S6729 • 2025

Relates to the installation of appliances or fixtures by tenants

Housing

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Robert Jackson
Last action: 2026-06-02
Official status: In Assembly Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relates to the installation of appliances or fixtures by tenants

Relates to the installation of appliances or fixtures by tenants Prohibits landlords from restricting the installation of appliances or fixtures by tenants; provides that the landlord is not compelled to change utilities or alter the unit for such installation; prohibits surcharge where tenant pays utilities directly to provider; requires a tenant restore appliances or fixtures to the condition they were prior to being installed or allowing such appliances or fixtures remain in the rental unit at no cost to the landlord; defines "appliances or fixtures".

What This Bill Does

Relates to the installation of appliances or fixtures by tenants Prohibits landlords from restricting the installation of appliances or fixtures by tenants; provides that the landlord is not compelled to change utilities or alter the unit for such installation; prohibits surcharge where tenant pays utilities directly to provider; requires a tenant restore appliances or fixtures to the condition they were prior to being installed or allowing such appliances or fixtures remain in the rental unit at no cost to the landlord; defines "appliances or fixtures".

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Bill History

2026-06-02 Senate
PASSED SENATE
2026-06-02 Senate
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2026-06-02 Assembly
REFERRED TO HOUSING
2026-05-21 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-05-20 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-05-19 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.1182
2026-04-29 Senate
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY
2026-04-29 Senate
PRINT NUMBER 6729A
2026-01-07 Senate
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
2025-03-21 Senate
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

Official Summary Text

Relates to the installation of appliances or fixtures by tenants
Prohibits landlords from restricting the installation of appliances or fixtures by tenants; provides that the landlord is not compelled to change utilities or alter the unit for such installation; prohibits surcharge where tenant pays utilities directly to provider; requires a tenant restore appliances or fixtures to the condition they were prior to being installed or allowing such appliances or fixtures remain in the rental unit at no cost to the landlord; defines "appliances or fixtures".

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          6729

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                     March 21, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  JACKSON,  HELMING,  HINCHEY, MAY, SANDERS -- read
          twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
          Committee on Judiciary

        AN  ACT  to amend the real property law, in relation to the installation
          of appliances or fixtures by tenants

          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  226-aa to read as follows:
     3    § 226-AA. INSTALLATION OF APPLIANCES OR  FIXTURES  BY  TENANT.  1.  NO
     4  LANDLORD  SHALL RESTRICT THE INSTALLATION OF APPLIANCES OR FIXTURES BY A
     5  RESIDENTIAL TENANT, SO LONG AS THE APPLIANCES OR FIXTURES ARE IN COMPLI-
     6  ANCE WITH APPLICABLE BUILDING CODES  OR  OTHER  PROVISIONS  OF  LAW  AND
     7  FURTHER  PROVIDED  THE  RESIDENTIAL  TENANT  HAS  SOUGHT  IN WRITING AND
     8  OBTAINED WRITTEN CONSENT FROM THE LANDLORD FOR  SUCH  INSTALLATION.  THE
     9  LANDLORD  SHALL RESPOND IN WRITING TO A RESIDENTIAL TENANT'S REQUEST FOR
    10  SUCH RESIDENTIAL TENANT TO INSTALL APPLIANCES OR FIXTURES WITHIN  THIRTY
    11  DAYS  OF  SUCH  REQUEST. ANY DENIAL OF A RESIDENTIAL TENANT'S REQUEST TO
    12  INSTALL APPLIANCES OR FIXTURES SHALL INCLUDE  THE  SPECIFIC  REASON  FOR
    13  SUCH  DENIAL  AND  REFERENCE  THE  SPECIFIC APPLICABLE BUILDING CODES OR
    14  OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW WITH WHICH SUCH INSTALLATION IS NOT  IN  COMPLI-
    15  ANCE.
    16    2.  NOTHING  IN  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  REQUIRE A LANDLORD TO ALTER THE
    17  UNIT'S UTILITIES FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ANY APPLIANCES OR  FIXTURES  BY
    18  THE RESIDENTIAL TENANT.
    19    3.  THE  IMPOSITION  OF ANY SURCHARGE FOR THE INSTALLATION OR USE OF A
    20  RESIDENTIAL TENANT-INSTALLED APPLIANCE OR FIXTURE  IS  PROHIBITED  WHERE
    21  THE  RESIDENTIAL TENANT PAYS FOR THE APPLICABLE UTILITY SERVICE DIRECTLY
    22  TO THE PROVIDER.
    23    4. AT THE TERMINATION OF RESIDENTIAL TENANCY, THE  RESIDENTIAL  TENANT
    24  SHALL  BE  RESPONSIBLE FOR EITHER (A) RESTORING THE INSTALLED APPLIANCES

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04693-03-5
        S. 6729                             2

     1  OR FIXTURES OF THE UNIT TO THE CONDITION  WHICH  EXISTED  PRIOR  TO  THE
     2  INSTALLATION OR (B) ENSURING THE RESIDENTIAL TENANT-INSTALLED APPLIANCES
     3  OR FIXTURES REMAIN IN THE UNIT AT NO COST TO THE LANDLORD.
     4    5.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "APPLIANCES OR FIXTURES" SHALL
     5  MEAN ANY REFRIGERATOR, FREEZER, RANGE INCLUDING  ANY  COOKTOP  OR  OVEN,
     6  BUILT-IN MICROWAVE OVEN, SINK, FAUCET, OR SHOWERHEAD.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.