New York S 6729: Relates to the installation of appliances or fixtures by tenants

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S06729 Summary:

BILL NOS06729A

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SAME ASSAME AS A01865-B

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSRHINCHEY, MAY, SANDERS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §226-aa, RP L

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Prohibits landlords from restricting the installation of appliances or fixtures by tenants; provides that the landlord is not compelled to change utilities or alter the unit for such installation; prohibits surcharge where tenant pays utilities directly to provider; requires a tenant restore appliances or fixtures to the condition they were prior to being installed or allowing such appliances or fixtures remain in the rental unit at no cost to the landlord; defines "appliances or fixtures".

Go to top S06729 Actions:

BILL NOS06729A

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03/21/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

01/07/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

04/29/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY

04/29/2026PRINT NUMBER 6729A

05/19/20261ST REPORT CAL.1182

05/20/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/21/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

06/02/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/02/2026referred to housing

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6729--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, HELMING, HINCHEY, MAY, SANDERS -- read
 twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
 Committee on Judiciary -- recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary in
 accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to the installation
 of appliances or fixtures by tenants

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding a new section
 2 226-aa to read as follows:
 3 § 226-aa. Installation of appliances or fixtures by tenant. 1. No
 4 landlord shall restrict the installation of appliances or fixtures by a
 5 residential tenant, so long as the appliances or fixtures are in compli-
 6 ance with applicable building codes or other provisions of law and
 7 further provided the residential tenant has sought in writing and
 8 obtained written consent from the landlord for such installation. The
 9 landlord shall respond in writing to a residential tenant's request for
 10 such residential tenant to install appliances or fixtures within thirty
 11 days of such request. Any denial of a residential tenant's request to
 12 install appliances or fixtures shall include the specific reason for
 13 such denial.
 14 2. Nothing in this section shall require a landlord to alter the
 15 unit's utilities or fundamentally alter the nature of the unit for the
 16 installation of any appliances or fixtures by the residential tenant.
 17 Nothing in this section shall require the landlord to be responsible for
 18 the installation of any appliances or fixtures that the residential
 19 tenant has sought and obtained written consent from the landlord to
 20 install.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04693-07-6

 S. 6729--A 2

 1 3. The imposition of any surcharge for the installation or use of a
 2 residential tenant-installed appliance or fixture is prohibited where
 3 the residential tenant pays for the applicable utility service directly
 4 to the provider.
 5 4.(a) At the termination of residential tenancy, the residential
 6 tenant shall be responsible for either (i) restoring the installed
 7 appliances or fixtures of the unit to the condition which existed prior
 8 to the installation or (ii) ensuring the residential tenant-installed
 9 appliances or fixtures remain in the unit at no cost to the landlord.
 10 (b) Such residential tenant shall notify the landlord in writing of
 11 the residential tenant's plan for the storage of the original appliance
 12 or fixture for the duration of their tenancy. A landlord may instead opt
 13 to store the removed appliance or fixture themselves, at no cost to the
 14 residential tenant.
 15 5. For the purposes of this s