LUMPED WITH EACH OTHER WITH THOSE LANDLORDS THAT HAVE BIG BUILDINGS, AND ALSO I JUST HAVE 2 SYSTEMS, WHICH I LIVED IN MY HOME. IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR SHORT- TERM RENTALS, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO OR HAVE DONE. IT HAS PROVIDED ME THE CHANCE TO DISCOVER PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AND CULTURES, AND PROVIDE ME CONCEPTS OF PLACES TO VISIT FOR VACATION. THE MONEY ASSISTED ME TO PAY FOR MY EXTENSIVE MEDICAL BILLS, WHICH MY HEALTH INSURANCE DID NOT COVER FOR MY PARTICULAR THERAPIES. MY GUESTS, THEY USED TO BRING IN A LOT CASH TO THE BURROWS. THEY KNEW ABOUT RESTAURANTS AND FOUND OUT ABOUT PLACES AS WELL AS TAUGHT ME ABOUT THEM.
ECONOMICAL REAL ESTATE, LET'' S SPEAK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE REALTY– AS A REALTY REPRESENTATIVE I LIKEWISE SAW SIX- NUMBER SALARY INDIVIDUALS PURCHASING OR RENTING APARTMENTS FOR PEOPLE THAT WOULD MAKE $80,000 OR $70,000, TO MAKE SURE THAT IS WHAT BOOSTING OUR RATES UPTOWN, I CAN INFORM YOU THAT FOR SURE. I DEAL WITH ALL MY TENANTS AND ALSO GUEST THE SAME, WHETHER LONG OR SHORT-TERM, SO WHY DOESN'' T OSC DO THAT? WHY DOESN ' T OSC DO THAT? WHY EXISTS A PROBLEM FOR INDIVIDUALS REMAIN IN ONE WEEK VERSUS THOSE STAY IN ONE YEAR? IF THIS HOUSE IS NOT SAFE FOR SOMEBODY FOR ONE WEEK AFTER THAT IT CONTAINER'' T BE RISK-FREE FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR, SO WHY ARE WE BELIEVING ABOUT THAT? AND WHERE IS THE ASSISTANCE WHEN WE HAVE NO RENTERS? I HAD NO RENTER FOR 18 MONTHS.
NOBODY EXISTED, BUT I WAS COMPLYING WITH THE RULES AND COULDN'' T DO AIRBNB AND ALSO ALMOST SHED MY HOME. I'' M TRYING TOTO SAY TO YOU TODAY, I OPPOSE THIS EXPENSE, THIS REGULATION, SINCE I DID NOT PURCHASE MY HOME TO HAVE MY RESIDENT GOVERNMENT TELL ME THAT I TIN OR CONTAINER NOT REAL ESTATE IT. THE OSC ACTUALLY TOLD ME ONE DAY WHEN I CALLED, I COULD NOT RENT SHORT-TERM TO MY OWN MEMBER OF THE FAMILY CHECKING OUT, AND ALSO I LOCATE IT HORRIBLY ABSURD, UNFAIR, AND CONTROLLING. >> > > THANK YOU FOR YOUR STATEMENT. >> > > THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS. I'' M DANIEL R BEANIE AS WELL AS MY HOUSEHOLD OF SIX HAS LIVED ON THE EXACT SAME BLOCK IN BROOKLYN FOR 5 GENERATIONS. PLEASE LET THAT SINK IN. 5 GENERATIONS ON THE SAME BLOCK. AND WITH YOUR AID I WISH ANOTHER PERSON 5 GENERATIONS. I'' VE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF MEETING MUCH OF YOU IN MY CAPABILITY OF VOLUNTEERING, TAKING HEALTH AND HOPE THROUGH THE ARTS IN NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE LAST TIME I WAS IN THIS SPACE, TREE PANDEMIC, I WAS INVITED, COMPONENT OF THAT NONPROFIT, AS THEY WERE AWARDED TO THE COUNCIL, AND HONOR. MY FAMILY ADDITIONALLY VOLUNTEERS FOR– FROM MY LITTLEST KIDS TO MY BIGGEST– FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH, AIDING THOSE IN NEED. WE HAVE BEEN HOSTING MY UPSTAIRS HOME FOR SIX YEARS CURRENTLY. MY AIRBNB TALE, I HOPE, IS ONE THAT WILL INFLUENCE YOU ON HOW AIRBNB OR HOSTING TEMPORARY RENTAALS AND ENABLES WONDERFUL DETAILS IN NEW YORK CITY. THE MEANS I LIKE TO BEGIN, HOSTING BEGINS WITH TODAY.
AS WE SPEAK, WE HAVE A PREVIOUS BROOKLYN COUPLE ALONG WITH THEIR 2 YOUNG KIDS REMAINING WITHTH US FREE OF COST. WHY FREE, YOU MIGHT ASK?
