New York A 1495: Reduces from one-third to one-fourth of income the applicability of the senior citizens' rent increase exemption

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A01495 Summary:

BILL NOA01495 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02634

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SPONSORSimon

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COSPNSRWoerner

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Amd §53, Pub Bldg L

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Requires public buildings which are or contain an area of public assembly or service to have equipped and installed an induction loop listening system for use by persons who are deaf or hard of hearing.

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BILL NOA01495 

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01/10/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1495

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, WOERNER -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the public buildings law, in relation to induction loop
 listening systems

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

 1 Section 1. Section 53 of the public buildings law, as amended by chap-
 2 ter 23 of the laws of 1989, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 221 of
 3 the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
 4 § 53. [Assistive] Induction loop listening systems. 1. (a) All new
 5 public buildings, construction of which commences after January first,
 6 nineteen hundred ninety-one, [containing] which are or contain within an
 7 [auditorium, theater, meeting hall, hearing room, amphitheater, or room
 8 used in any similar capacity which are so designated by the appropriate
 9 building and fire code] area of public assembly or service, shall have
 10 equipped and installed an [assistive] induction loop listening system
 11 for use by persons who are deaf or hard of hearing who require the use
 12 of such a system to improve their reception of sound.
 13 (b) The owner of any public building which is or contains within an
 14 area of public assembly or service and has an induction loop listening
 15 system installed and equipped shall post in a clear and conspicuous
 16 manner permanently mounted signage to indicate to visitors that such
 17 induction loop listening system is available.
 18 (c) On a biennial basis, the owner of any public building which is or
 19 contains within an area of public assembly or service and has an
 20 induction loop listening system installed and equipped shall complete a
 21 self-certification form and submit such form to the state fire
 22 prevention and building code council, attesting that such induction loop
 23 listening system continues to be functional.
 24 2. Standards for such systems shall be developed by the state fire
 25 prevention and building code council upon receiving recommendations from

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04704-01-5

 A. 1495 2

 1 the advisory board on [assistive] induction loop listening systems in
 2 places of public assembly.
 3 3. For purposes of this section, the [term] following terms shall have
 4 the following meanings:
 5 (a) "[assistive] Induction loop listening system" shall mean [situa-
 6 tional-personal acoustic communication equipment designed to improve the
 7 transmission and auditory reception of sound] a hardwired assistive
 8 listening system through which a loop of wire around an area of a build-
 9 ing produces a signal, or a hardwired countertop version that produces a
 10 signal, received directly by hearing aids and cochlear implants equipped
 11 with telecoil features used by persons with hearing loss.
 12 (b) "Area of public assembly or service" shall mean a building or
 13 structure, or space within a building or structure, that is regularly
 14 open for public gatherings, including an auditorium, theater, meeting
 15 room or hall, courtroom, community center, amphitheater, library, phar-
 16 macy counter, information desk at a medical facility, a waiting area for
 17 a medical office, bank teller area, car rental business, restaurant,
 18 bar, or other food or beverage counter service location, coat check
 19 area, grocery store check-out area, ticket payment location, or any
 20