Bill Text: NY S03476 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Enacts the bucks for boilers act, which creates a program to aid in transition of housing units to electric heat pumps and other high energy efficiency upgrades.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-27 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S03476 Detail]
Download: New_York-2025-S03476-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3476 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 27, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, CLEARE, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, the state finance law, the energy law, the executive law, the labor law and the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, in relation to enacting the "bucks for boilers act" The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "bucks for boilers act". 3 § 2. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 4 1885 to read as follows: 5 § 1885. Bucks for boilers program. 1. The authority, in consultation 6 with the department of public service, shall establish a program to aid 7 in the transition of all existing housing units' heating and cooling 8 from reliance on combusting oil and gas, to electric heat pumps and 9 other high energy efficiency upgrades, systems and services. 10 2. Using funds made available from the bucks for boilers fund as set 11 forth in section ninety-nine-ss of the state finance law, the authority 12 shall ensure that any building or household existing in a disadvantaged 13 community, as such term is defined by the climate justice working group 14 established under section 75-0111 of the environmental conservation law, 15 or buildings housing formerly-incarcerated individuals, with a priority 16 to buildings owned by low-income homeowners or rented to low-income 17 tenants, shall be eligible for full-cost funding for the procurement and 18 installation of equipment to be compliant with the energy efficiency 19 standards set forth under section 11-104 of the energy law, including 20 the procurement and installation of non-fossil fuel heating and cooling 21 and hot water systems and other high energy efficiency systems, includ- 22 ing electrical panel and wiring upgrades and induction or electric EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06828-03-5S. 3476 2 1 stoves. For purposes of this subdivision, installation shall also 2 include bringing eligible housing into a state of good repair. A multi- 3 family building shall be considered low-income if at least fifty percent 4 of the households within such building have incomes less than sixty 5 percent of area medium income. A multifamily building shall be consid- 6 ered medium-income if at least fifty percent of households within such 7 building have incomes between sixty percent and one hundred twenty 8 percent of area median income. 9 3. Using funds made available from the bucks for boilers fund as set 10 forth in section ninety-nine-ss of the state finance law, the authority 11 shall subsidize each residential housing building's transition through 12 the following household income thresholds: 13 (a) low-to-moderate income households with an income below one hundred 14 twenty percent area median income shall receive one hundred percent of 15 the cost of the project; 16 (b) medium-income households with an income between one hundred twenty 17 percent and one hundred eighty percent area medium income shall receive 18 eighty percent of the cost of the project; and 19 (c) high-income households with an income over one hundred eighty 20 percent of area medium income shall receive fifty percent of the cost of 21 the project. 22 4. Using funds made available from the bucks for boilers fund as set 23 forth in section ninety-nine-ss of the state finance law, the authority 24 shall create a program to pay up to fifty thousand dollars per unit for 25 any privately owned residential housing for the procurement and instal- 26 lation of equipment to be compliant with the energy efficiency standards 27 set forth under section 11-104 of the energy law, including the procure- 28 ment and installation of non-fossil fuel heating and cooling and hot 29 water systems and other high energy efficiency systems, including elec- 30 trical panel and wiring upgrades and induction or electric stoves, as 31 well as to ensure that such housing is in a state of good repair. Funds 32 from the bucks for boilers fund shall be provided to households or their 33 contractors in advance of the commencement of such procurement and 34 installation provided that the authority has reviewed and approved such 35 projects. 36 5. Using funds made available from the bucks for boilers fund as set 37 forth in section ninety-nine-ss of the state finance law, the authority 38 shall subsidize the procurement and installation of equipment to be 39 compliant with the energy efficiency standards set forth under section 40 11-104 of the energy law, including the procurement and installation of 41 non-fossil fuel heating and cooling and hot water systems and other high 42 energy efficiency systems, for all public housing units throughout the 43 state, as well as to ensure that such housing is in a state of good 44 repair. 