S1058 • 2025

Requires rent reduction in cases of submetered utility service

Housing

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Sponsor: José M. Serrano
Last action: 2026-06-03
Official status: Passed Senate
Effective date: Not listed

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Requires rent reduction in cases of submetered utility service

Requires rent reduction in cases of submetered utility service Requires rent reduction in cases of submetered utility service; directs the division of housing and community renewal to develop a standard reduction and an appeals process.

What This Bill Does

Requires rent reduction in cases of submetered utility service Requires rent reduction in cases of submetered utility service; directs the division of housing and community renewal to develop a standard reduction and an appeals process.

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Bill History

2026-06-03 Senate
COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
2026-06-03 Senate
ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1606
2026-06-03 Senate
PASSED SENATE
2026-06-03 Senate
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2026-01-07 Senate
REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
2025-01-08 Senate
REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Official Summary Text

Requires rent reduction in cases of submetered utility service
Requires rent reduction in cases of submetered utility service; directs the division of housing and community renewal to develop a standard reduction and an appeals process.

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

                                          1058

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                       (PREFILED)

                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. SERRANO, KRUEGER -- 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 multiple dwelling law, in relation to rent reduction
          in cases of submetered utility service

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

     1    Section 1. The multiple dwelling  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 302-d to read as follows:
     3    §  302-D.  PROVISIONS RELATING TO MULTIPLE DWELLINGS WITH SUBMETERING.
     4  1. ANY TENANT RESIDING IN A BUILDING WHICH IS SUBJECT TO SUBMETERING  OF
     5  UTILITIES SHALL RECEIVE A REDUCTION IN RENT WHICH IS EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT
     6  OF  THE  UTILITY  COSTS FOR WHICH SUCH TENANT IS RESPONSIBLE, WHERE SUCH
     7  COSTS WERE PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED IN SUCH TENANT'S RENT.
     8    2. THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL SHALL, WITHIN  NINETY
     9  DAYS  OF  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF THIS SECTION, REVIEW THE STANDARD AND
    10  ACTUAL RENT REDUCTIONS  FOR  SUBMETERED  PROPERTIES  AND  SHALL  REQUIRE
    11  INCREASES  WHERE  THE  DIVISION DETERMINES NECESSARY. THE DIVISION SHALL
    12  DEVELOP A PROCESS FOR TENANTS TO APPEAL THEIR RENT REDUCTION IF IT  DOES
    13  NOT  ACCURATELY  REFLECT  THE AMOUNT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR SUBME-
    14  TERED UTILITIES.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01656-01-5