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Assemblyman John Zaccaro summarizes Albany wins: smoke-detector requirement, cannabis limits, Yemeni cultural district
Summary
Assemblyman John Zaccaro reported to Community Board 11 on June 30 that several measures he sponsored or supported in the state Legislature cleared this session, including a law he said will require smoke detectors in common areas of multiunit residential buildings and a bill closing a cannabis storefront loophole near schools and houses of worship.
Assemblyman John Zaccaro told Community Board 11 on June 30 that he spent the legislative session in Albany advancing local priorities and said several measures and budget items reached final action.
Zaccaro said one bill that cleared the Legislature will require smoke detectors in common areas of multiunit residential buildings; he described the change as a response to a previous, locally remembered fire on Carpenter Avenue. He also said he sponsored legislation to close what he called a loophole in the city's cannabis rules so new ground-floor commercial spaces that later become schools, child-care facilities or houses of worship would fall…
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