Assembly Bill A8937

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires certain landlords and property managers to provide notice to tenants on proper protocols for recycling

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2025-A8937 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Add §235-k, RP L

2025-A8937 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires landlords and property managers of public and private multifamily buildings in cities with a population of a million or more to provide notice to tenants on proper protocol for recycling including information on materials that are acceptable; requires the division of housing and community renewal to develop an example notice and make it available on its website for use by landlords and property managers.

2025-A8937 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8937
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 16, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to requiring  certain
   landlords and property managers to provide notice to tenants on proper
   protocols for recycling
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  The real property law is amended by adding a  new  section
 235-k to read as follows:
   §  235-K.  RECYCLING PROTOCOLS; NOTICE. 1. THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND
 COMMUNITY RENEWAL SHALL REQUIRE EACH LANDLORD OR PROPERTY MANAGER  IN  A
 CITY  OF  A MILLION OR MORE OF A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE MULTI-FAMILY BUILDING
 TO ISSUE TO EACH TENANT A NOTICE, ANNUALLY AND UPON  SIGNING  OF  A  NEW
 LEASE  AND/OR RENEWAL LEASE, TO EDUCATE TENANTS ABOUT THE TYPES OF ITEMS
 THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE SEPARATED FROM REGULAR TRASH BY STATE  OR  LOCAL
 LAW, RULE, REGULATION OR ORDINANCE. THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNI-
 TY RENEWAL SHALL REQUIRE EACH LANDLORD OR PROPERTY MANAGER TO DISTRIBUTE
 SUCH  NOTICE  TO  ALL TENANTS VIA MAIL OR ELECTRONIC CORRESPONDENCE IN A
 MANNER THEY SEE FIT, SO THAT THE TENANTS CAN EASILY ACCESS AND VIEW  THE
 NOTICE.
   2. THE NOTICE REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEVELOPED BY THE DIVI-
 SION  OF  HOUSING  AND  COMMUNITY RENEWAL AND SHALL INCLUDE, AT MINIMUM,
 INFORMATION ON  MATERIALS  ACCEPTED  FOR  RECYCLING,  INCLUDING  ORGANIC
 WASTE, PROPER PROCEDURES FOR SEPARATING ITEMS, AND RESOURCES FOR TENANTS
 WITH  QUESTIONS  ON WHAT SPECIFIC MATERIALS CAN BE RECYCLED, INCLUDING A
 LINK TO THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL'S WEBPAGE ON RECY-
 CLING AND ZERO WASTE. IN ADDITION, THE NOTICE SHALL  PROVIDE  SPACE  FOR
 EACH  BUILDING'S  OWNER,  OR  THE  BUILDING OWNER'S DESIGNATED REPRESEN-
 TATIVE, TO ADVISE TENANTS WHERE TO PLACE MATERIALS TO BE RECYCLED WITHIN
 THEIR BUILDING OR ON THE PREMISES.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11348-07-5
 A. 8937                             2

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