45 6. Using funds made available from the bucks for boilers fund as set 46 forth in section ninety-nine-ss of the state finance law, the authority 47 shall establish affordability programs to pay any additional costs of 48 utility bills in order to ensure that no low-to-moderate income house- 49 holds face a higher cost for heating and cooling that may be incurred as 50 a result of conversion to electric heat pumps and/or other high energy 51 efficiency equipment for heating and cooling. For the purposes of this 52 subdivision "low-to-moderate income households" shall mean households 53 with annual incomes at or below eighty percent of the area median income 54 of the county or metro area where they reside. These affordability 55 programs shall also assist households with annual incomes above eighty 56 percent of the area median income of the county or metro area to helpS. 3476 3 1 defray additional costs but only where funds are available after priori- 2 tization of households with annual incomes at or below eighty percent of 3 the area median income of the county or metro area where they reside, 4 and with prioritization with any such funds or assistance for compar- 5 atively lower-income over higher-income households within the distrib- 6 ution of households over eighty percent of the area median income of the 7 county or metro area where they reside. 8 7. The authority shall include requirements that to be eligible for 9 receiving funds under this program, building owners: 10 (a) are prohibited for a period of five years following the completion 11 of work under this program from rent increases for temporary major capi- 12 tal improvement and individual apartment improvements for buildings 13 undertaking energy efficiency, boiler, furnace, stove replacements, 14 electrical panel, electrical wiring or related work stemming directly 15 from the building's adherence to requirements enacted pursuant to this 16 section; and 17 (b) shall extend the lease of tenants for no less than five years 18 following the completion of work under this program. 19 8. (a) The authority shall promulgate requirements for eligibility to 20 receive funds under this program which prohibit buildings from initiat- 21 ing eviction proceedings, fail to renew a lease or otherwise seek to 22 remove a tenant from housing accommodation, except: 23 (i) in situations of non-payment of rent; 24 (ii) where the tenant is violating a substantial obligation of the 25 tenancy and has failed to cure such violation within ten days; 26 (iii) where the tenant is committing or permitting a nuisance in the 27 housing accommodation; 28 (iv) where the tenant's occupancy or use or permitted use of the hous- 29 ing accommodation is in violation of the law; or 30 (v) where the tenant has unreasonably refused the landlord's access to 31 the housing accommodation for the purpose of making repairs and improve- 32 ments. 33 (b) A rent increase is presumed to be unreasonable and not a basis for 34 eviction if it exceeds either three percent of the previous rental 35 amount or one and one-half times the annual percentage change in the 36 consumer price index for the relevant region, whichever is higher. 37 9. The authority, in consultation with the department of corrections 38 and community supervision, shall include requirements that to be eligi- 39 ble for receiving funds over fifty thousand dollars under this program, 40 all work done in the procurement and installation of non-fossil fuel 41 heating and cooling systems on state-owned properties or in properties 42 that receive subsidies from the state shall, to the greatest extent 43 possible, provide training and hiring of formerly-incarcerated individ- 44 uals. 45 10. (a) Nothing in this program shall alter the rights or benefits, 46 privileges, including but not limited to terms and conditions of employ- 47 ment, civil service status, and collective bargaining unit membership, 48 of any current employees of the authority. 49 (b) Nothing in this program shall result in: (i) the discharge, 50 displacement, or loss of position, including partial displacement such 51 as a reduction in hours of non-overtime work, wages, or employment bene- 52 fits; (ii) the impairment of existing collective bargaining agreements; 53 or (iii) the transfer of existing duties and functions. 54 11. The authority shall ensure that the bucks for boilers program does 55 not enable landlords to shift energy costs to their tenants by requiringS. 3476 4 1 tenants to pay for heating costs after electrification where such land- 2 lords had been paying tenants' heating costs prior to electrification. 