THEY ' RE LEASING TO GROUPS OF PEOPLE, SIX TO 8 AT A TIME, AND ALSO THEY'' RE ALSO DOING RAVES PARTIES. CURRENTLY THEY'' RE DOWN ON CAROL BUT WORKING THEIR METHOD DOWN. THEY OBTAIN PAID AND IT ' S NOT AIRBNB THEMSELVES THAT ' S DOING THIS. HOUSEHOLDS CAN'' T RELAX IN A RESORT AREA WHERE THERE ' S TWO BEDS AND ALSO ONE CHAIR. I WEAR'' T UNDERSTAND.THEY LEFT BROOKLYN TWO YEARS AGO, PROVIDED UP LUCRATIVE JOBS IN THE MEDICAL FIELD TO HEAD TO LEBANON AND ALSO FUNCTION WITH SYRIAN REFUGEES. THEY OFFERED IT ALL UP TO GO SERVE AND THEY'' RE RIGHT HERE ON BREAKS, TO GET A BREAK, DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT'' S REALLY DIFFICULT AS WELL AS HARMFUL WHAT THEY'' RE DOING. THEY ' VE BEEN WITH United States FOR THE LAST 5 WEEKS AS WELL AS THEY WILL CERTAINLY BE WITH US FOR 2 MORE WEEKS BEFORE THEY RETURN RESIDENCE, TO THEIR NEW RESIDENCE. THAT IS WHY WE HOST ON AIRBNB. FROM THE EXTREMELY STARTING WE OPENED OUR HOME TO FRIENDS, FRIENDS OF FRIENDS, AND ALSO CHURCH BUDDIES, MAINLY FROM DEVELOPING NATIONS, THAT COULD NOT AFFORD TO EVEVER KEEP IN NEW YO BUT NEEDED TO BE HERE.
WE HAVE DONE THIS HUNDREDS OF TIMES. IN BETWEEN THOSE UNIQUE GUESTS, AS WELL AS IT IS AN HONOR TO BE COMPONENT OF THEIR STORIES, WE HOST AN AIRBNB SO WE CANISTER PAY OUR HOME LOAN, AS WELL AS I'' VE BEEN UNEMPLOYED FOR TWO YEARS, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY STAY AND LIVE, AND NOT LEAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE HAVE THE INMOST ROOTS YOU CAN IMAGINE. I HAVE A REAL WORRY THAT EVEN MORE GUIDELINE AND ALSO LEGISLATION WILL JUST SERVE TO INJURY US. IT'' S A REAL BURDEN AND ALSO IT'' S VAGUE, WHICH RESULTS IN ABUSE, AND ALSO IT ' S RESTRICTIVE. MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE WERE WENT TO BY THE MAYORS OFFICE OF UNIQUE ENFORCEMENT AS SOON AS, AND ALSO IT WAS A PAINFUL AND ALSO TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE. WHILE THEY BEHAVED, IT WAS STILL SCARY. BEING LAW-ABIDING PEOPLE WHO RETURN TO OUR COMMUNITY, YOU MAY FIND IT UNSUBSTANTIATED, BUT THEY LITERALLY WENT THROUGHOUT MY WHOLE BUILDING, TOOK IMAGES OF EVERY SPACE. BEING A MINORITY HOME, WE WERE PRETTY SHAKEN UP BY IT.
MY SPOUSE REMAINED TOTALLY OUT OF THE METHOD. SHE COULDN'' T– SHE SIMPLY COULDN ' T EVEN EXIST. THE BACKGROUND PUBLICATIONS ARE BRIMMING WITH COUNCILMEMBERS WITH QUIT AND FRISKING, REJECTED BY THE COUNCIL AND ALSO EVERYTHING. THIS IS NO DIFFERENT. I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THAT. SORRY FOR GOING OVER MY TIME. THANK YOU. >> > > THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTAMENT. IF YOU'PUT ON ' T MIND ME ASKING, WHAT COMMUNITY IN BROOKLYN DO YOU LIVE >>? > > COBBLE HILLSIDE. >> > > MANY THANKS, SIR. >> > > HELLO? GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS AND ALSO LADIES AND ALSO GENTLEMEN. MY NAME IS SANDRA MINGO.
IMAI NEIGHBORHOOD COMPANION WITH THE 75th PRECINCNCT IN EAST NEW YOR WHERE I HOST. I ORGANIZE ACQUIRED HEALTH CARE WORKERS FOR SEVERAL OF THE NEARBY HOSPITALS. I LIKEWISE WORK IN A SIGNIFICANT HEALTH CENTER SYSTEM IN THE CITY. I BEGAN HOSTING WITH AIRBNB BECAUSE OF MY EXPERIENCE WITH A HORRIFIC OCCUPANT THAT WAS PLACED IN MY HOUSE BY THE CITY, AND ALSO AN EXPERIENCE THAT I DO NOT DESIRE TO REPEAT. THE DEVASTATION SHE DID TO MY RESIDENCE WAS INCREDIBLE. AND ALSO I NEED TO SAY, IT WAS MY RESIDENCE THAT I SIMPLY BOUGHT. THE ENTIRE LOCATION WAS RECENTLY REMODELLED, AND WHEN SHE WAS DONE IT RESEMBLED SHE HAD BEEN THERE HALF A CENTURY AND ALSO A FEW OF THE WALL SURFACES WERE MISSING. AIRBNB AIDED ME TO PAY BACK INDIVIDUALS THAT I HAD TO BORROW CASH FROM TO GET MY DEVICE BACK INTO HABITABLE PROBLEM, AS WELL AS THE MAJORITY OF OF ALL, PAY MY MORTGAGE, AND KEEP MY HOME.
SINCE I BEGAN AIRBNB IN 2017, I MET A WHOLE LOT OF VERY GOOD PEOPLE FROM 13 VARIOUS NATIONS. SOME HAVE INFORMED ME, IF I DIDN'' T HAVE SUCH AN AFFORDABLE UNIT, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO VISIT AMERICA. THEY UTILIZED MOST OF THE STORES IN OUR LOCATION AND ALSO STRAIGHT CONTRIBUTED TO OUR AREA. THIS REGULATIONS ENDANGERS TO PUT ME BACK IN THE POSITION IN WHICH I NEED TO CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE TO KEEP MY HOUSE. MY HOUSE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN INSPECTED BY THE DOD, THE HPD MANY, LOTS TIMES. I STUDY 50 TIMES THEY'' VE BEEN TO MY RESIDENCE, TO THE POINT IN WHICH THE HPV ACTUALLY NICKNAMED MY LITTLE GIRL 92. THAT'' S OUR HOUSE NUMBER. AND THEY WOULD SEE HER IN THE STREET AND ALSO PHONE CALL OUT TO HER, HI THERE 92, WHAT'' S HAPPENING.
