STATE OF NEW YORK
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5462
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 14, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
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