3 12. The authority shall issue relevant guidance for providing funding 4 under this program, including but not limited to guidance on programs 5 offered by the authority which provide funding to assist with compliance 6 with changes in subdivisions seven and eight of section 11-104 of the 7 energy law made by the chapter of the laws of two thousand twenty-five 8 that added this section. The authority shall make such information 9 available by engaging and paying for large-scale advertising, mailings, 10 door-to-door canvassing, community outreach, programming in schools, and 11 anything else the authority deems necessary and reasonable to ensure the 12 public is fully aware and that a wide understanding that such programs 13 exist, including rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants, 14 is achieved in the public in all regions and demographics of the state. 15 13. Using funds made available from the bucks for boilers fund as set 16 forth in section ninety-nine-ss of the state finance law, the authority 17 shall administer a program to provide grants, loans or other services, 18 based on standards and guidelines established by the authority, for the 19 costs related to enabling fuel-switching for residences with propane or 20 fuel-oil heating systems to efficient electric heat pumps, including but 21 not limited to, clean energy measures, energy efficiency measures, resi- 22 liency measures, heating and cooling, health and safety, and other 23 related energy improvements and expenses, as well as to ensure such 24 housing is in a state of good repair. 25 § 3. Section 1854 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a 26 new subdivision 27 to read as follows: 27 27. All revenues generated pursuant to regulations or actions taken by 28 the department of public service, the authority or any other state enti- 29 ty, pursuant to section eighteen hundred eighty-five of this title, 30 shall be placed into a segregated authority funding account, established 31 pursuant to section eighteen hundred sixty-a of this title, prior to 32 programmatic or administrative allocation, and shall not be commingled 33 with other authority funds. Within thirty days following receipt of 34 revenues generated pursuant to regulations or actions pursuant to 35 section eighteen hundred eighty-five of this title, the authority shall 36 transfer from such segregated authority funding account to the bucks for 37 boilers fund established pursuant to section ninety-nine-ss of the state 38 finance law. 39 § 4. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-ss to 40 read as follows: 41 § 99-ss. Bucks for boilers fund. 1. There is hereby established in the 42 joint custody of the commissioner of taxation and finance and the state 43 comptroller a special fund to be known as the "bucks for boilers fund". 44 2. (a) The bucks for boilers fund shall consist of moneys received by 45 the state pursuant to subdivision twenty-seven of section eighteen 46 hundred fifty-four of the public authorities law, and all other moneys 47 appropriated, credited, or transferred thereto from any other fund or 48 source pursuant to law including the annual deposit of four billion 49 dollars by the president of the New York state energy research and 50 development authority. Moneys of the account shall be expended for the 51 purposes of providing up-front financial assistance to residential 52 building owners and renters to convert their existing space or water 53 heating equipment to energy efficient zero-emissions equipment or build- 54 ing systems and energy efficiency and resiliency measures including but 55 not limited to: (i) purposes which are consistent with the scoping plan 56 prepared pursuant to section 75-0103 of the environmental conservationS. 3476 5 1 law; (ii) measures which prioritize such conversions and measures in 2 disadvantaged communities; (iii) measures which prioritize residential 3 buildings on delivered fuels such as propane and heating oil; (iv) 4 financial assistance for the cost of upgrading dilapidated housing to a 5 state of good repair; (v) removal of fossil fuel combustion equipment 6 and building systems; and (vi) administrative and implementation costs, 7 program design, and other associated costs. 8 (b) Moneys of such account shall not be expended for the purposes of: 9 (i) providing financial assistance to residential building owners or 10 renters to convert their existing space or water heating equipment to 11 electric resistance or biofuel equipment; (ii) the installation or 12 purchase of carbon capture technologies or equipment; or (iii) the 13 installation or purchase of energy efficient gas boilers. 14 3. Moneys in the bucks for boilers fund shall be kept separate from 15 and shall not be commingled with any other moneys in the custody of the 16 comptroller or the commissioner of taxation and finance. Provided, 17 however, that any moneys of the fund not required for immediate use may, 18 at the discretion of the comptroller, in consultation with the director 19 of the division of the budget, be invested by the comptroller in obli- 20 gations of the United States or of the state. The proceeds of any such 21 investment shall be retained by the fund as assets to be used for 22 purposes of the fund. 23 § 5. Subdivision 6 of section 11-104 of the energy law is amended by 24 adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows: 25 (c) In addition