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Chapter 2: Enforcement, NYC General Admin. Provisions 2008 | UpCodes
*§28-201.2.2 Specified Major Violations
*§28-201.2.3 Specified Lesser Violations
§28-202.1 Civil Penalties
*§28-204.2 Order to Certify Correction
§28-204.6 Tax Lien
*§28-207.2.5 Penalties
*§28-210.3 Illegal Conversions of Dwelling Units From Permanent Residences
§28-211.1 False Statements in Certificates, Forms, Written Statements, Applications, Reports or Certificates of Correction
§28-211.2 Falsely Impersonating an Officer
§28-216.3 Notice and Order
*§28-216.12 Buildings and Structures That Are Potentially Compromised
§28-216.12.1 Structural Inspections of Potentially Compromised Buildings or Structures
§28-216.12.2
§28-216.12.3
§28-216.12.4
§28-216.12.5
§28-216.12.6
§28-216.12.7
*217 Safety Compliance Officer
§28-217.1 Definition
§28-217.2 Safety Compliance Officer
§28-217.3 Compliance Monitoring
§28-217.4 Qualifications
§28-217.5 Cost of a Safety Compliance Officer
§28-217.6
§28-217.7 Records
**217 Failure to Certify Correction of Certain Immediately Hazardous Violations
§28-217.1 Department penalty for failure to certify correction
§28-217.2 Reinspection
§28-217.2.1 Continued Noncompliance
§28-217.2.2 Inspections by the Commissioner
§28-217.3 False certifications of correction
The commissioner shall promulgate rules classifying all violations of this code, the zoning resolution or, with regard to existing buildings, the 1968 building code or other laws or rules enforced by the department as immediately hazardous violations, major violations or lesser violations unless the classification of such violations is specifically directed by this code. Such classification shall be based on the effect of the violation on life, health, safety or the public interest or the necessity for economic dis- incentive.
1. A violation of section 28-210.1 in which a building legally approved for occupancy as a one-family or two-family dwelling (as set forth in the certificate of occupancy or if no certificate of occupancy is required, as evidenced by official records) is illegally converted to or maintained as a dwelling for occupancy by four or more families;
7. Occupancy without a required certificate of occupancy;
12. *A violation by a licensed rigger or person performing the functions and duties of a licensed rigger of the provisions of sections 28–404.1 or 28–401.9 of this code or such person's failure to ensure that workers have certificates of fitness required pursuant to this code or applicable rule or any person's violation of the provisions of section 3314.4.3.1 of the New York city building code.
*Section 28-201.2.1 (#12) was amended by: Local Law 46 of 2008 – Update #13. This law has an effective date of December 22, 2008.
13.1 **The minimum civil penalty that shall be imposed for a violation of section 28–408.1 or section 28–410.1 of this code and the minimum fine that shall be imposed for a violation of such sections shall be two thousand five hundred dollars for the first violation and five thousand dollars for each subsequent violation.
**Section 28-201.2.1 (#13.1) was amended by Local Law: 17 of 2010 –Update #39. This law has an effective date of August 30, 2010.
14. ***Any person who knowingly permits or causes a violation of paragraph 3314.4.5 or paragraph 3314.4.6 of subdivision 3314.4 of section BC 3314 of the building code.
***Section 28-201.2.1 (#14) was amended by: Local Law 24 of 2008 –Update #2. This law has an effective date of July 01, 2008.
15. ****A violation of sections 3303.4.5 and 3303.4.6 of the building code.
****Section 28-201.2.1 (#15) was amended by: Local Law 34 of 2008 –Update #7. This law has an effective date of August 12, 2008.
16. *****A violation of section 28–210.3 that involves more than one dwelling unit or a second or subsequent violation of section 28–210.3 by the same person at the same dwelling unit or multiple dwelling.
****Section 28-201.2.1 (#16) was amended by: Local Law 45 of 2012 –Update #69. This law has an effective date of December 12, 2012.
2. *Failure to perform required façade, retaining wall, elevator and boiler inspections, structural inspections of buildings and structures that are potentially compromised as defined in section 28–216.12, and to file required reports within the applicable time period.
*Section 28-201.2.2 (#2) was amended by: Local Law 33 of 2008–Update #6.This law has an effective date of February 09, 2009.
*Section 28-201.2.2 (#2) was amended by: Local Law 37 of 2008 –Update #8. This law has an effective date of February 09, 2009.
