Bill Text: NY S03476 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Enacts the bucks for boilers act, which creates a program to aid in transition of housing units to electric heat pumps and other high energy efficiency upgrades.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-01-07 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S03476 Detail]
Download: New_York-2025-S03476-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3476--A 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 27, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, CLEARE, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, MAY, MYRIE, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, the state finance law, the energy law, the executive law, the labor law and the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, in relation to enacting the "bucks for boilers act" 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 "bucks for boilers act". 3 § 2. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 4 1885 to read as follows: 5 § 1885. Bucks for boilers program. 1. The authority, in consultation 6 with the department of public service, shall establish a program to aid 7 in the transition of all existing housing units' heating and cooling 8 from reliance on combusting oil and gas, to electric heat pumps and 9 other high energy efficiency upgrades, systems and services. 10 2. Using funds made available from the bucks for boilers fund as set 11 forth in section ninety-nine-ss of the state finance law, the authority 12 shall ensure that any building or household existing in a disadvantaged 13 community, as such term is defined by the climate justice working group 14 established under section 75-0111 of the environmental conservation law, 15 or buildings housing formerly-incarcerated individuals, with a priority 16 to buildings owned by low-income homeowners or rented to low-income 17 tenants, shall be eligible for full-cost funding for the procurement and 18 installation of equipment to be compliant with the energy efficiency 19 standards set forth under section 11-104 of the energy law, including EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06828-04-5S. 3476--A 2 1 the procurement and installation of non-fossil fuel heating and cooling 2 and hot water systems and other high energy efficiency systems, includ- 3 ing electrical panel and wiring upgrades and induction or electric 4 stoves. For purposes of this subdivision, installation shall also 5 include bringing eligible housing into a state of good repair. A multi- 6 family building shall be considered low-income if at least fifty percent 7 of the households within such building have incomes less than sixty 8 percent of area medium income. A multifamily building shall be consid- 9 ered medium-income if at least fifty percent of households within such 10 building have incomes between sixty percent and one hundred twenty 11 percent of area median income. 12 3. Using funds made available from the bucks for boilers fund as set 13 forth in section ninety-nine-ss of the state finance law, the authority 14 shall subsidize each residential housing building's transition through 15 the following household income thresholds: 16 (a) low-to-moderate income households with an income below one hundred 17 twenty percent area median income shall receive one hundred percent of 18 the cost of the project; 19 (b) medium-income households with an income between one hundred twenty 20 percent and one hundred eighty percent area medium income shall receive 21 eighty percent of the cost of the project; and 22 (c) high-income households with an income over one hundred eighty 23 percent of area medium income shall receive fifty percent of the cost of 24 the project. 25 4. Using funds made available from the bucks for boilers fund as set 26 forth in section ninety-nine-ss of the state finance law, the authority 27 shall create a program to pay up to fifty thousand dollars per unit for 28 any privately owned residential housing for the procurement and instal- 29 lation of equipment to be compliant with the energy efficiency standards 30 set forth under section 11-104 of the energy law, including the procure- 31 ment and installation of non-fossil fuel heating and cooling and hot 32 water systems and other high energy efficiency systems, including elec- 33 trical panel and wiring upgrades and induction or electric stoves, as 34 well as to ensure that such housing is in a state of good repair. Funds 35 from the bucks for boilers fund shall be provided to households or their 36 contractors in advance of the commencement of such procurement and 37 installation provided that the authority has reviewed and approved such 38 projects. 39 5. Using funds made available from the bucks for boilers fund as set 40 forth in section ninety-nine-ss of the state finance law, the authority 41 shall subsidize the procurement and installation of equipment to be 42 compliant with the energy efficiency standards set forth under section 43 11-104 of the energy law, including the procurement and installation of 44 non-fossil fuel heating and cooling and hot water systems and other high 45 energy efficiency systems, for all public housing units throughout the 46 state, as well as to ensure that such housing is in a state of good 47 repair. 