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A08712 Summary:

BILL NOA08712C

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SAME ASSAME AS S08118-C

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSROtis

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §235-a, RP L; amd §§33 & 116, Pub Serv L

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Prohibits utility service terminations in multiple dwellings; authorizes utility companies or municipalities to commence an action against the owner of the premises affected to seek the appointment of a receiver of rents or payments for use and occupancy or common charges.

Go to top A08712 Actions:

BILL NOA08712C

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06/02/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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

01/28/2026amend and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions

01/28/2026print number 8712a

05/17/2026amend and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions

05/17/2026print number 8712b

05/21/2026reported referred to codes

05/27/2026amend and recommit to codes

05/27/2026print number 8712c

Go to topA08712 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS Chair:Braunstein 
DATE:05/21/2026AYE/NAY:16/8 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes BraunsteinAyeLemondesNay

CookExcusedBlankenbushNay

OtisAyeFriendNay

RozicAyeAngelinoNay

KimAyeJensenNay

DilanAyeBlumencranzNay

Pheffer AmatoAyeBaileyNay

CarrollAyeBeephanNay

FallAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

ZinermanAye

TapiaAye

JacobsonAye

BoresAye

ShimskyAye

SimoneAye

ConradAye

LasherAbsent

Go to topA08712 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA08712 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8712--C

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 June 2, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- recommitted
 to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions in
 accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported and
 referred to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the real property law and the public service law, in
 relation to prohibiting utility service terminations in multiple
 dwellings

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 235-a of the real property law, as
 2 amended by chapter 143 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 1. In any case in which a residential tenant shall lawfully make a
 5 payment to a utility company pursuant to the provisions of [sections
 6 thirty-three,] section thirty-four [and one hundred sixteen] of the
 7 public service law, or to a utility company as defined in subdivision
 8 twenty-three of section two of the public service law, public authority,
 9 water-works corporation, as defined in subdivision twenty-seven of
 10 section two of the public service law, or municipal water system, as
 11 prescribed in section eighty-nine-l of the public service law, for water
 12 service which a landlord is responsible for but has failed or refused to
 13 provide payment therefor, such payment shall be deductible from any
 14 future payment of rent.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13069-08-6

 A. 8712--C 2

 1 § 2. Section 33 of the public service law, as added by chapter 713 of
 2 the laws of 1981, paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 1 as amended by
 3 chapter 195 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
 4 § 33. [Discontinuance of residential utility service to multiple
 5 dwellings] Action for receivership of rents and common charges on resi-
 6 dential utility service to multiple dwellings. 1. Notwithstanding any
 7 other provisions of law, no public utility company, including the Long
 8 Island power authority, or municipality shall discontinue gas, electric
 9 or steam service to an entire multiple dwelling (as defined in the
 10 multiple