Assembly Bill A696

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Permits tenants heat repair expense to be set off against rent

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A696 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1818
Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Multiple Dwelling Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §302-c, Mult Dwell L; amd §305-c, Mult Res L; amd §235, RP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4510
2011-2012: A1461, S3120
2015-2016: A1009, S3609
2017-2018: A4752, S2365
2019-2020: A1310
2021-2022: A3046
2023-2024: A1099

2013-A696 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows tenants the right to offset rent with payments made for the repair or service maintenance of an oil fired or other heating device where reasonable efforts were made to notify the landlord of the heating failure, the agency used is reasonably engaged in the business of making such repairs and an itemized bill for such service is provided.

2013-A696 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   696

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, BROOK-KRASNY, BOYLAND, MILL-
  MAN  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. BRENNAN, CAHILL, CYMBROWITZ,
  FARRELL, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, HOOPER, JACOBS, KELLNER, O'DONNELL,  RIVERA
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing

AN  ACT  to  amend the multiple dwelling law, the multiple residence law
  and the real property law, in relation to tenant's right  to  set  off
  against  rent  for  payments  made due to landlord's failure to supply
  heat in certain cases

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  302-c  of the multiple dwelling law, as added by
chapter 85 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
  S 302-c. Right of tenant to offset payments for heat failure;  certain
cases.  1.  Any  tenant acting alone or together with other tenants of a
multiple dwelling employing an oil fired OR  OTHER  heating  device  for
which  the  owner is responsible and wherein there exists a lack of heat
due to the owner's failure TO REPAIR OR MAINTAIN THE HEATING  DEVICE  OR
to  have  oil  supplied  to  the  premises, may contract and pay for the
delivery of such oil OR SUCH MAINTENANCE OR REPAIRS, AS THE CASE MAY BE,
in accordance with the provisions of this section. Any payment  so  made
shall  be  deductible  from  rent  [providing]  PROVIDED  the  following
provisions have been substantially complied with by the tenant or  some-
one acting on his behalf:
  a.  Reasonable  efforts were made to contact the owner or his agent to
inform the owner of such failure  TO  REPAIR  OR  MAINTAIN  THE  HEATING
DEVICE OR to supply oil.
  b.  Reasonable efforts were made to have the normal REPAIR AND MAINTE-
NANCE SERVICE AGENCY UNDERTAKE THE SAME  OR  TO  HAVE  THE  NORMAL  fuel
supplier to the premises deliver the requested fuel, AS THE CASE MAY BE.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02022-01-3
              

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