Senate Bill S2184

                             
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                                   2184
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 public housing law, the public authorities law and
   the energy law, in relation to providing for the heating  and  cooling
   of  properties  including  dwelling  units  owned by the New York city
   housing authority through the installation of geothermal or air source
   heat pumps
 
   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 "NYCHA HVAC repair act".
   § 2. The public housing law is amended by adding a new  section  402-h
 to read as follows:
   §  402-H. NYCHA HVAC REPAIR. 1. THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY IS
 AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO PERMIT THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND
 DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO RETROFIT NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY  RESI-
 DENTIAL PROPERTIES FOR THE INSTALLATION OF GEOTHERMAL OR AIR SOURCE HEAT
 PUMPS  IN  DWELLING UNITS OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING
 AUTHORITY, COMPLETELY REPLACING ALL OIL OR NATURAL  GAS  FIRED  HEATING,
 HOT WATER AND OTHER COMBUSTION UNITS.
   2.  THE  NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO
 PERMIT THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT  AUTHORITY  TO
 REPLACE ALL COMPACT FLUORESCENT, FLUORESCENT, INCANDESCENT, OR ARC VAPOR
 LAMPS  IN  PROPERTIES  OWNED  OR  OPERATED  BY THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING
 AUTHORITY WITH LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (LED)  BULBS  IF  LIGHTING  HAS  NOT
 ALREADY  BEEN  REPLACED,  WITH THE GOAL OF REPLACING ALL LIGHTING IN NEW
 YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY PROPERTIES WITH HIGH EFFICIENCY BULBS.
   § 3. The public authorities law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
 1879-a to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   §  1879-A.  REVOLVING  LOAN FOR NYCHA HVAC REPAIR. 1. THE AUTHORITY IS
 HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO ESTABLISH A REVOLVING LOAN ACCOUNT  IN
 ORDER TO RETROFIT NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES
 FOR  THE INSTALLATION OF GEOTHERMAL OR AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS IN DWELLING
 UNITS  OWNED OR OPERATED BY NYCHA PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION
 FOUR HUNDRED TWO-H OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW. SUCH LOAN SHALL BE  FUNDED
 FROM  MONEYS MADE AVAILABLE PURSUANT TO APPROPRIATIONS BY THE AUTHORITY,
 FUNDS OF THE REGIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INITIATIVE (RGGI), AND OTHER  FUNDS
 AVAILABLE TO THE AUTHORITY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE CLEAN ENERGY
 FUND.
   2.  THE  AUTHORITY  IS  AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO REPLACE ALL COMPACT
 FLUORESCENT, FLUORESCENT, INCANDESCENT, OR ARC VAPOR LAMPS IN PROPERTIES
 OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY WITH  LIGHT-EM-
 ITTING  DIODE  (LED)  BULBS  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION FOUR
 HUNDRED TWO-H OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW.
   § 4. Section 6-104 of the energy law is amended by adding a new subdi-
 vision 6 to read as follows:
   6. THE STATE ENERGY PLAN  SHALL  INCLUDE  PROVISIONS  FOR  ALLOWING  A
 SURCHARGE  OF  UP  TO TWO PERCENT ON ENERGY BILLS, FOR THE NEW YORK CITY
 HOUSING AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FUNDS OR REPAY LOANS TO THE NEW YORK  STATE
 ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE REPAIR OF ALL NEW YORK
 CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS
 WITH  GEOTHERMAL  HEATING  AND COOLING, AND REPLACEMENT OF NEW YORK CITY
 HOUSING AUTHORITY LIGHTING WITH LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE BULBS, AS DESCRIBED
 IN SECTION FOUR HUNDRED TWO-H OF THE  PUBLIC  HOUSING  LAW  AND  SECTION
 EIGHTEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE-A OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.