THAT'' S HOW OFTEN THEY HAVE BEEN TO OUR HOUSE. THE COURTS HAVE DEEMED MY UNITS, FOR THAT MATTER MY ENTIRE HOME, TO BE LEGAL AS WELL AS SAFE. WHAT WOULD BE THE POINT OF SIGNING UP MY HOUSE FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION FROM AN AGENCY WHOSE REGULATIONS and also guidelines ARE A MOVING TARGET? I AM An HONEST PERSON AND ALSO BELIEVE THOSE THAT MISBEHAVE STARS OUGHT TO BE PENALIZED. NONETHELESS, THEY ALSO O REQUIREMENT TO KN CLEARLY WHAT THE LAW IS AS WELL AS WHAT THE FAIR PENALTIES ARE. I RECOGNIZE AIRBNB IS WORKING TO ASSIST TO CORRECT AND I HOPE THEY'' RE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPAIR THE CIRCUMSTANCE PRIOR TO THIS EXPENSE IS PASSED. >> > > MANY THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR TESTIMONY'. I ' M GOING TO RELOCATE TO THE NEXT PANEL. THERE IS NO QUESTION FOR THIS PANEL. I DO NEED TO THANKS, AS HOUSE OWNERS IN A CITY THAT SIGNIFICANTLY GROWING UNAFFORDABLE, WE UNDERSTAND HERE AT THE COUNCIL WHAT YOU'' RE CONFRONTING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR STATEMENT. IT IS An ENJOYMENT TO PUT A FACE TO THE NUMEROUS TALES THAT WE HEAR IN OUR OFFICE AND ALSO BELOW AT THE COUNCIL. THANKS. WE'' RE GOING TO TRANSFER TO THE NEXT PANEL, STARTING WITH CHRISTOPHER LeBRON. TEMERITY RIVERA. AND ALSO KAREN BECK. >> > > MY COWORKER BEN CALIPHS WILL CERTAINLY PERFORM THE HEARING FOR SIMPLY A FEW MINUTES FOR ME WHILE I EXCUSE MYSELF. >> > > PLEASE IDENTIFY YOUR NAME AND COMPANY FOR THE RECORD. YOU MAY BEGIN WHENEVER YOU DESIRE.
PLEASE TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONE. >> > > GREAT MID-DAY, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS TAMARA RIVERA, COUNCIL REPRPRESENTATIVE FOR TH NEW YORK CITY CITY AREA COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS. THANK YOU FOR ENABLING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY IN BEHALF OF NEARLY 20,000 MEMBERS IN MY UNION. AS NEW YORK CITY CITY SEEKS TO RECUPERATE FROM THE ECONOMIC INFLUENCE OF THE PANDEMIC, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE INCENTIVIZE AND ALSO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, INNOVATION, AS WELL AS A LOT OF IMPORTANTLY THE RECUPERATION OF OUR IMPORTANT TOURISM INDUSTRY.
I'' M RIGHT HERE TO ASSISTANCE AIRBNB AND ITS CHOICE ON AMENDING THIS EXPENSE. TOURISM IS SUCH AN INTEGRAL PART OF NEW YORK, CREATING JOBS, SUPPORTING RESIDENT BUSINESSES, AND BRINGING MUCH REQUIRED TAX OBLIGATION REVENUE TO THE CITY, AND ALSO WE UNDERSTAND THAT AS TOURIST RETURNS TO NEW YORK, RESIDENCE SHARING REQUIREMENT BE AN VITAL COMPONENT OF ENSURING TOURISM ADVANTAGES FOR ALL NEW YORKERS IN ALL OF OUR DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS. THE RETURN OF TRAVEL TO THE CITY IS AIDING TO DRIVE ESSENTIAL ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR A TOURIST ECONOMIC SITUATION THAT SAW 67% LESS TRAVEL, $1.2 BILLION IN LOST TAX EARNINGS, AND 10S OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS LOST. IT IS ALSO ASSISTING AIRBNB HOST MAKE ENDS FULFILL. THESE ARE DAILY NEW YORKERS THAT HAVE ACTUALLY RELIED ON PERIODIC HOSTING IN THEIR RESIDENCE AS AN FINANCIAL LIFELINE DURING THE PANDEMIC.
