A1768 • 2025

Prohibits landlords from requiring a fee for nonessential services in a tenant's base rent

Housing

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Linda Rosenthal
Last action: 2026-05-07
Official status: Assembly Floor Calendar
Effective date: Not listed

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Prohibits landlords from requiring a fee for nonessential services in a tenant's base rent

Prohibits landlords from requiring a fee for nonessential services in a tenant's base rent Prohibits landlords from requiring a fee for nonessential services in a tenant's base rent, including cable, internet and garage usage, as a condition of leasing a dwelling; excludes buildings with less than three dwelling units.

What This Bill Does

Prohibits landlords from requiring a fee for nonessential services in a tenant's base rent Prohibits landlords from requiring a fee for nonessential services in a tenant's base rent, including cable, internet and garage usage, as a condition of leasing a dwelling; excludes buildings with less than three dwelling units.

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Bill History

2026-05-07 Assembly
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.446
2026-05-05 Assembly
REPORTED
2026-02-26 Assembly
REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
2026-02-20 Assembly
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING
2026-02-20 Assembly
PRINT NUMBER 1768A
2026-01-07 Assembly
REFERRED TO HOUSING
2025-01-14 Assembly
REFERRED TO HOUSING

Official Summary Text

Prohibits landlords from requiring a fee for nonessential services in a tenant's base rent
Prohibits landlords from requiring a fee for nonessential services in a tenant's base rent, including cable, internet and garage usage, as a condition of leasing a dwelling; excludes buildings with less than three dwelling units.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          1768

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                    January 14, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL,  CLARK,  EPSTEIN -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Housing

        AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to prohibiting  land-
          lords from including additional services in a tenant's base rent

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding  a  new  section
     2  220-a to read as follows:
     3    §  220-A.  BASE RENT AND NONESSENTIAL SERVICES. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
     4  THIS SECTION, "NONESSENTIAL SERVICES" SHALL  INCLUDE  CABLE  TELEVISION,
     5  INTERNET SERVICES AND GARAGE USAGE.
     6    2.  LANDLORDS SHALL BE PROHIBITED FROM INCLUDING NONESSENTIAL SERVICES
     7  AS A CONDITION OF LEASING A DWELLING IN A PRIMARY WRITTEN OR ORAL  LEASE
     8  AGREEMENT.
     9    3.  NONESSENTIAL  SERVICES MAY BE PROVIDED BY LANDLORDS, IF THE TENANT
    10  AGREES TO HAVE SUCH NONESSENTIAL SERVICES. ANY SERVICES PROVIDED IN THIS
    11  MANNER AND THE TERMS OF USE SHALL BE SET FORTH  IN  A  WRITTEN  OR  ORAL
    12  AGREEMENT,  WHICH  SHALL  BE A SEPARATE AGREEMENT FROM THE PRIMARY LEASE
    13  AGREEMENT AND SHALL NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY OR APPLICATION OF THE PRIMA-
    14  RY LEASE AGREEMENT.
    15    4. ANY AGREEMENT PROVISION CONTAINED IN  A  LEASE  FOR  A  RESIDENTIAL
    16  DWELLING THAT REQUIRES PAYMENT FOR NONESSENTIAL SERVICES AS SET FORTH IN
    17  THIS SECTION SHALL BE VOID AS CONTRARY TO PUBLIC POLICY.
    18    5.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO BUILDINGS THAT
    19  CONTAIN LESS THAN THREE DWELLING UNITS.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    21  have  become a law, provided, however, that this act shall only apply to
    22  lease agreements signed on or after such effective date.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04616-01-5