3. Failure to provide the notice required by section 3314.1.1. of the New York city building code.
4. **A violation of the zoning resolution by any person for causing damage to or removing a tree within a Special Natural Area District, as defined in the zoning resolution.
4.1 The fine or civil penalty for a violation described in item 4 shall be not less than seven hundred fifty dollars for each tree damaged or removed.
**Section 28-201.2.2 (#4) was amended by: Local Law 32 of 2009 –Update #18. This law has an effective date October 27, 2009.
5. ***Notwithstanding the provisions of section 28-204.2 of this code, a violation of item 3 or item 4 of section 1008.1.3.5 of the New York city building code except that no penalty for such violation shall be imposed if the respondent corrects the condition constituting the violation and files a certificate with the department that the condition has been corrected within ninety days from the date set forth in the notice of violation. It shall be an affirmative defense that the nonconforming security grille was installed prior to July 1, 2011.
5.1. The fine or civil penalty for a violation described in item 5 shall be not less than two hundred fifty hundred dollars for the first offense and not less than one thousand dollars for each subsequent offense.
***Section 28-201.2.2 (#5) was amended by: Local Law 75 of 2009 –Update #31.This law has an effective date of January 01, 2010.
1. A violation of item 5 of section 1110.1 or of section 1110.2 of the New York city building code, or a violation of section 28–313.1 or 28–313.2 of the administrative code of the city of New York.
*Section 28-201.2.3 was added by: Local Law 47 of 2012 –Update #70. This law has an effective date of October 02, 2012
Officers and employees of the department and of other city agencies designated by the commissioner shall have the power to issue summonses, appearance tickets and notices of violation for violations of this code, the 1968 building code, the zoning resolution or other laws or rules enforced by the department, orders, and requests for corrective action.
1. For immediately hazardous violations, a civil penalty of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than twenty-five thousand dollars may be imposed for each violation. In addition to such civil penalty, a separate additional penalty may be imposed of not more than one thousand dollars for each day that the violation is not corrected. The commissioner may by rule establish specified daily penalties within the limit set forth above for particular immediately hazardous violations.
2. For major violations, a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars may be imposed for each violation. In addition to such civil penalty, a separate additional penalty may be imposed of not more than two hundred fifty dollars for each month that the violation is not corrected. The commissioner may by rule establish specified monthly penalties within the limit set forth above for particular major violations.
1. Every person convicted of violating a provision of this code, the 1968 building code, the zoning resolution or other law or rule enforced by the department or an order of the commissioner issued pursuant thereto that is classified by the commissioner or the code as an immediately hazardous violation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or by imprisonment of not more than one year or by both such fine and imprisonment.
2. Every person convicted of violating a provision of this code, the 1968 building code, the zoning resolution or other law or rule enforced by the department or an order of the commissioner issued pursuant thereto that is classified by the commissioner or the code as a major violation shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than 15 days or both such fine and imprisonment.
3. Every person convicted of violating a provision of this code, the zoning resolution or other law or rule enforced by the department or an order of the commissioner issued pursuant thereto that is classified by the commissioner or the code as a lesser violation shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
*Section 28-204.2 was amended by: Local Law 34 of 2008 –Update #7. This law has an effective date of August 12, 2008.
In any proceeding before the environmental control board, if the board finds that the commissioner has failed to prove the violation charged, the order requiring the respondent to correct the condition constituting the violation shall be deemed dismissed.
Failure to comply with an order of the commissioner issued pursuant to section 28-204.2 to correct and to certify correction of a violation within the applicable time period shall be a violation of this code for which penalties may be imposed in addition to the penalties that may be or have been imposed for the violation referred to in such order. Upon application, for good cause, the commissioner may extend the time for filing the certification of correction of a violation, but not for more than 30 days for each extension.
Enforcement of environmental control board judgments against owners for certain building code violations. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an environmental control board judgment against an owner for a building code violation with respect to a private dwelling, a wooden-framed single room occupancy multiple dwelling, or a dwelling with a legal occupancy of three or fewer dwelling units shall constitute a tax lien on the property named in the violation with respect to which such judgment was rendered, as hereinafter provided. Such liens shall be entered and enforced as provided in this section 28-204.6.
A notice, stating the amount due and the nature of the charge, shall be mailed by the department of finance to the last known address of the person whose name appears on the records of the department as being the owner or agent of the property or as the person designated by the owner to receive tax bills or, where no name appears, to the property, addressed to either the "owner" or the "agent."