TODAY I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A PROUD HOMEOWNER, MANY THANKS TO THE BENEFITS OF A GREAT UNION JOB. HOWEVER, WE ALL NEED TO BEGINNING SOMEPLACE. AS A YOUNG PERSON, LIKE LOTS NEW YORKERS, MY FLATMATE AS WELL AS I DEPENDED UPON EACH OTHER TO SURVIVE. SHARING MY RESIDENCE GAVE ME THE CHANCE TO CONSERVE CASH AS WELL AS RESOURCES. WITH THE INTRODUCTIONS OF 2309, WE ARE HOPE THAT NEW YORK CITY COULD FINALLY TRANSFER TO CLEAR UP THE REGULATION REGARDING RESIDENCE SHARING, AND ESTABLISH A CLEAR REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR THIS MARKET. HOWEVER, IN DOING SO, WE REQUIREMENT ALSO SEEK TO SAFEGUARD THE LEGAL RIGHTS AND CAPACITIES OF RESIDENTS TO EARN ADDITIONAL INCOME THAT WILL ENABLE THEM TO REMAIN IN THEIR RESIDENCE, AFFORD THEIR TAXES, MAKE FACILITIES REPAIRS, AND ALSO MEET OTHER FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS. AS CURRENTLY WRITTEN, THOUGH INTRO 2309 WOULD ENACT EXPENSIVE AND REDUNDANT REQUIREMENTS ON EVERYDAY NEW YORKERS LOOKING FOR TO MAKE ENDS MEET, THE LEGISLATION STOPS WORKING TO SUPPLY DEMANDS TO THE CARRYING OUT AGENCY, THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT, ON WHAT KINDS OF UNITS IN NEW YORK CITY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR An AUTHORIZATION.
FURTHER, IT FALLS SHORT TO REQUIRE THAT HOME SHARE SYSTEMS GATHER AND REMIT TAX OBLIGATIONS TO THE CITY ON THEIR TRANSACTIONS. AN UNTAPPED FINANCING SOURCE THAT IS BEYOND D NECESSARY AS WE CLI OUT OF THE FINANCIAL DEVASTATION WROUGHT BY THE PANDEMIC. IN CLOSING, I'' LL SIMPLY SAY THAT CURRENTLY, INTRODUCTORY 2309 FALLS SHORT TO DELIVER, BUT WE SIGN UP WITH AIRBNB AND STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE CITY AND URGING THIS ADVICE TO PASS AN AMENDED WILL THAT DEALS WITH THE FACTORS RAISED TODAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> > > THANKS FOR YOUR TESTAMENT.> > > SORRY, GOOD MID-DAY. MY NAME IS KAREN BECK AND ALSO I AM A PROPERTY OWNER AT THE PARK CONDOMINIUM. I'' VE HAD A GREAT DEAL OF TESTIMONY BELOW TODAY AND ALSO THERE IS A DISTINCTION BETWEEN LEGAL, SHORT- TERM RENTALS, AND ILLEGAL SHORT- TERM RENTALS.
AND I SADLY LIVE THROUGHOUT THE HALL FROM AN ILLEGAL SHORT-TERM AIRBNB HOST. I PURCHASED MY RESIDENCE OVER 5 YEARS EARLIER. I UTILIZED MY ENTIRE FINANCIAL SAVINGS TO REFURBISH THE RESIDENCE, AND ULTIMATELY, CURRENTLY I AM FORCED OUT OF THE HOME SINCE I WEAR'' T PICK TO LIVE THROUGHOUT THE HALLL FROM A RESORT. I LIVE THROUGHOUT THE HALL FROM A ROTATING DOOR, TENANTS IN AND ALSO OUT, HOUSEKEEPERS IN AND OUT, TRAVEL LUGGAGE, COMPLETE STRANGERS. I LIVE IN A FULL-SERVICE BUILDING. THAT DOESN'' T AID. DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE DOORMAN ARE ON THE TAKE. THE'BOARD CAN ' T ENFORCE THE POLICIES'. THE BUILDING CAN ' T IMPLEMENT THE POLICIES. AS WELL AS WHEN I PURCHASED THE CONDOMINIUM 5 YEARS BACK, I READ THE OFFERING G STRATEGY. I REVIEW THE RULES. AND I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY WE CONTAINER ' T APPLY THE'POLICIES. WE DON ' T NEED JUST A LAW. WE DEMAND THE HELP OF EVERYONE RIGHT HERE IN NEW YORK CITY, LABOR UNIONS, BOARDS, BUILDINGGS, TO OBTAIN TOGETHER AND ALSO PERMIT PEOPLE THAT INTEND TO RESIDE IN PEACE TO ACCOMPLISH SO. I LIVE LIFE THROUGH AP SURVEY TO ENSURE THAT I CAN DOCUMENT PROOF FOR THE CITY, FOR THE STRUCTURE. I CALL 311. 311 TAKES 30 TO 40 DAYS TO FIND AS WELL AS EXAMINE THE PROPERTIES. THE OCCUPANTS ARE ALREADY GONE IN 30 OR 40 DAYS. THE HOMEOWNER IS BACK, OR WHOEVER, HIS ASSISTANT OR GOOD FRIEND IS BACK IN THE RESIDENCE. IN CLOSING, I WISHED TO SAY THAT I SUPPORT INTRO 2309 AND ALSO I ADVISE THE COMMON COUNCIL TO PASS IT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY, AS WELL AS I'' M SORRY I LOOKED AT A LITTLE. >> > > THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR STATEMENT. WHAT I REALLY HOPE IS HAPPENING TODAY IS THAT THE POINT OF VIEWS THAT ARE BEING OFFERED BY VARIOUS VANTAGE INFORMATION IN THE CITY ARE BEING LISTENED TO BY EVERY PERSON. SO IT IS OUR INTEREST ALWAYS AT THE NEW YORK COMMON COUNCIL TO LISTEN INTENTLY TO WHAT'' S OCCURRING ON THE GROUND, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING IN THE TIME OUT TO GIVE YOUR TESTAMENT. PLEASE UNDERSTAND IT IS ON THE RECORD, BUT MYSELF AND COUNCILMEMBER CALO'' S HAVE REALLY COLLECTION TO SEE TO IT THAT WE CAN CREATE THE FINEST ITERATION OF A COSTS THAT SATISFIES OF EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TESTAMENT. >> > > YOU ' RE WELCOME, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> > > THAT MID-DAY, MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER LeBRON, I'' M FROM KITCHEN, NEW YORK CITY, AND ALSO I REPRESENT THE 47th STREET TENANTS ORGANIZATION. GOSH, IN WHICH TO REALLY START? FIRST, I WAS HERE 3 YEARS BACK REQUESTING THE COMMON COUNCIL TO PASS COUNCILMEMBER CARLENE RIVERA'' S BILL, WHICH YOU DID. I WAS VERY THANKFUL FOR THE WAY MOST OF US FUNCTIONED.
