New York A 9275: Requires utility companies or municipalities act with due diligence in providing notice to tenants of multiple dwellings about gas, electric or steam services being shut off

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A09275 Summary:

BILL NOA09275 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§33 & 37, add §33-a, Pub Serv L

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Requires utility companies or municipalities act with due diligence in providing notice to tenants of multiple dwellings about gas, electric or steam services being shut off; provides a cause of action for tenants who were not provided proper notice; provides protections for landlords of multiple dwellings with regard to deferred payment agreements; requires a utility or municipality provide employees who serve as a point of contact for each multiple dwelling they provide services for.

Go to top A09275 Actions:

BILL NOA09275 

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11/21/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

01/07/2026referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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Go to topA09275 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9275

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 November 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to protecting
 tenants whose landlord failed to timely pay utility payments

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

 1 Section 1. Section 33 of the public service law, as added by chapter
 2 713 of the laws of 1981, paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 1 as
 3 amended by chapter 195 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
 4 follows:
 5 § 33. Discontinuance of residential utility service to multiple dwell-
 6 ings. 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no public utility
 7 company or municipality shall discontinue gas, electric or steam service
 8 to an entire multiple dwelling (as defined in the multiple dwelling law
 9 or the multiple residence law) located anywhere in this state for
 10 nonpayment of bills rendered for service unless such utility shall have
 11 given [fifteen] a minimum of forty-five days written notice of its
 12 intention so to discontinue as follows:
 13 (a) Such notice shall be served personally on the owner of the prem-
 14 ises affected, or in lieu thereof, to the person, firm, or corporation
 15 to whom or which the last preceding bill has been rendered and from whom
 16 or which the utility has received payment therefor, and to the super-
 17 intendent or other person in charge of the building or premises
 18 affected, if it can be readily ascertained that there is such super-
 19 intendent or other person in charge.
 20 (b) In lieu of personal delivery to the person or persons, firm or
 21 corporation specified in paragraph (a) [above] of this subdivision, such
 22 notice may be mailed in a postpaid wrapper to the address of such person
 23 or persons, firm or corporation.
 24 (c) In addition to the notice prescribed by paragraph (a) or (b) of
 25 this subdivision, [fifteen] a minimum of forty-five days written notice

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13222-04-5

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 1 shall be (i) posted in the public areas of such multiple dwelling every
 2 fifteen days, (ii) mailed to the "Occupant" of each unit in that multi-
 3 ple dwelling a minimum of three times every fifteen days at least
 4 forty-five days before a scheduled termination, (iii) mailed to the
 5 local health officer and the director of the social services district
 6 for the political subdivision in which the multiple dwelling is located,
 7 (iv) if the multiple dwelling is located in a city or a village, mailed
 8 to the mayor thereof, or if there be none, to the manager, or, if the
 9 multiple dwelling is located in a town, then mailed to the town supervi-
 10 sor, (v) mailed to the county executive of the county in which the
 11 multiple dwelling is located, or if there be none, then to the [chair-
 12 man] chairperson of such county's legislative body, (vi) mailed to the
 13 town supervisor and the town clerk of the town in which the multiple
 14 dwelling is located, (vii) m