Whenever there is evidence that a person was the manager, operator, or supervisor or, in any other way, in charge of the premises, at the time the violation occurred, such evidence shall be presumptive that he or she was an agent or employee of the owner or lessee of the building, structure, or premises.
A stop work order shall be issued if a permit holder or person directly in charge of any suspended scaffold supported by c-hooks or outrigger beams fails to notify the department prior to the installation or use of such equipment as required by section 3314.1.1 of the New York city Building code and either:
The rigger does not hold a license required by this code, or
The workers lack certificates of fitness as required by this code or applicable rule, or
The rigger failed to file with the department satisfactory evidence of insurance required by this code.
*Section 28-207.2.5 was added by: Local Law 34 of 2008 –Update #7. This law has an effective date of August, 12, 2008.
All orders issued pursuant to this section 28-207.4 shall be posted upon the premises and made available to the public. Immediately upon the posting of an order upon the premises, officers and employees of the police department, the department, and other authorized officers and employees of the city shall immediately act upon and enforce such order. The police department shall provide all reasonable assistance to the department and other authorized officers and employees necessary to carry out the provisions of this section 28-207.4. A copy of the vacate order shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the premises is located. Such filing shall be notice of the vacate order to any subsequent owner and such owner shall be subject to such order.
Upon application, the commissioner shall rescind the vacate order when the condition that gave rise to its issuance has been corrected and either all civil penalties or criminal fines assessed for any violation of such order have been paid or, where a violation is pending, security for the payment of such penalties or fines has been posted in accordance with department rules, or where the vacate order was issued in error or conditions are such that it should not have been issued. The commissioner may by rule require the payment of a fee in the amount of the expense of additional inspection and administrative expense related to such vacate order.
Whenever the commissioner determines that the operation of any service equipment is or may be dangerous to life, health or safety, the commissioner may issue a cease use order requiring such equipment to be shut down or sealed or otherwise made inoperable. Upon the issuance of such order a tag or notice shall be affixed to the device warning that the equipment is unsafe for operation. It shall be unlawful to operate such equipment or to remove or deface such tag unless and until the cease use order is rescinded by the commissioner.
Upon application, the commissioner shall rescind the cease use order when the condition that gave rise to its issuance has been corrected and either all civil penalties or criminal fines assessed for any violation of such order have been paid or, where a violation is pending, security for the payment of such penalties or fines has been posted in accordance with department rules or where the cease use order was issued in error or conditions are such that it should not have been issued.. The commissioner may by rule require the payment of a fee in the amount of the expense of additional inspection and administrative expense related to such cease use order.
Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 16 of section 67 of the multiple dwelling law and section 120 of the multiple dwelling law, dwelling units within (i) a class A multiple dwelling as defined in section 27–2004 of the administrative code, (ii) occupancy group J-2 as described in section 27–265 of the administrative code or (iii) occupancy group R-2 as described in section 310.1.2 of the New York city building code shall be used only for permanent residence purposes as required pursuant to subparagraph a of paragraph eight of subdivision a of section 27-2004 of the administrative code. It shall be unlawful for any person or entity who owns or occupies a multiple dwelling or dwelling unit classified for permanent residence purposes to use or occupy, offer or permit the use or occupancy or to convert for use or occupancy such multiple dwelling or dwelling unit for other than permanent residence purposes. For the purposes of this section a conversion in use of a dwelling unit may occur irrespective of whether any physical changes have been made to such dwelling unit. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit lawful accessory uses permitted pursuant to the zoning resolution or the lawful conversion of dwellings in accordance with applicable law.
*Section 28-210.3 was added by: Local Law 45 of 2012 –Update #69. This law has an effective date of December 02, 2012.
It shall be unlawful for any person to make a material false statement in any certificate, professional certification, form, signed statement, application, report or certification of the correction of a violation required under the provisions of this code or any rule of any agency promulgated thereunder that such person knew or should have known to be false.
In addition to any other penalty provided by law, the commissioner may refuse to accept an application or other document submitted pursuant to or in satisfaction of a requirement of this code or of a rule of any agency promulgated thereunder that bears the signature of a person who has been found, after a hearing at the office of administrative trials and hearings pursuant to the department's rules, to have knowingly or negligently made a false statement or to have knowingly or negligently falsified or allowed to be falsified any certificate, form, signed statement, application, report or certification of the correction of a violation required under the provisions of this code or of a rule of any agency promulgated thereunder.
