S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2298 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 18, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- 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 administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to eliminating fuel pass-along charges for occupants of rent controlled accommodations 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 26-407.1 to read as follows: 3 S 26-407.1 FUEL PASS-ALONG TO TENANTS OF RENT CONTROLLED ACCOMMO- 4 DATIONS PROHIBITED. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE, 5 REGULATION, CHARTER OR ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, NO TENANT OF ANY HOUSING 6 ACCOMMODATION WHICH IS SUBJECT TO RENT CONTROL SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A 7 FUEL ADJUSTMENT OR PASS-ALONG INCREASE IN RENT AND ANY SUCH INCREASE TO 8 SUCH TENANT SHALL BE NULL AND VOID. 9 S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of September next 10 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law; provided that 11 the addition of section 26-407.1 to the city rent and rehabilitation law 12 made by section one of this act shall remain in full force and effect 13 only as long as the public emergency requiring the regulation and 14 control of residential rents and evictions continues, as provided in 15 subdivision 3 of section 1 of the local emergency housing rent control 16 act. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07446-01-1