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Council to consider "Benzies Law" requiring biannual inspections of steam radiators in units with young children
Summary
Council Member Farrah Lewis introduced Intro 9-25a (referred to as "Benzies Law") to require biennial inspections of steam radiators in apartments housing children under 6, faster remediation timelines for hazardous conditions, and penalties for noncompliance; the measure was placed on the day's docket.
Council Member Farrah Lewis introduced Intro 9-25a, which the sponsor and colleagues called "Benzies Law," to require biennial inspections of steam radiators in apartments where a child under 6 lives and to mandate corrective timelines when defects are found.
Lewis recounted a fatal incident: "On January 19, Alex and Bessie Kovalski lost their eleventh month old son, Benjamin Zachariah, when a radiator valve…
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