If at any time after the issuance of such order, the owner, mortgagee, or other person having an interest in the property provides assurance, in a form satisfactory to the commissioner, that the illegal commercial or manufacturing use of the premises has been discontinued and will not reoccur, or such owner, mortgagee, or other person establishes that the premises may be lawfully occupied for such use, the commissioner shall rescind the closure order. If such order is rescinded, the commissioner shall, upon request of such owner, mortgagee, or other person, provide a copy of such rescission, which may be filed with the county clerk or register of the county in which such premises are located. No such re-occupancy shall be permitted without a certificate of occupancy authorizing such use.
Where work has been performed without a permit on a one-family or two-family dwelling the penalty shall equal four times the amount of the fee payable for the permit. Where only part of the work has been performed without a permit, the penalty shall be reduced proportionately according to the amount of work still to be performed at the time a permit is issued. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such penalty shall be less than five hundred dollars.
The penalty for work without a permit on buildings other than one or two-family dwellings shall be fourteen times the amount of the fee payable for such permit. Where only part of the work has been performed without a permit, the penalty shall be reduced proportionately according to the amount of work still to be performed at the time a permit is issued. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such penalty shall be less than five thousand dollars.
If the commissioner determines such action is necessary to the preservation of life and safety the commissioner may order a building subject to a vacate order to be sealed, secured and closed, except that the commissioner shall not order sealed, secured and closed any dwelling unit or other space lawfully used for residential purposes unless such dwelling unit or other space is sealed pursuant to the provisions of article 216.
In the event that the family of any person seriously injured or who has died as the result of any unlawful occupancy or use described in this section 28-214.3 is unable to collect a judgment recovered in a civil action for personal injury or wrongful death against a defendant who has violated this section 28-214.3 because of the insolvency of such defendant, the city may, in its discretion, pay to such injured person or the family of such deceased person an amount, as hereinafter provided, collected from such defendant in an action relating to the same injury or death commenced by the corporation counsel against such defendant pursuant to this section 28-214.3.1.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, if the commissioner determines that a structure or any part thereof is in imminent danger of collapse and the exigency of the situation is such that any delay may cause further danger to the public safety, then the commissioner may direct the commissioner of housing preservation and development or the department of citywide administrative services, or other city agency to perform or arrange the performance of the emergency demolition of such structure or part thereof or such other work as deemed by the commissioner to make it safe.
During the construction or demolition of a structure, the commissioner shall notify the owner of the structure affected of any failure to comply with any of the provisions of this code that concern the protection of the public and workers during construction or demolition. Unless the owner so notified proceeds immediately to comply with the orders of the commissioner, the commissioner shall have full power to correct the violation. All expenses incurred therefore shall become a lien on the property pursuant to section 28-112.9.
The commissioner may, when necessary for the public safety, temporarily close the sidewalks, streets, structures or places adjacent to a structure or part thereof, and the police commissioner, or any of his or her subordinates shall enforce all orders or requirements made by the commissioner, when so requested by the commissioner.
Upon the failure to comply with any order of the commissioner within the time limited thereby, and subject to the provisions of article 216, any work required to be executed by such order may be executed by the commissioner through the officers, agents or contractors of the department; and the city shall be reimbursed promptly for all costs and expenses of such work. Such costs and expenses shall become a lien upon the premises involved and named in the commissioner's order, which may be enforced in accordance with the provisions of section 28-112.9 of this code.
The owner, executor, administrator, mortgagee, lessee or any other person who may have a recorded vested or recorded contingent interest in the unsafe building, structure or premises, shall be served with a notice containing a description of the unsafe building, structure or premises and an order requiring such building be vacated pursuant to 28-207.4, if necessary, and sealed, secured, repaired, shored, or demolished and removed as may be deemed necessary by the department.
Such notice shall require the person thus served immediately to certify to the department his or her acceptance or rejection of the order. The notice shall further notify said person(s) that upon his or her refusal or neglect to comply with any of the requirements of this provision, a survey of the building or premises named in such notice will be made at a time and place therein named. The notice shall also state that if, pursuant to the survey, it is found that the building, structure, or premises referred to therein is unsafe or dangerous by the surveyors, their report of survey will be placed before the supreme court for trial at a time and place named in such notice.
The notice and order shall be served in accordance with the civil practice law and rules of the state of New York.
