Compensation awarded by the environmental control board to complainants for citizen noise complaints and to the maximum penalty authorized for violations of subdivision (b) of section 24-244 of such code for certain proceedings.

A local law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to compensation awarded by the environmental control board to complainants for citizen noise complaints and to the maximum penalty authorized for violations of subdivision (b) of section 24-244 of such code for certain proceedings

This bill would cap the compensation citizen complainants can receive when their complaint prompts proceedings under subdivision (b) of section 24-244 of the noise code. Compensation for proceedings brought by the Department of Environmental Protection would be capped at $5, and compensation for proceedings brought by a complainant would be capped at $10. For citizen complaint proceedings commenced prior to the effective date of the bill for which a resolution has not yet been reached prior to such date, the maximum penalty for a violation of subdivision (b) of section 24-244 would be capped at $50.