48 6. Using funds made available from the bucks for boilers fund as set 49 forth in section ninety-nine-ss of the state finance law, the authority 50 shall establish affordability programs to pay any additional costs of 51 utility bills in order to ensure that no low-to-moderate income house- 52 holds face a higher cost for heating and cooling that may be incurred as 53 a result of conversion to electric heat pumps and/or other high energy 54 efficiency equipment for heating and cooling. For the purposes of this 55 subdivision "low-to-moderate income households" shall mean households 56 with annual incomes at or below eighty percent of the area median incomeS. 3476--A 3 1 of the county or metro area where they reside. These affordability 2 programs shall also assist households with annual incomes above eighty 3 percent of the area median income of the county or metro area to help 4 defray additional costs but only where funds are available after priori- 5 tization of households with annual incomes at or below eighty percent of 6 the area median income of the county or metro area where they reside, 7 and with prioritization with any such funds or assistance for compar- 8 atively lower-income over higher-income households within the distrib- 9 ution of households over eighty percent of the area median income of the 10 county or metro area where they reside. 11 7. The authority shall include requirements that to be eligible for 12 receiving funds under this program, building owners: 13 (a) are prohibited for a period of five years following the completion 14 of work under this program from rent increases for temporary major capi- 15 tal improvement and individual apartment improvements for buildings 16 undertaking energy efficiency, boiler, furnace, stove replacements, 17 electrical panel, electrical wiring or related work stemming directly 18 from the building's adherence to requirements enacted pursuant to this 19 section; and 20 (b) shall extend the lease of tenants for no less than five years 21 following the completion of work under this program. 22 8. (a) The authority shall promulgate requirements for eligibility to 23 receive funds under this program which prohibit buildings from initiat- 24 ing eviction proceedings, fail to renew a lease or otherwise seek to 25 remove a tenant from housing accommodation, except: 26 (i) in situations of non-payment of rent; 27 (ii) where the tenant is violating a substantial obligation of the 28 tenancy and has failed to cure such violation within ten days; 29 (iii) where the tenant is committing or permitting a nuisance in the 30 housing accommodation; 31 (iv) where the tenant's occupancy or use or permitted use of the hous- 32 ing accommodation is in violation of the law; or 33 (v) where the tenant has unreasonably refused the landlord's access to 34 the housing accommodation for the purpose of making repairs and improve- 35 ments. 36 (b) A rent increase is presumed to be unreasonable and not a basis for 37 eviction if it exceeds either three percent of the previous rental 38 amount or one and one-half times the annual percentage change in the 39 consumer price index for the relevant region, whichever is higher. 40 9. The authority, in consultation with the department of corrections 41 and community supervision, shall include requirements that to be eligi- 42 ble for receiving funds over fifty thousand dollars under this program, 43 all work done in the procurement and installation of non-fossil fuel 44 heating and cooling systems on state-owned properties or in properties 45 that receive subsidies from the state shall, to the greatest extent 46 possible, provide training and hiring of formerly-incarcerated individ- 47 uals. 48 10. (a) Nothing in this program shall alter the rights or benefits, 49 privileges, including but not limited to terms and conditions of employ- 50 ment, civil service status, and collective bargaining unit membership, 51 of any current employees of the authority. 52 (b) Nothing in this program shall result in: (i) the discharge, 53 displacement, or loss of position, including partial displacement such 54 as a reduction in hours of non-overtime work, wages, or employment bene- 55 fits; (ii) the impairment of existing collective bargaining agreements; 56 or (iii) the transfer of existing duties and functions.S. 3476--A 4 1 11. The authority shall ensure that the bucks for boilers program does 2 not enable landlords to shift energy costs to their tenants by requiring 3 tenants to pay for heating costs after electrification where such land- 4 lords had been paying tenants' heating costs prior to electrification. 5 12. The authority shall issue relevant guidance for providing funding 6 under this program, including but not limited to guidance on programs 7 offered by the authority which provide funding to assist with compliance 8 with changes in subdivisions seven and eight of section 11-104 of the 9 energy law made by the chapter of the laws of two thousand twenty-five 10 that added this section. The authority shall make such information 11 available by engaging and paying for large-scale advertising, mailings, 12 door-to-door canvassing, community outreach, programming in schools, and 13 anything else the authority deems necessary and reasonable to ensure the 14 public is fully aware and that a wide understanding that such programs 15 exist, including rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants, 16 is achieved in the public in all regions and demographics of the state. 