TODAY I'' M TALKING AS WELL AS HOPE THAT YOU DO PASS TO 309, WITHOUT ANY ADJUSTMENTS, AND LET ME TELL YOU SWIFTLY WHY. IN 2009 I RETURNED RESIDENCE FROM ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY TO MY PARENTS ON 47th STREET. MY MOM WAS ABLE TO GET A RENT MAINTAINED APARTMENT THERE AFTER SHE HAD GRADUATED IN 1978 FROM PRINCETON. SHE WAS ALSO ABLE TO GET A LEASE- STABILIZED APARTMENT FOR MY GRANDMOTHER, MY ABUELA. 47th Road HAS BEEN EVERY LITTLE THING TO US. AS AN IMMIGRANTS, IT IS OUR HOME. NOT PUERTO RICO. COOKING AREA As Well As 47th Road. THROUGHOUT THAT TIME, NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBORS WENT AWAY AND WERE SWIFTLY REPLACED BY ILLEGAL HOTELS OPERATED BY MONITORING AND BY OUR BUILDING OWNERS.
KITCHEN AREA, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS A UNION FUNCTIONING COURSES LOCATION WHERE AT THE VERY LEAST IT WAS UNTIL AIRBNB MANIPULATED THE HOUSING MARKET OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD. WE LIVED IN WORRY DAILY AS VACATIONERS WAS AVAILABLE IN AS WELL AS OUT 24-HOUR A DAY, SOME SOBER, SOME DRUNK, HAVING TO GRAB A BAT TO SAFEGUARD MY DOOR WHEN SOMEONE WAS DRUNK TRYING TO GO INTO MY HOME IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST TRAUMATIZING THINGS I'' VE EVER EXPERIENCED, AAND I EXPANDED UP IN THE CRACK EPIDEMIC OF THE 1980S. IN SHORT, THIS COSTS IS GOING TO OFFER US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REGISTER LEGAL TEMPORARY RENTALS. AND WHAT'' S REALLY ESSENTIAL REGARDING WHY, COUNCILMEMBER, THIS IS AN VITAL FACTOR. IF YOU GOOGLE AIRBNB, NEW YORK CITY OR LeBRON IN THE NEWS TAB, YOU WILL SEE EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED WHEN AMONG THE BASEMENT STORAGE AREAS WAS CONVERTED INTO AN PROHIBITED HOTEL. 26 HOUSES ON MY BLOCK WERE GOTTEN RID OF FROM THE RENTAL MARKET.
REAL POSSIBILITIES TO PUT DOWN BEGINNINGS IN A CITY THAT WE'' VE ALL HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO GIVE. THANKS. >> > > THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. THERE ARE NO DOUBT FOR THIS PANEL. WE ARE GOING TO RELOCATE TO THE NEXT PANEL. WHICH CONSISTS OF SET ARETE. ALEX YOUNG. SKIP CAROL. >> > > EXCELLENT AFTERNOON,'I ' M KITTS GARRETT, A LOCAL OF CHELSEA AND ASSISTANCE INTRODUCTION 2309, COALITION AGAINST ILLEGAL HOTELS. 45 CHRISTOPHER STREET IS A CONDOMINIUM. PROPRIETORS RENT OUT THEIR UNITS. I LEASED ONE FOR EIGHT YEARS. WHEN AIRBNB OPENED UP, EACH WEEKEND PEOPLE WITH BACKPACKS ENTERED THEIR STRUCTURE. THEY SCHEDULED APARTMENTS FOR SHORT-TERM REMAINS UTILIZING AIRBNB OR ONE PENALTY KEEP, A HIGH-END BOOKING SITE THAT USES MULTIPLE UNITS IN OUR STRUCTURE, ALL ILLEGALLY. AS A SINGLE LADY, I WAS INCREDIBLY UNPLEASANT WITH UNFAMILIAR PEOPLE GETTING IN THE STRUCTURE. MY HOME WAS THE FIRST OF 18 UNITS TO BE BURGLARIZED, ALL UTILIZING A KEY, WITHOUT COMPELLED ACCESS.
I WAS ENLIGHTENED THAT THE CAMS WERE NOT WORKING THAT DAY when I ASKED TO SEE THE SAFETY AND SECURITY VIDEO. WHEN I ASKED THE FRONT DESK INDIVIDUAL WHY ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE COMING AS WELL AS GOING, I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE INSTRUCTED TO TURN OVER THE TRICK TO WHOMEVER ASKED FOR THEM. I MOVED TO A RENTAL BUILDING WITH A RIGOROUS PLAN THAT FORBIDS TEMPORARY SERVICES, SO I COULD FEELING SAFE. FOR THE SAFETY OF THE HOUSE, THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE WISHING TO USE SHORT TERM STAYS, THERE MUST BE A LEGAL SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES UNITS, WHICH HAS BEEN CERTIFIED FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY, TIDINESS, AND ALSO SAFETY. THEY MUST BE EQUIPPED WITH SPRINKLERS AS WELL AS SMOKE AS WELL AS CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS. TRICKS SHOULD BE TRANSFORMED OVER IN A SAFE WAY AS OPPOSED TO REMAINING IN A BODEGA, WHERE ANYONE CONTAINER MAKE A MATCH. AIRBNB NOW HAS MORE THAN 100 INDIVIDUALS UTILIZED AS CRISIS MANAGERS THAT MANAGE TOUGH INSTANCES TAKING CARE OF CUSTOMERS THAT RESERVE A BUILDING, THAT HAVE BEEN, ROBBED, HAD BUILDING DESTROYED, AND ALSO PASSED AWAY.
