NY State Senate Bill 2021-S3276

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to housing, construction and community development
Jan 28, 2021	referred to housing, construction and community development

2021-S3276 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:: Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:: Add §402-f, Pub Hous L; add §1879-a, Pub Auth L; amd §6-104, Energy L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S8201
2023-2024: S4682

2021-S3276 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to enacting the "NYCHA HVAC repair act"; provides 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 and for the replacement of lighting on New York city housing authority property with LED bulbs.

2021-S3276 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S3276

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to develop a source of funding for providing
sustainable and energy efficient systems for the heating and cooling of
units owned by the New York City Housing Authority

(NYCHA).

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 titles the bill the "NYS Net Neutrality Protection Act".

Section 2 amends the public housing law adding a new section 402-f.

Section 3 amends the energy law by adding a new section 1879-a.

Section 4 amends Section 6-104 of the energy by adding a new subdivision
6.

Section 5 sets for the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) has had severe issues in
providing reliable heating and cooling for many units that it owns.
With freezing cold winters and dangerously hot summers in New York, many
NYCHA residents must deal with brutal temperature-related conditions
within their units. This legislation takes action to limit NYCHA resi-
dents from having to face heat or cold-related emergencies, by having
the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
provide a revolving loan fund for installation of efficient and sustain-
able heating and cooling systems known as geothermal heat pumps.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019/20 S8201 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOP-
MENT

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately after it shall have become a law.

2021-S3276 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3276
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 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. 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-f
 to read as follows:
   § 402-F. 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.
                                                            LBD07296-01-1

 S. 3276                             2
 
   § 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-F 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-F 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-F OF THE  PUBLIC  HOUSING  LAW  AND  SECTION
 EIGHTEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE-A OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S3276

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee

2021-S3276 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S3276 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S3276 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3276 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Kevin S. Parker

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee

2021-S3276 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S3276 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S3276 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3276 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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