17 13. Using funds made available from the bucks for boilers fund as set 18 forth in section ninety-nine-ss of the state finance law, the authority 19 shall administer a program to provide grants, loans or other services, 20 based on standards and guidelines established by the authority, for the 21 costs related to enabling fuel-switching for residences with propane or 22 fuel-oil heating systems to efficient electric heat pumps, including but 23 not limited to, clean energy measures, energy efficiency measures, resi- 24 liency measures, heating and cooling, health and safety, and other 25 related energy improvements and expenses, as well as to ensure such 26 housing is in a state of good repair. 27 § 3. Section 1854 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a 28 new subdivision 27 to read as follows: 29 27. All revenues generated pursuant to regulations or actions taken by 30 the department of public service, the authority or any other state enti- 31 ty, pursuant to section eighteen hundred eighty-five of this title, 32 shall be placed into a segregated authority funding account, established 33 pursuant to section eighteen hundred sixty-a of this title, prior to 34 programmatic or administrative allocation, and shall not be commingled 35 with other authority funds. Within thirty days following receipt of 36 revenues generated pursuant to regulations or actions pursuant to 37 section eighteen hundred eighty-five of this title, the authority shall 38 transfer from such segregated authority funding account to the bucks for 39 boilers fund established pursuant to section ninety-nine-ss of the state 40 finance law. 41 § 4. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-ss to 42 read as follows: 43 § 99-ss. Bucks for boilers fund. 1. There is hereby established in the 44 joint custody of the commissioner of taxation and finance and the state 45 comptroller a special fund to be known as the "bucks for boilers fund". 46 2. (a) The bucks for boilers fund shall consist of moneys received by 47 the state pursuant to subdivision twenty-seven of section eighteen 48 hundred fifty-four of the public authorities law, and all other moneys 49 appropriated, credited, or transferred thereto from any other fund or 50 source pursuant to law including the annual deposit of four billion 51 dollars by the president of the New York state energy research and 52 development authority. Moneys of the account shall be expended for the 53 purposes of providing up-front financial assistance to residential 54 building owners and renters to convert their existing space or water 55 heating equipment to energy efficient zero-emissions equipment or build- 56 ing systems and energy efficiency and resiliency measures including butS. 3476--A 5 1 not limited to: (i) purposes which are consistent with the scoping plan 2 prepared pursuant to section 75-0103 of the environmental conservation 3 law; (ii) measures which prioritize such conversions and measures in 4 disadvantaged communities; (iii) measures which prioritize residential 5 buildings on delivered fuels such as propane and heating oil; (iv) 6 financial assistance for the cost of upgrading dilapidated housing to a 7 state of good repair; (v) removal of fossil fuel combustion equipment 8 and building systems; and (vi) administrative and implementation costs, 9 program design, and other associated costs. 10 (b) Moneys of such account shall not be expended for the purposes of: 11 (i) providing financial assistance to residential building owners or 12 renters to convert their existing space or water heating equipment to 13 electric resistance or biofuel equipment; (ii) the installation or 14 purchase of carbon capture technologies or equipment; or (iii) the 15 installation or purchase of energy efficient gas boilers. 16 3. Moneys in the bucks for boilers fund shall be kept separate from 17 and shall not be commingled with any other moneys in the custody of the 18 comptroller or the commissioner of taxation and finance. Provided, 19 however, that any moneys of the fund not required for immediate use may, 20 at the discretion of the comptroller, in consultation with the director 21 of the division of the budget, be invested by the comptroller in obli- 22 gations of the United States or of the state. The proceeds of any such 23 investment shall be retained by the fund as assets to be used for 24 purposes of the fund. 25 § 5. Subdivision 6 of section 11-104 of the energy law is amended by 26 adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows: 27 (c) In addition to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subdivision, to 28 support the goal of zero on-site greenhouse gas emissions and help 29 achieve the state's clean energy and climate agenda, including but not 30 limited to greenhouse gas reduction requirements set forth within chap- 31 ter one hundred six of the laws of two thousand nineteen, also known as 32 the New York state climate leadership and community protection act, the 33 code shall prohibit prohibited emissions, in any existing building not 34 more than seven stories in height, except for existing commercial or 35 industrial buildings greater than one hundred thousand square feet in 36 conditioned floor area, on or after December thirty-first, two thousand 37 twenty-nine, and the code shall prohibit prohibited emissions, in all 38 existing buildings after December thirty-first, two thousand thirty- 39 four. 40 § 6. