Prohibits the imposition of any surcharge for the installation or use of a tenant-installed appliance where the tenant pays for electric utility service.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2013--A
Cal. No. 454
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 16, 2021
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Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, BIAGGI, GOUNARDES, LIU, PARKER -- read
twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development -- recom-
mitted to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Devel-
opment in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably
from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a
third reading, passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly,
recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading, amended and
ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to surcharges for the installation or use of certain appli-
ances in housing accommodations subject to rent control
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
2 by adding a new section 26-416-a to read as follows:
3 § 26-416-a Surcharges for tenant-installed appliances. The imposition
4 of any surcharge for the installation or use of a tenant-installed
5 appliance is prohibited where the tenant pays for electric utility
6 service.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that section
8 26-416-a of the city rent and rehabilitation law as added by section one
9 of this act shall remain in full force and effect only as long as the
10 public emergency requiring the regulation and control of residential
11 rents and evictions continues, as provided in subdivision 3 of section 1
12 of the local emergency housing rent control act.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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