New York S 8118: Prohibits utility service terminations in multiple dwellings

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S08118 Summary:

BILL NOS08118C

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SAME ASSAME AS A08712-C

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SPONSORKAVANAGH

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COSPNSRJACKSON

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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 S08118 Actions:

BILL NOS08118C

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

05/28/20251ST REPORT CAL.1422

05/29/20252ND REPORT CAL.

06/04/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

01/27/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY

01/27/2026PRINT NUMBER 8118A

05/19/20261ST REPORT CAL.1183

05/20/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/21/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/26/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING 8118B

05/27/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING 8118C

06/04/2026PASSED SENATE

06/04/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/04/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8118--C
 Cal. No. 1183

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. KAVANAGH, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary --
 recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary in accordance with Senate
 Rule 6, sec. 8 -- 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 -- again amended and ordered
 reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading

 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.
 15 § 2. Section 33 of the public service law, as added by chapter 713 of
 16 the laws of 1981, paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 1 as amended by
 17 chapter 195 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13069-09-6

 S. 8118--C 2

 1 § 33. [Discontinuance of residential utility service to multiple
 2 dwellings] Action for receivership of rents and common charges on resi-
 3 dential utility service to multiple dwellings. 1. Notwithstanding any
 4 other provisions of law, no public utility company, including the Long
 5 Island power authority, or municipality shall discontinue gas, electric
 6 or steam service to an entire multiple dwelling (as defined in the
 7 multiple dwelling law or the multiple residence law) located anywhere in
 8 this state for nonpayment of bills rendered for service [unless such]. A
 9 public utility company or municipality may commence an action against
 10 the owner of the premises affected seeking the appointment of a receiver
 11 of rents or payments for use and occupancy or common charges, as d