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Assembly Bill A6859

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits certain surcharges on self-installed dishwashers in housing accommodations subject to rent control

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2023-A6859 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7625
Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add §26-418, amd §26-512, NYC Ad Cd; amd §6, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; amd §4, Emerg Hous Rent Cont L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S3218

2023-A6859 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits surcharges on self-installed dishwashers in housing accommodations subject to rent control when the tenant pays for electric utility service.

2023-A6859 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6859
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city  of  New  York,  the
   emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four and the emer-
   gency  housing rent control law, in relation to prohibiting surcharges
   for the installation or use of dishwashers in  housing  accommodations
   subject to rent regulation
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is  amended
 by adding a new section 26-418 to read as follows:
   §  26-418 SURCHARGES FOR TENANT-INSTALLED DISHWASHERS; PROHIBITED. THE
 IMPOSITION OF ANY SURCHARGE FOR THE INSTALLATION AND USE OF A TENANT-IN-
 STALLED DISHWASHER IS PROHIBITED WHERE  THE  TENANT  PAYS  FOR  ELECTRIC
 UTILITY SERVICE.
   §  2.  Section  6  of  section  4  of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974,
 constituting the emergency tenant protection act  of  nineteen  seventy-
 four, is amended by adding a new subdivision h to read as follows:
   H.  NO  OWNER  OF A HOUSING ACCOMMODATION SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS SECTION SHALL IMPOSE ANY SURCHARGE FOR THE INSTALLATION AND USE  OF
 A TENANT-INSTALLED DISHWASHER WHERE THE TENANT PAYS FOR ELECTRIC UTILITY
 SERVICE.
   § 3. Section 26-512 of the administrative code of the city of New York
 is amended by adding a new subdivision h to read as follows:
   H.    NO OWNER OF A HOUSING ACCOMMODATION SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS LAW SHALL IMPOSE ANY SURCHARGE FOR THE INSTALLATION AND  USE  OF  A
 TENANT-INSTALLED  DISHWASHER  WHERE THE TENANT PAYS FOR ELECTRIC UTILITY
 SERVICE.
   § 4. Subdivision 4 of section 4 of chapter 274 of the  laws  of  1946,
 constituting  the  emergency  housing  rent  control  law, is amended by
 adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10442-01-3

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