to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subdivision, to 26 support the goal of zero on-site greenhouse gas emissions and help 27 achieve the state's clean energy and climate agenda, including but not 28 limited to greenhouse gas reduction requirements set forth within chap- 29 ter one hundred six of the laws of two thousand nineteen, also known as 30 the New York state climate leadership and community protection act, the 31 code shall prohibit prohibited emissions, in any existing building not 32 more than seven stories in height, except for existing commercial or 33 industrial buildings greater than one hundred thousand square feet in 34 conditioned floor area, on or after December thirty-first, two thousand 35 twenty-nine, and the code shall prohibit prohibited emissions, in all 36 existing buildings after December thirty-first, two thousand thirty- 37 four. 38 § 6. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 7 of section 11-104 of the energy 39 law, as added by section 1 of part RR of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, 40 is amended and a new paragraph (a-1) is added to read as follows: 41 (a-1) The provisions set forth in paragraph (c) of subdivision six of 42 this section shall not be construed as prohibiting the continued use and 43 maintenance of fossil-fuel equipment and building systems, including as 44 related to cooking equipment, installed prior to the effective date of 45 the applicable prohibition. 46 (b) In addition, in effectuating the provisions set forth in [para-47graph] paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision six of this section the 48 code shall include exemptions for the purposes of allowing prohibited 49 emissions and the installation and use of fossil-fuel equipment and 50 building systems where such are installed and used: 51 (i) for generation of emergency back-up power and standby power 52 systems; 53 (ii) in a manufactured home as defined in subdivision seven of section 54 six hundred one of the executive law; or 55 (iii) in a building or part of a building that is used as a manufac- 56 turing facility, commercial food establishment, laboratory, car wash,S. 3476 6 1 laundromat, hospital, other medical facility, critical infrastructure, 2 including but not limited to emergency management facilities, wastewater 3 treatment facilities, and water treatment and pumping facilities, agri- 4 cultural building, fuel cell system, or crematorium, as such terms are 5 defined by the code council. 6 § 7. Subdivision 8 of section 11-104 of the energy law is amended by 7 adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows: 8 (c) "Prohibited emissions" shall mean the emission of twenty-five 9 kilograms or more of carbon dioxide per million British thermal units of 10 energy, as determined by the United States energy information adminis- 11 tration, provided however, the emission of twenty-five kilograms or more 12 of carbon dioxide per million British thermal units of energy or more 13 shall not mean "prohibited emissions" where such emissions occur in 14 connection with a device that contains no connection to a building's gas 15 supply line or fuel oil piping system, is used on an intermittent basis, 16 and is not used to supply a building with heat or hot water. 17 § 8. Paragraphs c and e of subdivision 19 of section 378 of the execu- 18 tive law, as added by section 3 of part RR of chapter 56 of the laws of 19 2023, are amended and two new paragraphs a-1 and b-1 are added to read 20 as follows: 21 a-1. To support the goal of zero on-site gas emissions and help 22 achieve the state's clean energy and climate agenda, including but not 23 limited to greenhouse gas reduction requirements set forth within chap- 24 ter one hundred six of the laws of two thousand nineteen, also known as 25 the New York state climate leadership and community protection act, the 26 uniform code shall prohibit prohibited emissions, in any existing build- 27 ing not more than seven stories in height, except for existing commer- 28 cial or industrial buildings greater than one hundred thousand square 29 feet in conditioned floor area, on or after December thirty-first, two 30 thousand twenty-nine, and the uniform code shall prohibit prohibited 31 emissions, in all existing buildings on or after December thirty-first, 32 two thousand thirty-four. 33 b-1. The provisions set forth in paragraph a-1 of this subdivision 34 shall not be construed as prohibiting the continued use and maintenance 35 of fossil-fuel equipment and building systems, including as related to 36 cooking equipment, installed prior to the effective date of the applica- 37 ble prohibition. 