Bill Text: NY A00416 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to surcharges for the installation or use of air conditioner units in housing accommodations subject to rent control.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to housing [A00416 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A00416-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED, ROSENTHAL, PICHARDO, CRESPO,
         COOK,  KAVANAGH,  SEPULVEDA,  BROOK-KRASNY, BENEDETTO, CLARK -- Multi-
         Sponsored by -- M. of A.   ARROYO, CAMARA, DenDEKKER,  MAYER  --  read
         once and referred to the Committee on Housing
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the administrative code of the city of New York, the
         emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four and the emer-
         gency housing rent control law, in relation to prohibiting  surcharges
         for the installation or use of air conditioner units in housing accom-
         modations subject to rent regulation
         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 to read as follows:
    3    S  26-416  SURCHARGES  FOR  TENANT-INSTALLED  AIR  CONDITIONER  UNITS;
    4  PROHIBITED. THE IMPOSITION OF ANY SURCHARGE FOR THE INSTALLATION AND USE
    5  OF A TENANT-INSTALLED AIR  CONDITIONER  UNIT  IS  PROHIBITED  WHERE  THE
    6  TENANT PAYS FOR ELECTRIC UTILITY SERVICE.
    7    S  2.  Section  6  of  section  4  of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974,
    8  constituting the emergency tenant protection act  of  nineteen  seventy-
    9  four, is amended by adding a new subdivision h to read as follows:
   10    H.  NO  OWNER  OF A HOUSING ACCOMMODATION SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
   11  THIS SECTION SHALL IMPOSE ANY SURCHARGE FOR THE INSTALLATION AND USE  OF
   12  A  TENANT-INSTALLED AIR CONDITIONER UNIT WHERE THE TENANT PAYS FOR ELEC-
   13  TRIC UTILITY SERVICE.
   14    S 3. Section 26-512 of the administrative code of the city of New York
   15  is amended by adding a new subdivision g to read as follows:
   16    G.  NO OWNER OF A HOUSING ACCOMMODATION SUBJECT TO THE  PROVISIONS  OF
   17  THIS  LAW  SHALL  IMPOSE ANY SURCHARGE FOR THE INSTALLATION AND USE OF A
   18  TENANT-INSTALLED AIR CONDITIONER UNIT WHERE THE TENANT PAYS FOR ELECTRIC
   19  UTILITY SERVICE.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02279-02-5
       A. 416                              2
    1    S 4. Subdivision 4 of section 4 of chapter 274 of the  laws  of  1946,
    2  constituting  the  emergency  housing  rent  control  law, is amended by
    3  adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
    4    (F)  NO  OWNER OF A HOUSING ACCOMMODATION SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
    5  THIS LAW SHALL IMPOSE ANY SURCHARGE FOR THE INSTALLATION AND  USE  OF  A
    6  TENANT-INSTALLED AIR CONDITIONER UNIT WHERE THE TENANT PAYS FOR ELECTRIC
    7  UTILITY SERVICE.
    8    S  5.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately; provided that: (a)
    9  section 26-416 of the city rent  and  rehabilitation  law  as  added  by
   10  section  one  of  this act shall remain in full force and effect only as
   11  long as the public emergency requiring the  regulation  and  control  of
   12  residential  rents and evictions continues, as provided in subdivision 3
   13  of section 1 of the local emergency housing rent control act;
   14    (b) the amendments to section 4 of chapter 576 of  the  laws  of  1974
   15  constituting  the  emergency  tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-
   16  four made by section two of this act shall expire on the  same  date  as
   17  such  act  expires  and  shall  not affect the expiration of such act as
   18  provided in section 17 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974; and
   19    (c) the amendments to section 26-512 of chapter 4 of title 26  of  the
   20  administrative  code  of  the city of New York, made by section three of
   21  this act shall expire on the same date as such law expires and shall not
   22  affect the expiration of such law as provided under  section  26-520  of
   23  such law; and
   24    (d)  the amendments to section 4 of the emergency housing rent control
   25  law made by section four of this act shall expire on the  same  date  as
   26  such  law  expires  and  shall  not affect the expiration of such law as
   27  provided in subdivision 2 of section 1 of chapter 274  of  the  laws  of
   28  1946.