The survey shall be made by three competent persons, of whom one shall be the commissioner or his or her designee; another shall be a registered design professional appointed by a recognized professional organization; and the third shall be a registered design professional appointed by the person served with a notice pursuant to section 28-216.4. If the person served with such notice shall neglect or refuse to appoint such surveyor, the other two surveyors shall make the survey. In case they disagree, they shall appoint a third person to take part in such survey, who shall be a registered design professional of at least 10 years' practice, whose decision shall be final.
The registered design professional appointed by the respective professional organization, as hereinbefore provided, who may act on any survey called in accordance with the provisions of this section 28-216.6, and the third surveyor who may have been called in the case of disagreement provided for in this section 28-216.6, shall each be paid a sum to be determined by rule to be promulgated by the department.
Any costs incurred by the city in connection with the survey shall become money due and owing to the city as part of the return of precept and judgment provided for in section 28-216.9 and 28-216.10 of this code or pursuant to lien provided for in section 28-112.9 of this code.
1. The notice of pendency shall consist of a copy of the notice described in section 28-216.3 and shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county where the property affected by such action, suit or proceeding is located. Such notice of pendency may be filed at any time after the service of the notice described in section 28-216.3.
The commissioner shall also have authority to modify the requirements of any precept upon application to such commissioner in writing by the owner of the unsafe building, structure, or premises, or such owner's authorized representative. In addition, upon application to modify the requirements of any precept to seal or shore the structure by the commissioner of housing preservation and development, citywide administrative services or such other authorized agency, the commissioner or designee shall have authority to modify such precept accordingly when the commissioner shall be satisfied that such change will secure the safety of such structure or premises equally well.
If no action in accordance with the modified precept is undertaken by the owner or applicant for modification within the time period provided in the modification following the granting of such application, the commissioner may direct the department of housing preservation and development or the department of citywide administrative services or such other authorized agency to execute the original precept, provided however that prior to such execution, notice shall be provided by regular mail to the owner of the unsafe building, structure or premises and applicant for the modification if other than the owner, at his or her last known address. The owner shall continue to have the right to request the commissioner to modify the requirements of the precept prior to the execution thereof.
It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere, obstruct or hinder the commissioner or the commissioner of citywide administrative services, housing preservation and development, or other authorized agency, or any person who, acting under the authority conferred on such person by such commissioner, in performing the work authorized by a precept issued out of any court or modified in accordance with §28-216.8.3, or the work ordered by the commissioner in accordance with such precept under the provisions of section 28-216.8.3.3.
Upon compliance with any precept issued to the commissioner in a proceeding under this article, the commissioner may make return thereof, with an endorsement of the action thereunder and the costs and expenses thereby incurred, to the justice of the court from which such precept issued. Such justice shall then tax and adjust the amount endorsed upon such precept, and shall adjust and allow the disbursements of the proceeding, including but not limited to the preliminary expenses of searches, service of the notice of survey and summons on interested parties, surveys thereof, and costs of executing the precept, which shall be inserted in the judgment in such proceeding. Such justice shall then render judgment for such amount and for the sale of the premises named in such notice, together with all the right, title and interest that the person named in such notice had in the lot, ground or land upon which such structure was placed, at the time of the filing of a notice of pendency in such proceedings, or at the time of the entry of judgment therein, to satisfy such judgment in foreclosure of mortgages. Nothing in this article shall preclude the city from recovering such costs and expenses in any other lawful manner, including pursuant to section 28-112.9 of this code.
For purposes of this section 28–216.12, "potentially compromised" shall include a building or structure that has had an open roof for sixty days or longer, that has been shored and braced or repaired pursuant to an emergency declaration issued by the commissioner, that has been subject to a precept as a compromised structure under Article 216 of this code or that may have suffered structural damage by fire or other cause as determined by the commissioner.
When a building or structure has become potentially compromised, the owner shall cause a structural inspection of such building or structure to be performed. Such inspection shall be performed within sixty days of the opening of the roof, within sixty days of the shoring and bracing or repair work, or within sixty days of a determination by the commissioner that the building has suffered structural damage by fire or other cause. A report of such inspection shall be filed with the department within thirty days thereafter in such form and detail and with provision for periodic monitoring of the building or structure as the commissioner may require.
An inspection of the buildings and structures subject to the inspection and filing requirements of section 28–216.12 shall be performed every year or, for a specified building or structure, within such other period as determined by the commissioner but not longer than two years, and shall continue until such time as the registered design professional documents and certifies that the building or structure is no longer potentially compromised and such certification is accepted by the commissioner.