38 c. In addition, in effectuating the provisions set forth in [para-39graph] paragraphs a and a-1 of this subdivision the code shall include 40 exemptions for the purposes of allowing prohibited emissions and the 41 installation and use of fossil-fuel equipment and building systems where 42 such systems are installed and used: 43 (i) for generation of emergency back-up power and standby power 44 systems; 45 (ii) in a manufactured home as defined in subdivision seven of section 46 six hundred one of [the executive law] this chapter; or 47 (iii) in a building or part of a building that is used as a manufac- 48 turing facility, commercial food establishment, laboratory, car wash, 49 laundromat, hospital, other medical facility, critical infrastructure, 50 including but not limited to emergency management facilities, wastewater 51 treatment facilities, and water treatment and pumping facilities, agri- 52 cultural building, fuel cell system, or crematorium, as such terms are 53 defined by the code council. 54 e. Exemptions included in the uniform code pursuant to this subdivi- 55 sion shall be periodically reviewed by the code council to [assure] 56 ensure that they continue to effectuate the purposes of [paragraph]S. 3476 7 1 paragraphs a and a-1 of this subdivision and subparagraph three of para- 2 graph b of subdivision two of section three hundred seventy-one of this 3 article to the fullest extent feasible. 4 § 9. Paragraph g of subdivision 19 of section 378 of the executive law 5 is amended by adding a new subparagraph (iii) to read as follows: 6 (iii) "Prohibited emissions" shall mean the emission of twenty-five 7 kilograms or more of carbon dioxide per million British thermal units of 8 energy, as determined by the United State energy information adminis- 9 tration, provided however, the emission of twenty-five kilograms or more 10 of carbon dioxide per million British thermal units of energy or more 11 shall not mean "prohibited emissions" where such emissions occur in 12 connection with a device that contains no connection to a building's gas 13 supply line or fuel oil piping system, is used on an intermittent basis, 14 and is not used to supply a building with heat or hot water. 15 § 10. Section 224-f of the labor law, as added by section 3 of part TT 16 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows: 17 § 224-f. Wage requirements for certain climate risk-related and energy 18 transition projects and bucks for boilers projects. 1. For purposes of 19 this section, a "covered climate risk-related and energy transition 20 project" means a construction project that receives at least one hundred 21 thousand dollars of funds from the New York climate action fund climate 22 investment account established pursuant to section ninety-nine-qq of the 23 state finance law and a "covered bucks for boilers project" means a 24 construction project that receives at least one hundred thousand dollars 25 of funds from the bucks for boilers fund established pursuant to section 26 ninety-nine-ss of the state finance law. 27 2. A covered climate risk-related and energy transition project and a 28 covered bucks for boilers project shall be subject to prevailing wage 29 requirements in accordance with sections two hundred twenty, two hundred 30 twenty-a, two hundred twenty-b, two hundred twenty-i, two hundred twen- 31 ty-three, and two hundred twenty-four-b of this article, provided that a 32 covered climate risk-related and energy transition project and a covered 33 bucks for boilers project may still otherwise be considered a covered 34 project pursuant to section two hundred twenty or two hundred twenty- 35 four-a of this article if it meets the definition therein. 36 3. For purposes of this section, a covered climate risk-related and 37 energy transition project and a covered bucks for boilers project shall 38 exclude: 39 a. Privately owned construction work performed under a pre-hire 40 collective bargaining agreement between an owner or developer and a bona 41 fide building and construction trades labor organization which has 42 established itself, and/or its affiliates, as the collective bargaining 43 representative for all persons who will perform work on such a project, 44 and which provides that only contractors and subcontractors who sign a 45 pre-negotiated agreement with the labor organization can perform work on 46 such a project; or 47 b. Construction work on one- or two-family dwellings where the proper- 48 ty is the owner's primary residence, or construction work performed on 49 property where the owner of the property owns no more than four dwelling 50 units; or 51 c. Construction work performed on a multiple residence and/or ancil- 52 lary amenities or installations that is wholly privately owned in any of 53 the following circumstances: 54 (i) where no less than twenty-five percent of the residential units 55 are affordable and shall be retained subject to an anticipated regulato- 56 ry agreement with a local, state, or federal governmental entity, or aS. 3476 8 1 not-for-profit entity with an anticipated formal agreement with a local, 2 state, or federal governmental entity for purposes of providing afforda- 3 ble housing in a given locality or region provided that the period of 4 affordability for a residential unit deemed affordable under the 5 provisions of this paragraph shall be for no less than fifteen years 6 from the date of construction; or 7 (ii) where no less than thirty-five percent of the residential units 8 involves the provision of supportive housing services for vulnerable 9 populations provided that such units are subject to an anticipated regu- 10 latory agreement with a local, state, or federal governmental entity. 