Bill Text: NY S03260 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Prohibits the imposition of any surcharge for the installation or use of a tenant-installed appliance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [S03260 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S03260-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3260
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 15, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced by Sen. ESPAILLAT -- 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  surcharges for the installation or use of certain appli-
         ances in housing accommodations subject to rent control
         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 26-416 to read as follows:
    3    S 26-416 SURCHARGES FOR TENANT-INSTALLED APPLIANCES. THE IMPOSITION OF
    4  ANY SURCHARGE FOR THE INSTALLATION OR USE OF A  TENANT-INSTALLED  APPLI-
    5  ANCE IS PROHIBITED.
    6    S  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately; provided that section
    7  26-416 of the city rent and rehabilitation law as added by  section  one
    8  of  this  act  shall remain in full force and effect only as long as the
    9  public emergency requiring the regulation  and  control  of  residential
   10  rents and evictions continues, as provided in subdivision 3 of section 1
   11  of the local emergency housing rent control act.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04369-01-1
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