FOR THE SECURITY OF VISITORS, THE PHOTO OF NEW YORK CITY AS A SAFE VISITOR DESTINATION, PLEASE PASS INTRODUCTORY 2309. IT WILL BENEFIT INDIVIDUAL THAT WISH TO RENT THEIR CHARACTERISTICS LEGITIMATELY AND ALSO HELP KEEP PEOPLE SAFE, AND BOOST OUR TAX BASE. >> > > THANKS FOR YOUR TESTAMENT.> > > MY NAME IS SKIP CAROL. I'' M A 61 YEARS OF AGE HANDICAPPED GUY THAT IS AN AIRBNB HOUSE. I'' VE LIVED IN MY HOME BECAUSE 1960. I INTEND TO GIVE THANKS TO THE BOARD MEMBERS AND THE CHAIRPERSON FOR HEARING MY TESTIMONY. THREE YEARS EARLIER I WAS RIGHT HERE AT THIS EXTREMELY TABLE, TELLING YOU REGARDING THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT AND HOW THEY GAVE ME TICKETS IN 2017. YOU GUARANTEED ME THAT I WAS SECURE WITH THE BRAND-NEW REGULATION BECAUSE I OWNED A TWO FAMILY HOUSE. 10 DAYS AFTER THAT, THEY WERE BACK AT MY RESIDENCE AGAIN AS WELL AS THEY PROVIDED ME FOR MORE TICKETS.
I COMBATED THEM. I EXPERIENCED FOUR DEGREES OF COURTS AS WELL AS FINALLY, THE CITY APPEALED A FINAL TIME, AND ALSO AFTER THAT THEY WON. I PUT ON'' T COUNT ON THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT TO DO WHAT YOU BELIEVE THEY ARE GOING TO DO. THEY TARGETED ME. THEY PESTERED ME, ALL DUE TO THE FACT THAT I WAS DOING AIRBNB IN MY OWN HOUSE, IN MY SIBLING'' S OLD ROOM. I PUT ON'' T UNDERSTAND–'I DON ' T UNDERSTAND THEIR REASONING. THEY STATED THREE YEARS BACK THAT THEY WOULD TREAT ME THE SAME AS THEY WOULD A PROPERTY OWNER WITH 60 UNITS IN THE STRUCTURE. I'' M OBVIOUSLY NOT THAT. I'' M NOT A NUMBER. I DON ' T OWN A RENTAL HOME OR A HOUSE. IT ' S MY HOUSE, AND ALL I ' M DOING IS TRYING TO KEEP THERE SO I'CAN REMAIN IN THIS CITY, THE CITY THAT I ' VE BEEN >> MY WHOLE LIFE. THANKS SIGNIFICANTLY. > > >> THTHANK YOU FOR THE TESTIMON > > MY NAME IS ALEX YOUNG, I ' M GOING TO READ RIGHT FROM THE PAGE. GREAT MID-DAY ALL, MY NAME IS ALEX YOUTHFUL, A LESSEE IN MIDTOWN IN A RENT MANAGED STRUCTURE AS WELL AS A PARTICIPANT OF THE WESTSIDE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE, THOUGH MY ASSERTIONS TODAY ARE MY OWN. THERE IS AN ASPECT OF INTRO 2309 WHICH I LIKE, AND ALSO ONE DOWNSTREAM ADVANTAGE THAT ISN'' T AS OBVIOUS. IN THE BUILDING IN WHICH I LIVE, ORGANIZES HOSTING GUESTS WERE NEVER LITERALLY EXISTING AS WELL AS ARE STILL NEVER PHYSICALLY PRESENT. INTRODUCTION 2309 WOULD MAKE IT CLEAR THAT ON ORGANIZED REMAINS ARE ILLEGAL. ON HOSTED STAYS SIGNIFICANTLY RESTRAIN TENANTS LEGAL RIGHTS TO FEE PROCESS. IF A RENTER UNION DESIRES TO DO A 7 A PETITION TO ELIMINATE THE EXISTING BUILDING SUPERVISOR IN FAVOR OF A BRAND-NEW ONE, EMPTY UNITS AS WELL AS GUESTS AND ALSO THIRD-PARTY HOST SHOULD NOT BE CONCERNED AS LESSEES. TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY, A SEVEN A PETITION, ACTUALLY ANY PETITION REQUIRES THAT An OCCUPANT OR TENANT UNION PRESENT YOUR HOUSE IN COURT An APPLICATION WHERE THE GATHERED TRADEMARKS STAND FOR 30% OF THE POLICY OF LEASE HOLDING INDIVIDUAL TENANTS.
