New York S 6718: Relates to surcharges for the installation or use of certain appliances in housing accommodations subject to rent control and rent stabilization

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S06718 Summary:

BILL NOS06718B

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SAME ASSAME AS A00086-B

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSRGOUNARDES, LIU, PARKER

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§26-416.1 & 26-512.1, NYC Ad Cd; amd §6, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; amd §4, Emerg Rent Cont L

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Prohibits the imposition of any surcharge for the installation or use of a tenant-installed appliance where the tenant pays for electric utility service, under rent control, and rent stabilization laws.

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BILL NOS06718B

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03/20/2025REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

03/25/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

03/25/2025PRINT NUMBER 6718A

04/07/20251ST REPORT CAL.628

04/08/20252ND REPORT CAL.

04/09/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/27/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 6718B

06/04/2025PASSED SENATE

06/04/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/04/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

02/25/20261ST REPORT CAL.405

02/26/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/04/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/24/2026PASSED SENATE

03/24/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/24/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6718--B
 Cal. No. 628

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 20, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, GOUNARDES, LIU, PARKER -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Housing, Construction and Community Development -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered
 to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and
 ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, the
 emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four and the emer-
 gency housing rent control law, in relation to surcharges for the
 installation or use of certain appliances in housing accommodations
 subject to rent control or rent stabilization

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

 1 Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
 2 by adding a new section 26-416.1 to read as follows:
 3 § 26-416.1 Surcharges for tenant-installed appliances. The imposition
 4 of any surcharge for the installation or use of a tenant-installed
 5 appliance is prohibited where the tenant pays for electric utility
 6 service.
 7 § 2. Section 26-512 of the administrative code of the city of New York
 8 is amended by adding a new subdivision h to read as follows:
 9 h. The imposition of any surcharge for the installation or use of a
 10 tenant-installed appliance is prohibited where the tenant pays for elec-
 11 tric utility service.
 12 § 3. Section 6 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974,
 13 constituting the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-
 14 four, is amended by adding a new subdivision h to read as follows:
 15 h. The imposition of any surcharge for the installation or use of a
 16 tenant-installed appliance is prohibited where the tenant pays for elec-
 17 tric utility service.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00898-05-5

 S. 6718--B 2

 1 § 4. Subdivision 4 of section 4 of chapter 274 of the laws of 1946,
 2 constituting the emergency housing rent control law, is amended by
 3 adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
 4 (h) The imposition of any surcharge for the installation or use of a
 5 tenant-installed appliance is prohibited where the tenant pays for elec-
 6 tric utility service.
 7 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that section
 8 26-416.1 of the city rent and rehabilitation law as added by section one
 9 of this act shall remain in full force and effect only as long as the
 10 public emergency requiring the regulation and con