NYS Enhances Process of School Fire Inspections

New York takes steps to modernize the process of conducting annual fire inspection reports for public and private schools. The bill provides schools with flexibility in meeting the public notice requirements associated with these inspections and eliminates the “hold harmless” provision which has allowed inspectors who made errors on an inspection reports to evade liability. It also amends the the current power of officials to deny the certificate of occupancy if a public school fails to correct deficiencies following an inspection.