New York S 10200: Relates to energy efficiency improvements and certain alterations to multiple dwellings

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S10200 Summary:

BILL NOS10200A

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SAME ASSAME AS A11319-A

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SPONSORKAVANAGH

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COSPNSRSALAZAR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Mult Dwell L, generally

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Provides for energy efficiency improvements to certain windows; relates to certain alterations concerning windows and HVAC equipment in multiple dwellings.

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BILL NOS10200A

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05/05/2026REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

06/01/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/01/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1510

06/01/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING 10200A

06/04/2026PASSED SENATE

06/04/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/04/2026referred to housing

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10200--A
 Cal. No. 1510

 IN SENATE

 May 5, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. KAVANAGH, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing,
 Construction and Community Development -- committee discharged and
 said bill committed to the Committee on Rules -- ordered to a third
 reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the
 order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to energy effi-
 ciency improvements and certain alterations to multiple dwellings

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

 1 Section 1. Section 4 of the multiple dwelling law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 45 to read as follows:
 3 45. "HVAC equipment" is heating, ventilation and air conditioning
 4 equipment.
 5 § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 30 of the multiple dwelling law is
 6 amended to read as follows:
 7 5. No multiple dwelling shall be so altered as to diminish the light
 8 or ventilation of any room or public hall or stairs in any way not
 9 approved by the department, except that:
 10 a. Where an existing window in any room, public hall or stairs is
 11 replaced with a window assembly having a lower coefficient of heat tran-
 12 smittance, such light and ventilation may be reduced by not more than
 13 twenty-five percent below the minimum otherwise required by this chap-
 14 ter.
 15 b. Where HVAC equipment is installed in an existing window, such light
 16 and ventilation may be reduced by not more than twenty-five percent
 17 below the minimum otherwise required by this chapter.
 18 c. Where both an existing window is replaced with a window assembly in
 19 accordance with paragraph a of this subdivision and HVAC equipment is
 20 installed in such window assembly, such light and ventilation may be
 21 reduced by not more than thirty-three percent below the minimum other-
 22 wise required by this chapter.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15756-03-6

 S. 10200--A 2

 1 § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 30 of the multiple
 2 dwelling law, as amended by chapter 559 of the laws of 1995, is amended
 3 to read as follows:
 4 (a) The windows in every room, except a water-closet compartment,
 5 bathroom, or cooking space less than eighty square feet in floor surface
 6 area, shall have a total area at least one-tenth of the floor surface
 7 area of such room [and every window in such a room, including a
 8 mullioned casement window, shall be at least twelve square feet in area]
 9 except that:
 10 (1) Where an existing window in any such room is replaced with a
 11 window assembly having a lower coefficient of heat transmittance, such
 12 window area may be reduced by not more than twenty-five percent below
 13 the minimum otherwise required by this paragraph.
 14 (2) Where HVAC equipment is installed in an existing window, such
 15 window area may be reduced by not more than twenty-five percent below
 16 the minimum otherwise required by this paragraph.
 17 (3) Where both an existing window is replaced with a window assembly
 18 in accordance with subparagraph one of this paragraph and HVAC equipment
 19 is installed in such window assembly, such window area may be reduced by
 20 not more than thirty-three