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Assembly Bill A8717

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires records of elevator and vertical transportation maintenance, operation issues and repairs be made available

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2025-A8717 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Multiple Dwelling Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §51, Mult Dwell L

2025-A8717 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires records of elevator and vertical transportation maintenance, operation issues and repairs be made available to tenants at their request.

2025-A8717 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8717
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 2, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LASHER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Housing
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  multiple dwelling law, in relation to requiring
   records of elevator and vertical transportation maintenance, operation
   issues and repairs be made available
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  51  of  the  multiple dwelling law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8. A RECORD OF ALL ELEVATOR OR  VERTICAL  TRANSPORTATION  MAINTENANCE,
 OPERATION  ISSUES AND REPAIRS SHALL BE MAINTAINED AND KEPT UP TO DATE BY
 THE OWNER OF SUCH MULTIPLE  DWELLING.  SUCH  OWNERS  SHALL  RECORD  WHEN
 ELEVATORS  OR OTHER FORM OF VERTICAL TRANSPORTATION:  (A) ARE INOPERABLE
 OR OUT OF SERVICE; (B) REQUIRE EMERGENCY SERVICE; (C) REQUIRE  PREVENTA-
 TIVE  MAINTENANCE;  OR (D) REQUIRE MECHANICAL REPAIRS, INCLUDING BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO DOOR MALFUNCTIONS, HYDRAULIC SYSTEM REPAIRS, AND  MAINTENANCE
 TO THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEM OR MAINTENANCE TO THE ELEVATOR CARRIAGE
 OR  HOISTWAY.    SUCH  RECORDS  SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE MUNICIPAL
 DEPARTMENT HAVING JURISDICTION OVER SUCH ELEVATOR OR VERTICAL  TRANSPOR-
 TATION  VIOLATIONS.  TENANTS  OF  THE  MULTIPLE  DWELLING SHALL HAVE THE
 OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW SUCH RECORDS, AND COPIES OF SUCH RECORDS SHALL  BE
 PROVIDED  UPON  REQUEST.  COPIES OF SUCH RECORDS MAY BE USED TO PROHIBIT
 INDIVIDUAL APARTMENT IMPROVEMENT INCREASES OR  TEMPORARY  MAJOR  CAPITAL
 IMPROVEMENT  INCREASES  AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION EIGHT-A OF THE EMERGENCY
 HOUSING RENT CONTROL LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11303-05-5

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