AT THE RISK OF MENTIONING THE OBVIOUS, I MUST EMPHASIZE THAT EMPTY APARTMENTS ARE NOT OCCUPANTS. VISITORS ABSOLUTELY AREN'' T TENANTS, EITHER. AN ACCURATE HEADCOUNT OF ACTUAL TENANTS REMAINS IN THIS CASE CRUCIAL, BUT BECAUSE LANDLORDS HAVE COMPLICATIONS AS WELL AS PROBLEMS AND ALSO ULTIMATE FAILING IN LESSEE PETITIONS REACHING MANDATORY 30% WHICH HOUSING COURT NEEDS, LANDLORDS WILL CERTAINLY REMAIN TO HOLD BACK AS MUCH RESIDENTIAL L INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE WHILE ALSO ENCOURAGING GUESTS FROM ONLINE OPERATING SYSTEMS TO BE IN STRUCTURES. THIS PREFERENCE BREEDS COMPLICATION, SO THAT THE GUESTS ARE INCORRECT FOR LESSEES, WHICH STRIKES THE CHANCES TO THE PROPERTY MANAGER'' S ADVANTAGE AS THE 30 % REAL ESTATE COURT OBJECTIVE COMES TO BE UNCLEAR FOR THE OCCUPANT UNION.
INTRODUCTION 2309 WOULD HELP TO MITIGATE PROPERTY OWNER'' S RELUCTANCE TO OFFER INFORMATION. THE BIG TAKE AWAY FOR MY TESTAMENT IS THAT UNLAWFUL HOTEL ACTIVITY STANDS IN THE METHOD OF THE RIGHT TO FEE PROCESS. THANK YOU. >> > > THANKS MUCH DURING– THANKS QUITE FOR THE TESTAMENT. >> > >'WE ' LL PHONE CALL THE NEXT PANEL. CHARLIE SANBORN, MR. WOLF, FELICE BARBER. MR. SANBORN. RYAN MENELL. RYAN MENELL. DONALD RAN SAY. I ASK THAT YOU STATE YOUR NAME CLEARLY FOR THE DOCUMENT PRIOR TO PROVIDING YOUR TESTAMENT. YOU CAN BEGIN WHENEVER YOU LIKE. >> > > EXCELLENT AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS WOLF, AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR CHAIRING THIS TESTIMONY, THANKS FOR REMAINING VIA THE ENTIRE THING AND ALSO REALLY CHOOSING UP THE PHONE AND RETURNING MY TELEPHONE CALL TWICE, WHEN I CALLED YOU AS WELL AS WE SPOKE FOR OVER 15 MINUTES. THAT FOR ME WAS AN PHENOMENAL MINUTE. I'' M THE COPRESIDENT OF THE HEBREW ACTORS FOUNDATION/UNION. WE WERE DEVELOPED 3 CENTURIES EARLIER IN 1898. WE ARE 14 YEARS OLDER THAN STARS EQUITY AS WELL AS ALL OUR MEMBERS ARE MEMBERS OF ACTORS EQUITY.
THE TEXTILE OF NEW YORK CITY THAT MADE NEW YORK THE MOVIE THEATER FUNDING OF THE WORLD WERE THE UNIONS AND ALSO THE ACTING UNIONS OF THE HEBREW ACTORS UNION THAT MADE SECONDLY OPPORTUNITY THE YIDDISH THEATER FUNDING OF THE WORLD, WHERE WE HAD 14 THEATERS DURING ITS PRIME TIME, AND BROADWAY. NEITHER PEOPLE EVER WENT ACROSS THE UNION LINE, OR A PICKET LINE, WHEN WE WERE PICKETING. SO WE BOTH HAVE GREAT RESPECT, AS WELL AS NEW YORK BECAME THE CINEMA FUNDING DUE TO US. I'' M HERE TO DISCUSS THE SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LOCAL LEGISLATION 152 IMPOSES ON US IN 2351 AS WELL AS 2359 THAT ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS THE CIRCUMSTANCE, BUT NOT YET, AND IT DOESN'' T IN FACT HIT THE MARK.
THE LEGAL ADVISE MAY NEED TO DO A LITTLE TWEAKING HERE TO GET US JUST A LITTLE CLOSER TO IN WHICH WE DEMAND TO BE. OUR BUILDING HAS BEEN VACANT FOR ONE DECADE. WE HAVE NOT HAD GAS IN OUR STRUCTURE IN 21 1/2 YEARS, POSSIBLY 40 YEARS, BUT DISADVANTAGE ED WILL CERTAINLY VERIFY 21 1/2 YEARS, BUT THEY WILL CERTAINLY NOT MEMORIALIZE ANYTHING. THEIR REACTION TO United States IS, WELL, YOU REQUIRED TO GO OUT AS WELL AS WORK WITH FOR $3000 A MASTER PLUMBER, THAT WILL AFTER THAT FILE A REPORT SO WE WENT HAVE LIABILITY, BUT THEY WILL VALIDATE THAT WE DON'' T HAVE ANY GAS IN OUR STRUCTURE. THERE DESIRES 2015, THOSE 2 HEARTS THAT WERE LOST NOT TO HUNDRED YARDS FROM OUR BUILDING DOWN ON EAST SEVENTH STREET, BECAUSE WE GO TO 31 EAST SEVENTH STREET, THE SURGE. DISADVANTAGE ED CAME IN AND REPLACED OUR GAS PIPELINE ON THE WHOLE STREET. THEY DID NOT EVEN GIVE United States A FEEDER PIPELINE. WE HAVE NO GAS CUT OFF VALVE. 29 TO 31 HAVE CUT OFF VALVES BUT WE HAVE NO GAS YET.
