New York A 11319: Relates to energy efficiency improvements and certain alterations to multiple dwellings

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A11319 Summary:

BILL NOA11319A

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SAME ASSAME AS S10200-A

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SPONSORRules (Rosenthal)

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COSPNSR

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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.

Go to top A11319 Actions:

BILL NOA11319A

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05/11/2026referred to housing

06/01/2026amend and recommit to housing

06/01/2026print number 11319a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 11319--A

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 11, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Rosenthal)
 -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 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.
 23 § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 30 of the multiple
 24 dwelling law, as amended by chapter 559 of the laws of 1995, is amended
 25 to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15756-02-6

 A. 11319--A 2

 1 (a) The windows in every room, except a water-closet compartment,
 2 bathroom, or cooking space less than eighty square feet in floor surface
 3 area, shall have a total area at least one-tenth of the floor surface
 4 area of such room [and every window in such a room, including a
 5 mullioned casement window, shall be at least twelve square feet in area]
 6 except that:
 7 (1) Where an existing window in any such room is replaced with a
 8 window assembly having a lower coefficient of heat transmittance, such
 9 window area may be reduced by not more than twenty-five percent below
 10 the minimum otherwise required by this paragraph.
 11 (2) Where HVAC equipment is installed in an existing window, such
 12 window area may be reduced by not more than twenty-five percent below
 13 the minimum otherwise required by this paragraph.
 14 (3) Where both an existing window is replaced with a window assembly
 15 in accordance with subparagraph one of this paragraph and HVAC equipment
 16 is installed in such window assembly, such window area may be reduced by
 17 not more than thirty-three percent below the minimum otherwise required
 18 by this paragraph.
 19 § 4. Subdivision 4 of section 31 of the multiple dwelling law is
 20 amended to read as follows:
 21 4. Dining bays with a floor area of fifty-five square feet or less
 22 shall not be considered as rooms or alcoves and shall not be required to
 23 comply with the provisi