Majority of City Council Members Sponsor Bill to Change NYC’s Smoke Detector Law

Forty-one out of fifty-one New York City council members have signed on as co-sponsors of a bill that would require photoelectric smoke detectors in residential buildings. Fire safety experts have debated for years the merits of the cheaper and more popular ionization detectors versus the more expensive photoelectric type. According to experts, ionization detectors are better at sensing flaming fires, while photoelectric detectors are more attuned to sensing smoldering fires.