Bill Text: NY S06539 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6539

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits landlords from restricting the installation of appliances or fixtures by tenants; provides that the landlord is not compelled to change utilities for such installation; prohibits surcharge where tenant pays utilities directly to provider.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S06539 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S06539-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6539

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 26, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

        AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to  the  installation
          of appliances or fixtures by tenants

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

     1    Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding  a  new  section
     2  226-aa to read as follows:
     3    §  226-aa.  Installation  of  appliances  or fixtures by tenant. 1. No
     4  landlord shall restrict the installation of appliances or fixtures by  a
     5  residential tenant, so long as the appliances or fixtures are in compli-
     6  ance  with  applicable  building  codes  or  other provisions of law and
     7  further provided the  residential  tenant  has  sought  in  writing  and
     8  obtained  written  consent  from the landlord for such installation. The
     9  landlord shall respond in writing to a residential tenant's request  for
    10  such  residential tenant to install appliances or fixtures within thirty
    11  days of such request. Any denial of a residential  tenant's  request  to
    12  install  appliances  or  fixtures  shall include the specific reason for
    13  such denial and reference the  specific  applicable  building  codes  or
    14  other  provisions  of law with which such installation is not in compli-
    15  ance.
    16    2. Nothing in this section shall  require  a  landlord  to  alter  the
    17  unit's  utilities  for the installation of any appliances or fixtures by
    18  the residential tenant.
    19    3. The imposition of any surcharge for the installation or  use  of  a
    20  residential  tenant-installed  appliance  or fixture is prohibited where
    21  the residential tenant pays for the applicable utility service  directly
    22  to the provider.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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