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 7 of section 11-104 of the energy 41 law, as added by section 1 of part RR of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, 42 is amended and a new paragraph (a-1) is added to read as follows: 43 (a-1) The provisions set forth in paragraph (c) of subdivision six of 44 this section shall not be construed as prohibiting the continued use and 45 maintenance of fossil-fuel equipment and building systems, including as 46 related to cooking equipment, installed prior to the effective date of 47 the applicable prohibition. 48 (b) In addition, in effectuating the provisions set forth in [para-49graph] paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision six of this section the 50 code shall include exemptions for the purposes of allowing prohibited 51 emissions and the installation and use of fossil-fuel equipment and 52 building systems where such are installed and used: 53 (i) for generation of emergency back-up power and standby power 54 systems; 55 (ii) in a manufactured home as defined in subdivision seven of section 56 six hundred one of the executive law; orS. 3476--A 6 1 (iii) in a building or part of a building that is used as a manufac- 2 turing facility, commercial food establishment, laboratory, car wash, 3 laundromat, hospital, other medical facility, critical infrastructure, 4 including but not limited to emergency management facilities, wastewater 5 treatment facilities, and water treatment and pumping facilities, agri- 6 cultural building, fuel cell system, or crematorium, as such terms are 7 defined by the code council. 8 § 7. Subdivision 8 of section 11-104 of the energy law is amended by 9 adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows: 10 (c) "Prohibited emissions" shall mean the emission of twenty-five 11 kilograms or more of carbon dioxide per million British thermal units of 12 energy, as determined by the United States energy information adminis- 13 tration, provided however, the emission of twenty-five kilograms or more 14 of carbon dioxide per million British thermal units of energy or more 15 shall not mean "prohibited emissions" where such emissions occur in 16 connection with a device that contains no connection to a building's gas 17 supply line or fuel oil piping system, is used on an intermittent basis, 18 and is not used to supply a building with heat or hot water. 19 § 8. Paragraphs c and e of subdivision 19 of section 378 of the execu- 20 tive law, as added by section 3 of part RR of chapter 56 of the laws of 21 2023, are amended and two new paragraphs a-1 and b-1 are added to read 22 as follows: 23 a-1. To support the goal of zero on-site gas emissions and help 24 achieve the state's clean energy and climate agenda, including but not 25 limited to greenhouse gas reduction requirements set forth within chap- 26 ter one hundred six of the laws of two thousand nineteen, also known as 27 the New York state climate leadership and community protection act, the 28 uniform code shall prohibit prohibited emissions, in any existing build- 29 ing not more than seven stories in height, except for existing commer- 30 cial or industrial buildings greater than one hundred thousand square 31 feet in conditioned floor area, on or after December thirty-first, two 32 thousand twenty-nine, and the uniform code shall prohibit prohibited 33 emissions, in all existing buildings on or after December thirty-first, 34 two thousand thirty-four. 35 b-1. The provisions set forth in paragraph a-1 of this subdivision 36 shall not be construed as prohibiting the continued use and maintenance 37 of fossil-fuel equipment and building systems, including as related to 38 cooking equipment, installed prior to the effective date of the applica- 39 ble prohibition. 40 c. In addition, in effectuating the provisions set forth in [para-41graph] paragraphs a and a-1 of this subdivision the code shall include 42 exemptions for the purposes of allowing prohibited emissions and the 43 installation and use of fossil-fuel equipment and building systems where 44 such systems are installed and used: 45 (i) for generation of emergency back-up power and standby power 46 systems; 47 (ii) in a manufactured home as defined in subdivision seven of section 48 six hundred one of [the executive law] this chapter; or 49 (iii) in a building or part of a building that is used as a manufac- 50 turing facility, commercial food establishment, laboratory, car wash, 51 laundromat, hospital, other medical facility, critical infrastructure, 52 including but not limited to emergency management facilities, wastewater 53 treatment facilities, and water treatment and pumping facilities, agri- 54 cultural building, fuel cell system, or crematorium, as such terms are 55 defined by the code council.S. 3476--A 7 1 e. Exemptions included in the uniform code pursuant to this subdivi- 2 sion shall be periodically reviewed by the code council to [assure] 3 ensure that they continue to effectuate the purposes of [paragraph] 4 paragraphs a and a-1 of this subdivision and subparagraph three of para- 5 graph b of subdivision two of section three hundred seventy-one of this 6 article to the fullest extent feasible. 