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                                   1368
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2017
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 Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED, ROSENTHAL, PICHARDO, CRESPO,
   COOK, KAVANAGH, SEPULVEDA, BENEDETTO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   ARROYO, DenDEKKER, MAYER -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Housing
 
 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 air conditioner units in housing accom-
   modations 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 26-416 to read as follows:
   §  26-416  SURCHARGES  FOR  TENANT-INSTALLED  AIR  CONDITIONER  UNITS;
 PROHIBITED. THE IMPOSITION OF ANY SURCHARGE FOR THE INSTALLATION AND USE
 OF A TENANT-INSTALLED AIR  CONDITIONER  UNIT  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 AIR CONDITIONER UNIT WHERE THE TENANT PAYS FOR ELEC-
 TRIC UTILITY SERVICE.
   § 3. Section 26-512 of the administrative code of the city of New York
 is amended by adding a new subdivision g to read as follows:
   G.  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 AIR CONDITIONER UNIT WHERE THE TENANT PAYS FOR ELECTRIC
 UTILITY SERVICE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   § 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 (f) to read as follows:
   (F)  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 AIR CONDITIONER UNIT WHERE THE TENANT PAYS FOR ELECTRIC
 UTILITY SERVICE.
   §  5.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately; provided that: (a)
 section 26-416 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 requiring 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;
   (b) the amendments to section 4 of chapter 576 of  the  laws  of  1974
 constituting  the  emergency  tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-
 four made by section two of this act shall expire on the  same  date  as
 such  act  expires  and  shall  not affect the expiration of such act as
 provided in section 17 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974; and
   (c) 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; and
   (d)  the amendments to section 4 of the emergency housing rent control
 law made by section four of this act shall expire on the  same  date  as
 such  law  expires  and  shall  not affect the expiration of such law as
 provided in subdivision 2 of section 1 of chapter 274  of  the  laws  of
 1946.