11 4. As a condition of receiving funds from the New York climate action 12 fund climate investment account established pursuant to section ninety- 13 nine-qq of the state finance law for a covered climate risk-related and 14 energy transition project or the bucks for boilers fund established 15 pursuant to section ninety-nine-ss of the state finance law for a 16 covered bucks for boilers project, the owner or developer of such 17 covered climate risk-related and energy transition project or covered 18 bucks for boilers project, or a third party acting on such owner's or 19 developer's behalf, shall agree to enter into a labor peace agreement 20 with at least one bona fide labor organization either: 21 a. where such bona fide labor organization is actively representing 22 non-construction employees who will be working within the covered 23 climate risk-related and energy transition project or covered bucks for 24 boilers project once built; or 25 b. upon notice by a bona fide labor organization that is attempting to 26 represent such non-construction employees. 27 5. For purposes of this section "labor peace agreement" means an 28 agreement between an owner and/or developer and labor organization that, 29 at a minimum, protects the state's proprietary interests by prohibiting 30 labor organizations and members from engaging in picketing, work stop- 31 pages, boycotts, and any other economic interference. 32 6. The owner or developer using funds from the New York climate action 33 fund climate investment account established pursuant to section ninety- 34 nine-qq of the state finance law for a covered climate risk-related and 35 energy transition project or the bucks for boilers fund established 36 pursuant to section ninety-nine-ss of the state finance law for a 37 covered bucks for boilers project pursuant to this section shall: 38 a. require the use of apprenticeship agreements as defined by article 39 twenty-three of this chapter; or for industries without apprenticeship 40 programs, require the use of workforce training, preferably in conjunc- 41 tion with a bona fide labor organization; and 42 b. consider use of registered pre-apprenticeship direct entry programs 43 for the recruitment of local and/or disadvantaged workers. 44 7. For purposes of this section, the "fiscal officer" shall be deemed 45 to be the commissioner. The enforcement of any covered climate risk-re- 46 lated and energy transition project or covered bucks for boilers project 47 under this section shall be subject to the requirements of sections two 48 hundred twenty, two hundred twenty-a, two hundred twenty-b, two hundred 49 twenty-i, two hundred twenty-three, two hundred twenty-four-b of this 50 article, and section two hundred twenty-seven of this chapter and within 51 the jurisdiction of the fiscal officer; provided, however, nothing 52 contained in this section shall be deemed to construe any covered 53 climate risk-related and energy transition project or covered bucks for 54 boilers project as otherwise being considered public work pursuant to 55 this article.S. 3476 9 1 8. The fiscal officer may issue rules and regulations governing the 2 provisions of this section. Violations of this section shall be grounds 3 for determinations and orders pursuant to section two hundred twenty-b 4 of this article. 5 9. For any building service work on a covered climate risk-related and 6 energy transition project or covered bucks for boilers project, prevail- 7 ing wage shall be paid consistent with article nine of this chapter. 8 10. Any public entity receiving at least five million dollars in funds 9 from the New York climate action fund climate investment account estab- 10 lished pursuant to section ninety-nine-qq of the state finance law or 11 the bucks for boilers fund established pursuant to section ninety-nine- 12 ss of the state finance law for a project which involves the 13 construction, reconstruction, alteration, maintenance, moving, demoli- 14 tion, excavation, development or other improvement of any building, 15 structure or land, shall be subject to section two hundred twenty-two of 16 this article. 17 § 11. Subdivision (a) of section 10-b of section 4 of chapter 576 of 18 the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of 19 nineteen seventy-four, is amended by adding a new paragraph 14 to read 20 as follows: 21 14. (i) prohibit temporary major capital improvement increases and 22 individual apartment improvement increases for buildings undertaking 23 energy efficiency, boiler, furnace, stove replacements, electrical 24 panel, electrical wiring or related work pursuant to the bucks for boil- 25 ers program established pursuant to section eighteen hundred eighty-five 26 of the public authorities law; and 27 (ii) require the extension of the lease of tenants for no less than 28 five years following the completion of work under such program. 29 § 12. This act shall take effect immediately.
