Tag: New York Burglar & Fire Alarm Association
Revised law to clear up N.Y. licensing flap
September 8, 2011Tess Nacelewicz
ALBANY, N.Y.—A state committee has recommended that state law governing the licensing of alarm installers be reworded to make clear local governments can't require installers to have a local license in addition to their mandated state one, according to Joseph Hayes, president of the New York Burglar & Fire Alarm Association.
The rewording of Article 6D is expected to end a new trend by municipalities to require installers to obtain an additional license, which Hayes and others say adds to installers'...
New York to combat municipal licensing trend
May 19, 2011Tess Nacelewicz
ALBANY, N.Y.—To end a new trend by New York municipalities to require alarm installers to get local licenses in addition to the mandated state one, a state committee is expected to recommend rewriting state law, according to the president of the New York Burglar & Fire Alarm Association.
“Once we get the wording clarified that will pre-empt local communities from passing these kinds of regulations,” Joseph Hayes, who is owner of All County Security in Putnam, N.Y, and president...