7 § 9. Paragraph g of subdivision 19 of section 378 of the executive law 8 is amended by adding a new subparagraph (iii) to read as follows: 9 (iii) "Prohibited emissions" shall mean the emission of twenty-five 10 kilograms or more of carbon dioxide per million British thermal units of 11 energy, as determined by the United State energy information adminis- 12 tration, provided however, the emission of twenty-five kilograms or more 13 of carbon dioxide per million British thermal units of energy or more 14 shall not mean "prohibited emissions" where such emissions occur in 15 connection with a device that contains no connection to a building's gas 16 supply line or fuel oil piping system, is used on an intermittent basis, 17 and is not used to supply a building with heat or hot water. 18 § 10. Section 224-f of the labor law, as amended by chapter 100 of the 19 laws of 2025, is amended to read as follows: 20 § 224-f. Wage requirements for certain climate risk-related and energy 21 transition projects and bucks for boilers projects. 1. For purposes of 22 this section, a "covered climate risk-related and energy transition 23 project" means a construction project that receives at least one hundred 24 thousand dollars of funds from the New York climate action fund climate 25 investment account established pursuant to section ninety-nine-qq of the 26 state finance law or the climate change adaptation fund established 27 pursuant to section ninety-seven-m of the state finance law and a 28 "covered bucks for boilers project" means a construction project that 29 receives at least one hundred thousand dollars of funds from the bucks 30 for boilers fund established pursuant to section ninety-nine-ss of the 31 state finance law. 32 2. A covered climate risk-related and energy transition project and a 33 covered bucks for boilers project shall be subject to prevailing wage 34 requirements in accordance with sections two hundred twenty, two hundred 35 twenty-a, two hundred twenty-b, two hundred twenty-i, two hundred twen- 36 ty-three, and two hundred twenty-four-b of this article, provided that a 37 covered climate risk-related and energy transition project and a covered 38 bucks for boilers project may still otherwise be considered a covered 39 project pursuant to section two hundred twenty or two hundred twenty- 40 four-a of this article if it meets the definition therein. 41 3. For purposes of this section, a covered climate risk-related and 42 energy transition project and a covered bucks for boilers project shall 43 exclude: 44 a. Privately owned construction work performed under a pre-hire 45 collective bargaining agreement between an owner or developer and a bona 46 fide building and construction trades labor organization which has 47 established itself, and/or its affiliates, as the collective bargaining 48 representative for all persons who will perform work on such a project, 49 and which provides that only contractors and subcontractors who sign a 50 pre-negotiated agreement with the labor organization can perform work on 51 such a project; or 52 b. Construction work on one- or two-family dwellings where the proper- 53 ty is the owner's primary residence, or construction work performed on 54 property where the owner of the property owns no more than four dwelling 55 units; orS. 3476--A 8 1 c. Construction work performed on a multiple residence and/or ancil- 2 lary amenities or installations that is wholly privately owned in any of 3 the following circumstances: 4 (i) where no less than twenty-five percent of the residential units 5 are affordable and shall be retained subject to an anticipated regulato- 6 ry agreement with a local, state, or federal governmental entity, or a 7 not-for-profit entity with an anticipated formal agreement with a local, 8 state, or federal governmental entity for purposes of providing afforda- 9 ble housing in a given locality or region provided that the period of 10 affordability for a residential unit deemed affordable under the 11 provisions of this paragraph shall be for no less than fifteen years 12 from the date of construction; or 13 (ii) where no less than thirty-five percent of the residential units 14 involves the provision of supportive housing services for vulnerable 15 populations provided that such units are subject to an anticipated regu- 16 latory agreement with a local, state, or federal governmental entity. 