Senate Bill S3276

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to enacting the "NYCHA HVAC repair act"

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee


  • 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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2021-S3276 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Add §402-f, Pub Hous L; add §1879-a, Pub Auth L; amd §6-104, Energy L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8201
2023-2024: S4682

2021-S3276 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to enacting the "NYCHA HVAC repair act"; provides for the heating and cooling of properties including dwelling units owned by the New York city housing authority through the installation of geothermal or air source heat pumps and for the replacement of lighting on New York city housing authority property with LED bulbs.

2021-S3276 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3276 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3276
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 public housing law, the public authorities law and
   the energy law, in relation to providing for the heating  and  cooling
   of  properties  including  dwelling  units  owned by the New York city
   housing authority through the installation of geothermal or air source
   heat pumps
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "NYCHA HVAC
 repair act".
   §  2.  The public housing law is amended by adding a new section 402-f
 to read as follows:
   § 402-F. NYCHA HVAC REPAIR. 1. THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY  IS
 AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO PERMIT THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND
 DEVELOPMENT  AUTHORITY TO RETROFIT NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY RESI-
 DENTIAL PROPERTIES FOR THE INSTALLATION OF GEOTHERMAL OR AIR SOURCE HEAT
 PUMPS IN DWELLING UNITS OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE NEW YORK  CITY  HOUSING
 AUTHORITY,  COMPLETELY  REPLACING  ALL OIL OR NATURAL GAS FIRED HEATING,
 HOT WATER AND OTHER COMBUSTION UNITS.
   2. THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY IS AUTHORIZED AND  DIRECTED  TO
 PERMIT  THE  NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO
 REPLACE ALL COMPACT FLUORESCENT, FLUORESCENT, INCANDESCENT, OR ARC VAPOR
 LAMPS IN PROPERTIES OWNED OR OPERATED  BY  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY  HOUSING
 AUTHORITY  WITH  LIGHT-EMITTING  DIODE  (LED)  BULBS IF LIGHTING HAS NOT
 ALREADY BEEN REPLACED, WITH THE GOAL OF REPLACING ALL  LIGHTING  IN  NEW
 YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY PROPERTIES WITH HIGH EFFICIENCY BULBS.
   §  3.  The  public  authorities law is amended by adding a new section
 1879-a to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07296-01-1
              

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