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Assembly Bill A784

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the installation of cooling and dehumidification equipment in at least one indoor common gathering space in certain residential buildings

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2025-A784 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6156
Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Multiple Dwelling Law
Laws Affected:
Add §85, Mult Dwell L; add §175, Mult Res L

2025-A784 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "AC in residencies (AIR) act"; requires the installation of permanent cooling and dehumidification equipment in at least one indoor common gathering space in certain multiple dwellings and multiple residences.

2025-A784 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    784
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. DE LOS SANTOS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling law  and  the  multiple  residence
   law,  in  relation  to enacting the "AC in Residencies ('AIR') Act" to
   require the installation  of  air  conditioning  equipment  in  indoor
   common gathering areas in certain residential buildings
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Short title. This act shall be known and may be  cited  as
 the "AC in Residencies (AIR) Act".
   §  2.  The multiple dwelling law is amended by adding a new section 85
 to read as follows:
   § 85. MANDATORY COOLING CENTERS. 1. EVERY MULTIPLE  DWELLING  THAT  IS
 OVER  EIGHTY  FEET IN HEIGHT; HAS MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED RESIDENTS; OR IS
 OPERATED FOR OCCUPANCY BY PERSONS  FIFTY-FIVE  YEARS  OF  AGE  OR  OLDER
 PURSUANT  TO  SEC. 807(B)(2)(C) (42 U.S.C. 3607(B)(2)(C)) OF THE FEDERAL
 FAIR HOUSING ACT OF 1988, AS AMENDED, SHALL BE PROVIDED  WITH  PERMANENT
 COOLING  AND  DEHUMIDIFICATION  EQUIPMENT  IN AT LEAST ONE INDOOR COMMON
 GATHERING SPACE IN SUCH MULTIPLE DWELLING.
   2. SUCH AREAS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS  OF  SUCH  MULTIPLE
 DWELLINGS  AS  COOLING  CENTERS  DURING SUCH TIMES WHEN THE OUTDOOR HEAT
 INDEX EXCEEDS EIGHTY DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
   3. TEMPORARY OR PORTABLE COOLING AND DEHUMIDIFICATION EQUIPMENT MAY BE
 USED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION PRIOR TO,  BUT  NOT  LATER
 THAN, TWO YEARS FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   § 3. The multiple residence law is amended by adding a new section 175
 to read as follows:
   §  175. MANDATORY COOLING CENTERS. 1. EVERY MULTIPLE RESIDENCE THAT IS
 OVER EIGHTY FEET IN HEIGHT; HAS MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED RESIDENTS;  OR  IS
 OPERATED  FOR  OCCUPANCY  BY  PERSONS  FIFTY-FIVE  YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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