A3121 • 2025

Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants with fees for the payment of rent through an automated clearing house or online payment system

Housing

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Sponsor: Linda Rosenthal
Last action: 2026-05-13
Official status: Assembly Floor Calendar
Effective date: Not listed

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Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants with fees for the payment of rent through an automated clearing house or online payment system

Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants with fees for the payment of rent through an automated clearing house or online payment system Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants with fees for the payment of rent through an automated clearing house or online payment system.

What This Bill Does

Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants with fees for the payment of rent through an automated clearing house or online payment system Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants with fees for the payment of rent through an automated clearing house or online payment system.

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Bill History

2026-05-13 Assembly
SUBSTITUTED BY S947
2026-01-07 Assembly
ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.102
2025-05-27 Assembly
REPORTED
2025-05-27 Assembly
RULES REPORT CAL.261
2025-05-27 Assembly
ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.261
2025-05-27 Assembly
SUBSTITUTED BY S947
2025-05-19 Assembly
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
2025-01-23 Assembly
REFERRED TO HOUSING

Official Summary Text

Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants with fees for the payment of rent through an automated clearing house or online payment system
Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants with fees for the payment of rent through an automated clearing house or online payment system.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          3121

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                    January 23, 2025
                                       ___________

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

        AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to prohibiting  resi-
          dential  landlords  from charging tenants with fees for the payment of
          rent through an automated clearing house or online payment system

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

     1    Section 1. Section 235-g of the real property law, as added by chapter
     2  367 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
     3    §  235-g.  Electronic  billing  and/or  payment of rent. 1. A landlord
     4  shall not require a lessee or tenant to use an electronic billing and/or
     5  payment system as the only method for the payment of  rent.  A  landlord
     6  shall  not  assess  any  fee or other charge for a lessee or tenant that
     7  chooses not to use an electronic billing and/or payment system.
     8    2. A LANDLORD SHALL NOT ASSESS ANY FEE OR OTHER CHARGE FOR THE USE  OF
     9  AN AUTOMATED CLEARING HOUSE PAYMENT FOR THE PAYMENT OF RENT.
    10    3.  A  LANDLORD  SHALL  PROVIDE  A  LESSEE  OR TENANT A METHOD FOR THE
    11  PAYMENT OF RENT THAT DOES NOT INCUR A FEE OR OTHER  CHARGE  ASSESSED  BY
    12  THE  LANDLORD.  THIS  METHOD  MAY  INCLUDE BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO CASH OR
    13  PERSONAL CHECK OF THE LESSEE OR TENANT.
    14    4. Any agreement by a lessee or tenant of a dwelling waiving or  modi-
    15  fying  [his  or  her] THEIR rights as set forth in this section shall be
    16  void as contrary to public policy.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02960-01-5