THEY'' RE ASKING United States TO HAVE OUR EXPOSED GAS INTERNAL PIPING EXPECTED EVERY FOUR YEARS WHEN COMMON SENSE INFORMS YOU THAT WE HAVE NO PURPOSE OF EVER UTILIZING OUR BUILDING. IT IS VACANT. IT HAS NEVER BEEN APARTMENTS. IT HAS NEVER BEEN ANYTHING BUT A UNION HALL, A FORM OF POL, AS WELL AS A CELEBRATION PLACE. WE DON'' T HAVE INCOME FROM POINTS LIKE THAT. WE ARE WANTING TO CREATE A NEIGHBORHOOD ROOM, A YIDDISH CINEMA, A MENTOR SPACE FOR THE LOWER EAST SIDE, A JEWEL I DESIRED THAT THEY WERE STILL HERE TO HEAR THIS, THE EXCELLENT WE ARE TRYIING TO PERFORM. FORCING United States TO CONFORM WITH 4 YEAR EXAMINATIONS WHEN COMMON SENSE SHOWS THAT WE HAVE NO GAS PIPING, AS WELL AS WHEN WE GO TO THE STRUCTURES DIVISION, AND WE DID SPEAK– I'' LL COATING WITH THIS– WHEN WE DID SPEAK– WHEN WE TRIED TO SPEAK WITH COMMISSIONER LAROCCO, THERE WAS NO REACTION.
THERE WAS NONE AFTER 5 CALLS AND ALSO MY VISITS THERE, NONRESPONSIVE. SO WHAT I AM CLAIMING IS HOLD United States TO THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE STANDARDS. PROTECT AGAINST United States FROM GETTING GAS. THAT WOULD BE A FIX. IF YOU PROTECT AGAINST United States FROM GETTING GAS AS WELL AS YOU HAVE THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS CONFIRMING WE HAVE NO GAS, THERE IS NO DEMAND TO CHANGE AS WELL AS CHECK GAS PIPING THAT IS NEVER GOING TO BE USED BECAUSE IF WE RAISE THE MILLIONS REQUIRED TO CREATE THIS AREA AREA, TRAINING ROOM, YIDDISH CINEMA AND ALSO IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE CINEMA ON 31 EAST SEVENTH ROAD, WE WILL CERTAINLY HAVE MODERN PLUMBING IN AREA.
BUT THIS IS A TOUGH SHIP, SO IF IT GOES UNDER 22, 59 OR 2321, THE DIFFICULTY IS APPRECIATED THAT YOU HAVE DONE. IT SIMPLY REQUIRES A LITTLE TWEAK, A LITTLE BIT OF ADVANTAGE TO AID US OUT BELOW. LAWFUL COUNSEL I RECOGNIZE CAN DO IT. I'' M NOT A LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE, I'' M SIMPLY A COMMONSENSE SPEAKER. I VALUE YOUR TIME. THANKS. >> > > THANKS FOR YOUR PERSEVERANCE AND THANKS FOR YOUR TESTAMENT. >> > > THANK YOU. >> > > MANY THANKS. I'' M FELICE BARBER, SENIOR SUPERVISOR OF PLAN AS WELL AS EXTERNAL MATTERS AT THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION IN NEW YORK CITY. THANK YOU FOR THE CHANCE TO TESTIFY TODAY AGAINST INTRODUCTION 2278 A, THE CITY'' S PROPOSAL FOR LICENSING OF GENERAL CONTRACTORS. THE GCA STANDS FOR THE UNIONIZED HEFTY CIVIL SPECIALISTS THAT DEVELOP NEW YORK CITY CITY'' S PUBLIC WORKS FRAMEWORK, ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, WATER AND ALSO SEWER SYSTEMS, TRANSIT SYSTEMS AND ALSO PARKS THAT OFFER THE REALLY FOUNDATION FOR NEW YORK CITY. IN GENERAL, WE ARE NOT AGAINST GENERAL CONTRACTOR LICENSING DEMANDS.
IT'' S A REAL PROBLEM AND IT'' S VAGUE, WHICH LEADS TO ABUSE, AS WELL AS IT ' S RESTRICTIVE. SHE COULDN'' T– SHE JUST COULDN ' T EVEN BE THERE. WE DON ' T NEED JUST A REGULATION. AS WELL AS WHAT'' S REALLY ESSENTIAL AS TO WHY, COUNCILMEMBER, THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL ASPECT. WE DON'' T HAVE INCOME FROM THINGS LIKE THAT.AS'YOU ' VE HEARD, IT ' S REGARDING MAKING ONE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR WHATEVER, WHICH IS RIDICULOUS AND THERE IS NO OTHER WORD FOR IT. IT DOESN ' T HOLD ANY WORTH. THEY'' VE BEEN BRUSHING OFF THE ISSUES.
AS'YOU ' VE HEARD, IT ' S REGARDING MAKING ONE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERY LITTLE THING, WHICH IS RIDICULOUS AND ALSO THERE IS NO OTHER WORD FOR IT. WE WILL LISTEN TO FROM SHAWN OPERATING, LUCY BLOCK, ADELIA RAMOS D ALMEIDA,– I'' M SORRY, ALSO, IS JOSEPH CLINTON STILL HERE? PLEASE SPEAK YOUR NAME LOUDLY INTO THE MICROPHONE BEFORE YOU START YOUR TESTAMENT SO IT CAN BE GOTTEN IN INTO THE RECORD, AND YOU CANISTER BEGIN WHEN YOU'' RE READY. I'' VE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS BREATHING SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER. I'' M TRYING, BUT THE POINT IS TO HAVE THE SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT TO DO ALL THESE BUILDINGS IN NEW YORK, THE ISSUES, WHAT THEY TOLD ME, THEY HAVE 3 PEOPLE TO APPLY THE LAWS OF ILLEGAL RESORTS.