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AdroitBeagle t1_iwzbztr wrote

Reply to comment by Johnnadawearsglasses in Council seeks steep fines for NYC chain stores that fail to shovel snow by King-of-New-York

Question: how does the content of a lease play into this? Commercial leases always say whether the landlord or tenant is responsible for snow removal. With smaller tenants, usually the landlord eats the cost; with larger tenants, usually the tenant. Maybe that’s why it’s targeted at chains, because the market practice is for them to handle snow shoveling anyway.

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Johnnadawearsglasses t1_iwzewya wrote

The fine goes to the owner of the building. The owner is then responsible to enforce a tenant’s obligations under the lease if they have agreed to do so.

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