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                                   8844
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 9, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Housing
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public housing law, in relation to establishing
   equitable repair and maintenance standards for certain buildings
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The public housing law is amended by adding a new section
 19-b to read as follows:
   § 19-B. EQUITABLE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN  BUILD-
 INGS.    1.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR
 EQUITABLE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE STANDARDS FOR MIXED INCOME  RESIDENTIAL
 BUILDINGS  WITH  TWENTY  OR  MORE  UNITS WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
 LIMITED TO:
   (A) A REQUIREMENT THAT LANDLORDS MAINTAIN A LOG OF REPAIR AND  MAINTE-
 NANCE  REQUESTS  CATEGORIZED  BY WHETHER THE UNIT IS MARKET-RATE, SUBSI-
 DIZED OR RENT-STABILIZED. SUCH LOG SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW BY
 THE DIVISION UPON REQUEST AND SHALL DETAIL THE NATURE OF THE MAINTENANCE
 REQUEST, THE RESPONSE AND COMPLETION TIMES, AND  THE  REPAIR  SPECIFICS,
 WHILE ANONYMIZING TENANT INFORMATION.
   (B)  A REQUIREMENT THAT LANDLORDS OFFER UNIFORM SERVICE QUALITY ACROSS
 ALL UNITS, INCLUDING EQUAL RESPONSE  TIMES  AND  COMPARABLE  QUALITY  IN
 MATERIALS  AND  APPLIANCES  USED  FOR  REPAIRS.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL
 PROMULGATE COMPREHENSIVE STANDARDS  FOR  WHAT  CONSTITUTES  STANDARDIZED
 RESPONSE  TIMES  AND EQUITABLE REPAIRS FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH REQUIRE-
 MENTS.
   (C) A PROHIBITION ON UTILIZING REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE  SERVICES  AS  A
 FORM  OF  TENANT  HARASSMENT,  AND  A GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE FOR TENANTS TO
 REPORT SERVICE-RELATED ISSUES DIRECTLY TO THE DIVISION.
   (D) PENALTIES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGAT-
 ED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FINES.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   2. THE DIVISION SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO CONDUCT  AUDITS  AND  INVESTI-
 GATIONS  TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   3.  THE  DIVISION  SHALL  ANNUALLY ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST,
 PUBLISH A REPORT ON ITS PUBLIC WEBSITE WHICH PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE
 STATE OF REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES PROVIDED IN MIXED INCOME  RESI-
 DENTIAL BUILDINGS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
 sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.