Senate Bill S6729A

                             
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                                  6729--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 21, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sens.  JACKSON,  HELMING,  HINCHEY, MAY, SANDERS -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee on Judiciary -- recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary in
   accordance  with  Senate  Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the real property law, in relation to the installation
   of appliances or fixtures by tenants
 
   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
 226-aa to read as follows:
   § 226-AA. INSTALLATION OF APPLIANCES OR  FIXTURES  BY  TENANT.  1.  NO
 LANDLORD  SHALL RESTRICT THE INSTALLATION OF APPLIANCES OR FIXTURES BY A
 RESIDENTIAL TENANT, SO LONG AS THE APPLIANCES OR FIXTURES ARE IN COMPLI-
 ANCE WITH APPLICABLE BUILDING CODES  OR  OTHER  PROVISIONS  OF  LAW  AND
 FURTHER  PROVIDED  THE  RESIDENTIAL  TENANT  HAS  SOUGHT  IN WRITING AND
 OBTAINED WRITTEN CONSENT FROM THE LANDLORD FOR  SUCH  INSTALLATION.  THE
 LANDLORD  SHALL RESPOND IN WRITING TO A RESIDENTIAL TENANT'S REQUEST FOR
 SUCH RESIDENTIAL TENANT TO INSTALL APPLIANCES OR FIXTURES WITHIN  THIRTY
 DAYS  OF  SUCH  REQUEST. ANY DENIAL OF A RESIDENTIAL TENANT'S REQUEST TO
 INSTALL APPLIANCES OR FIXTURES SHALL INCLUDE  THE  SPECIFIC  REASON  FOR
 SUCH DENIAL.
   2.  NOTHING  IN  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  REQUIRE A LANDLORD TO ALTER THE
 UNIT'S UTILITIES OR FUNDAMENTALLY ALTER THE NATURE OF THE UNIT  FOR  THE
 INSTALLATION  OF  ANY  APPLIANCES OR FIXTURES BY THE RESIDENTIAL TENANT.
 NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL REQUIRE THE LANDLORD TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
 THE INSTALLATION OF ANY APPLIANCES  OR  FIXTURES  THAT  THE  RESIDENTIAL
 TENANT  HAS  SOUGHT  AND  OBTAINED  WRITTEN CONSENT FROM THE LANDLORD TO
 INSTALL.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   3. THE IMPOSITION OF ANY SURCHARGE FOR THE INSTALLATION OR  USE  OF  A
 RESIDENTIAL  TENANT-INSTALLED  APPLIANCE  OR FIXTURE IS PROHIBITED WHERE
 THE RESIDENTIAL TENANT PAYS FOR THE APPLICABLE UTILITY SERVICE  DIRECTLY
 TO THE PROVIDER.
   4.(A)  AT  THE  TERMINATION  OF  RESIDENTIAL  TENANCY, THE RESIDENTIAL
 TENANT SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE  FOR  EITHER  (I)  RESTORING  THE  INSTALLED
 APPLIANCES  OR FIXTURES OF THE UNIT TO THE CONDITION WHICH EXISTED PRIOR
 TO THE INSTALLATION OR (II) ENSURING  THE  RESIDENTIAL  TENANT-INSTALLED
 APPLIANCES OR FIXTURES REMAIN IN THE UNIT AT NO COST TO THE LANDLORD.
   (B)  SUCH  RESIDENTIAL  TENANT SHALL NOTIFY THE LANDLORD IN WRITING OF
 THE RESIDENTIAL TENANT'S PLAN FOR THE STORAGE OF THE ORIGINAL  APPLIANCE
 OR FIXTURE FOR THE DURATION OF THEIR TENANCY. A LANDLORD MAY INSTEAD OPT
 TO  STORE THE REMOVED APPLIANCE OR FIXTURE THEMSELVES, AT NO COST TO THE
 RESIDENTIAL TENANT.
   5. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "APPLIANCES  OR  FIXTURES"  SHALL
 MEAN  ANY  REFRIGERATOR,  FREEZER,  RANGE INCLUDING ANY COOKTOP OR OVEN,
 BUILT-IN MICROWAVE OVEN, SINK, FAUCET, OR SHOWERHEAD.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.