Senate Bill S10111

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   10111
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 30, 2026
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 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
   Community Development
 
 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:
   (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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD06911-01-5
 S. 10111                            2
 
 TENANT-INSTALLED  DISHWASHER  WHERE THE TENANT PAYS FOR ELECTRIC UTILITY
 SERVICE.
   §  5.  This  act  shall  take effect immediately; provided that:   (a)
 section 26-418 of the city rent  and  rehabilitation  law  as  added  by
 section  one  of  this act shall remain in full force and effect only as
 long as the public emergency requires  the  regulation  and  control  of
 residential  rents and evictions continues, as provided in subdivision 3
 of section 1 of the local emergency housing rent control act; and
   (b) the amendments to section 26-512 of chapter 4 of title 26  of  the
 administrative  code  of  the city of New York, made by section three of
 this act shall expire on the same date as such law expires and shall not
 affect the expiration of such law as provided under  section  26-520  of
 such law.