STATE OF NEW YORK
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5252
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 13, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Housing
AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to requiring that
landlords ensure that any window treatments installed in a residential
unit are in proper working order
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 235-b of the real property
2 law are renumbered subdivisions 3 and 4 and a new subdivision 2 is added
3 to read as follows:
4 2. Any window covering, including, but not limited to, blinds, shades,
5 valances, or curtains, installed by a landlord shall be properly
6 installed and in working order according to manufacturer specifications
7 and instructions and shall comply with all the safety standards and
8 conditions delineated in the two thousand twelve American National Stan-
9 dard for Safety of Corded Window Covering Products. The failure of a
10 landlord to comply with the provisions of this subdivision shall be
11 deemed a breach of the warranty of habitability.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
13 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07795-01-5
