New York S 2184: Relates to enacting the "NYCHA HVAC repair act"

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S02184 Summary:

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Add §402-h, Pub Hous L; add §1879-a, Pub Auth L; amd §6-104, Energy L

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Relates to enacting the "NYCHA HVAC repair act"; provides for the heating and cooling of properties including dwelling units owned by the New York city housing authority through the installation of geothermal or air source heat pumps and for the replacement of lighting on New York city housing authority property with LED bulbs.

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01/15/2025REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2184

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and
 Community Development

 AN ACT to amend the public housing law, the public authorities law and
 the energy law, in relation to providing for the heating and cooling
 of properties including dwelling units owned by the New York city
 housing authority through the installation of geothermal or air source
 heat pumps

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "NYCHA HVAC repair act".
 3 § 2. The public housing law is amended by adding a new section 402-h
 4 to read as follows:
 5 § 402-h. NYCHA HVAC repair. 1. The New York city housing authority is
 6 authorized and directed to permit the New York state energy research and
 7 development authority to retrofit New York city housing authority resi-
 8 dential properties for the installation of geothermal or air source heat
 9 pumps in dwelling units owned or operated by the New York city housing
 10 authority, completely replacing all oil or natural gas fired heating,
 11 hot water and other combustion units.
 12 2. The New York city housing authority is authorized and directed to
 13 permit the New York state energy research and development authority to
 14 replace all compact fluorescent, fluorescent, incandescent, or arc vapor
 15 lamps in properties owned or operated by the New York city housing
 16 authority with light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs if lighting has not
 17 already been replaced, with the goal of replacing all lighting in New
 18 York city housing authority properties with high efficiency bulbs.
 19 § 3. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section
 20 1879-a to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06044-01-5

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 1 § 1879-a. Revolving loan for NYCHA HVAC repair. 1. The authority is
 2 hereby authorized and directed to establish a revolving loan account in
 3 order to retrofit New York city housing authority residential properties
 4 for the installation of geothermal or air source heat pumps in dwelling
 5 units owned or operated by NYCHA pursuant to subdivision one of section
 6 four hundred two-h of the public housing law. Such loan shall be funded
 7 from moneys made available pursuant to appropriations by the authority,
 8 funds of the regional greenhouse gas initiative (RGGI), and other funds
 9 available to the authority including but not limited to the clean energy
 10 fund.
 11 2. The authority is authorized and directed to replace all compact
 12 fluorescent, fluorescent, incandescent, or arc vapor lamps in properties
 13 owned or operated by the New York city housing authority with light-em-
 14 itting diode (LED) bulbs pursuant to subdivision two of section four
 15 hundred two-h of the public housing law.
 16 § 4. Section 6-104 of the energy law is amended by adding a new subdi-
 17 vision 6 to read as follows:
 18 6. The state energy plan shall include provisions for allowing a
 19 surcharge of up to two percent on energy bills, for the New York city