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S2458 • 2025

Provides the New York city water board shall not establish a limit of less than six years to challenge any service charges for the use of or services furnished by the water board

Provides the New York city water board shall not establish a limit of less than six years to challenge any service charges for the use of or services furnished by the water board

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Sponsor
Leroy Comrie
Last action
2026-05-04
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Provides the New York city water board shall not establish a limit of less than six years to challenge any service charges for the use of or services furnished by the water board

Provides the New York city water board shall not establish a limit of less than six years to challenge any service charges for the use of or services furnished by the water board Provides the NYC water board shall not establish a limit of less than six years to challenge any fee, rate, rent or other service charges for the use of or services furnished by the water board and/or sewerage systems.

What This Bill Does

  • Provides the New York city water board shall not establish a limit of less than six years to challenge any service charges for the use of or services furnished by the water board Provides the NYC water board shall not establish a limit of less than six years to challenge any fee, rate, rent or other service charges for the use of or services furnished by the water board and/or sewerage systems.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-04 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  2. 2026-05-04 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  3. 2026-05-04 Assembly

    REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

  4. 2026-02-24 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  5. 2026-02-11 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  6. 2026-02-10 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.321

  7. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    DIED IN ASSEMBLY

  8. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    RETURNED TO SENATE

  9. 2026-01-07 Senate

    REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

  10. 2025-03-24 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  11. 2025-03-24 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  12. 2025-03-24 Assembly

    REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

  13. 2025-02-04 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  14. 2025-02-03 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  15. 2025-01-28 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.198

  16. 2025-01-17 Senate

    REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

Official Summary Text

Provides the New York city water board shall not establish a limit of less than six years to challenge any service charges for the use of or services furnished by the water board
Provides the NYC water board shall not establish a limit of less than six years to challenge any fee, rate, rent or other service charges for the use of or services furnished by the water board and/or sewerage systems.

Current Bill Text

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

                                          2458

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    January 17, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
          and Commissions

        AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
          a time limit to challenge the New York City water board  fees,  rates,
          rents and other service charges

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 1045-g of the  public  authorities
     2  law,  as  amended by chapter 467 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read
     3  as follows:
     4    4. To establish, fix, revise,  charge  and  collect  and  enforce  the
     5  payment  of all fees, rates, rents and other service charges for the use
     6  of, or services furnished by the sewerage system, water system, or both,
     7  as the case may be, so as to receive revenues which, together with other
     8  revenues available to the board, if any, shall be at least sufficient at
     9  all times so that such system or systems shall be placed on a  self-sus-
    10  taining  basis  in  accordance with section one thousand forty-five-j of
    11  this title; provided, however that the water board shall not establish a
    12  limit of less than [four] SIX years commencing from the date of the bill
    13  for services to challenge any fee, rate, rent or other  service  charges
    14  for  the  use  of  or  services  furnished  by the water and/or sewerage
    15  systems; any such challenge shall specifically set forth the  basis  for
    16  such claim;
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03948-01-5