The owner shall hire a registered design professional to perform a structural inspection of buildings and structures subject to section 28–216.12 prior to the issuance of a permit to alter, repair, demolish or enlarge such building or structure, except that the commissioner may waive such inspection if a structural inspection of the entire building or structure has been performed within the prior year.
*Section 28-216.12 was added by: Local Law 33 of 2008 –Update #6. This law has an effective date of February 09, 2009.
Article *217 Safety Compliance Officer
For purposes of this article, the terms "Safety Compliance Officer" and "SCO" shall mean a person whose presence is required by the commissioner pursuant to section 28–217.2 and who satisfies the qualifications of section 28–217.4.
The SCO shall monitor the operations related to the circumstances and conditions that the commissioner has identified pursuant to section 28–217.2 until the areas of concern set forth by the commissioner have been addressed as determined by the commissioner, but in no case shall any monitoring period exceed ninety days. For such purpose, the SCO and his or her employees shall be designated as authorized representatives of the commissioner with authority pursuant to section 28–103.13 of this code to enter upon and examine and inspect at all reasonable times any site, building or structure. In the event that the conditions set-out in the commissioner's determination, pursuant to section 28–217.2, to require a SCO have not been satisfied within the prescribed monitoring period, the commissioner may appoint another SCO, who shall be a different SCO than the initial SCO, to monitor operations for an additional period not to exceed ninety days.
The SCO shall document with photographs or other means any violation of the code. The SCO shall submit an interim report, to be submitted at the midpoint of the appointment period, and a final report to the department in the manner and form prescribed by the commissioner. The department will share the results of these reports with the general contractor and provide the general contractor an opportunity to comment.
*Article 217 was added by: Local Law 06 of 2009 –Update #14. This law has an effective date of May 11, 2009.
Article **217 Failure to Certify Correction of Certain Immediately Hazardous Violations
In addition to any penalties otherwise authorized by law pursuant to article 202 and the rules of the department, whenever any person fails to submit certification of correction of an immediately hazardous violation that poses a threat of imminent danger to public safety or property, as required by an order issued pursuant to section 28-204.2, a penalty shall be paid to the department in the amount of not less than one thousand five hundred dollars or more than five thousand dollars. No permit or certificate of occupancy shall be issued and no stop work order maybe rescinded at the property named in the order until such penalty is paid to the department.
A certification of the correction of the condition has been filed in the manner and form prescribed by the department;
The person to whom the violation has been directed has obtained an extension of time for filing the certificate of correction of the violation from the commissioner in accordance with section 28-204.4 and with any applicable rules of the department, and said extension of time to file has not yet expired; or
The condition has been corrected in the presence of the commissioner.
If, upon re-inspection, the commissioner determines the condition continues to pose a threat of imminent danger to public safety or property, and the person against whom the initial violation was directed is not in compliance with section 28–204.4, the commissioner shall issue an appropriate violation and shall issue a stop-work order, pursuant to section 28–207.2, or the commissioner shall, if the commissioner is unable to obtain access to the premises, request the corporation counsel to institute legal proceedings to compel correction of the violation and abate the condition or take such other action as is appropriate.
The commissioner shall continue to re-inspect any condition that has given rise to an immediately hazardous violation that poses a threat of imminent danger to public safety or property every sixty days, and shall follow the procedures described in items one, two and three of section 28-217.2 until the condition has been found by inspection or certification to be corrected or abated.
It shall be unlawful to prepare, file or offer for filing a certification of correction of an immediately hazardous condition, knowing that such certification contains a false statement or false information. Any person who prepares such a certificate shall be subject to prosecution under section 175.05 or 175.10 of the penal law. Any person who files such a certificate or offers such a certificate for filing shall be subject to prosecution under section 175.30 or 175.35 of the penal law. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit, alter or affect the authority conferred by any other provision of this chapter or other law to bring criminal, civil or administrative actions or proceedings or other remedies for the preparation,filing or offering for filing of a certification of correction of an immediately hazardous condition containing a false statement or false information.
**Article 217 was added by: Chapter 250 of the Laws of New York State of 2009 –Update #42. This law has an effective date of January 28, 2010.
Note: Local Law 06 of 2009, effective May 11, 2009 (Construction Codes Update # 14) added a new Article 217. This update adds a separate Article 217. Such numbering dis crepancy will be reconciled through future legislation.