17 4. As a condition of receiving funds from the New York climate action 18 fund climate investment account established pursuant to section ninety- 19 nine-qq of the state finance law or from the climate change adaptation 20 fund established pursuant to section ninety-seven-m of the state finance 21 law for a covered climate risk-related and energy transition project or 22 the bucks for boilers fund established pursuant to section ninety-nine- 23 ss of the state finance law for a covered bucks for boilers project, the 24 owner or developer of such covered climate risk-related and energy tran- 25 sition project or covered bucks for boilers project, or a third party 26 acting on such owner's or developer's behalf, shall agree to enter into 27 a labor peace agreement with at least one bona fide labor organization 28 either: 29 a. where such bona fide labor organization is actively representing 30 non-construction employees who will be working within the covered 31 climate risk-related and energy transition project or covered bucks for 32 boilers project once built; or 33 b. upon notice by a bona fide labor organization that is attempting to 34 represent such non-construction employees. 35 5. For purposes of this section "labor peace agreement" means an 36 agreement between an owner and/or developer and labor organization that, 37 at a minimum, protects the state's proprietary interests by prohibiting 38 labor organizations and members from engaging in picketing, work stop- 39 pages, boycotts, and any other economic interference. 40 6. The owner or developer using funds from the New York climate action 41 fund climate investment account established pursuant to section ninety- 42 nine-qq of the state finance law or from the climate change adaptation 43 fund established pursuant to section ninety-seven-m of the state finance 44 law for a covered climate risk-related and energy transition project or 45 the bucks for boilers fund established pursuant to section ninety-nine- 46 ss of the state finance law for a covered bucks for boilers project 47 pursuant to this section shall: 48 a. require the use of apprenticeship agreements as defined by article 49 twenty-three of this chapter; or for industries without apprenticeship 50 programs, require the use of workforce training, preferably in conjunc- 51 tion with a bona fide labor organization; and 52 b. consider use of registered pre-apprenticeship direct entry programs 53 for the recruitment of local and/or disadvantaged workers. 54 7. For purposes of this section, the "fiscal officer" shall be deemed 55 to be the commissioner. The enforcement of any covered climate risk-re- 56 lated and energy transition project or covered bucks for boilers projectS. 3476--A 9 1 under this section shall be subject to the requirements of sections two 2 hundred twenty, two hundred twenty-a, two hundred twenty-b, two hundred 3 twenty-i, two hundred twenty-three, two hundred twenty-four-b of this 4 article, and section two hundred twenty-seven of this chapter and within 5 the jurisdiction of the fiscal officer; provided, however, nothing 6 contained in this section shall be deemed to construe any covered 7 climate risk-related and energy transition project or covered bucks for 8 boilers project as otherwise being considered public work pursuant to 9 this article. 10 8. The fiscal officer may issue rules and regulations governing the 11 provisions of this section. Violations of this section shall be grounds 12 for determinations and orders pursuant to section two hundred twenty-b 13 of this article. 14 9. For any building service work on a covered climate risk-related and 15 energy transition project or covered bucks for boilers project, prevail- 16 ing wage shall be paid consistent with article nine of this chapter. 17 10. Any public entity receiving at least five million dollars in funds 18 from the New York climate action fund climate investment account estab- 19 lished pursuant to section ninety-nine-qq of the state finance law or 20 from the climate change adaptation fund established pursuant to section 21 ninety-seven-m of the state finance law or the bucks for boilers fund 22 established pursuant to section ninety-nine-ss of the state finance law 23 for a project which involves the construction, reconstruction, alter- 24 ation, maintenance, moving, demolition, excavation, development or other 25 improvement of any building, structure or land, shall be subject to 26 section two hundred twenty-two of this article. 27 § 11. Subdivision (a) of section 10-b of section 4 of chapter 576 of 28 the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of 29 nineteen seventy-four, is amended by adding a new paragraph 14 to read 30 as follows: 31 14. (i) prohibit temporary major capital improvement increases and 32 individual apartment improvement increases for buildings undertaking 33 energy efficiency, boiler, furnace, stove replacements, electrical 34 panel, electrical wiring or related work pursuant to the bucks for boil- 35 ers program established pursuant to section eighteen hundred eighty-five 36 of the public authorities law; and 37 (ii) require the extension of the lease of tenants for no less than 38 five years following the completion of work under such program. 39 § 12. This act shall take effect immediately.
