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S9441 • 2025

Requires landlords in the city of New York to provide fire extinguishers in certain dwellings

Requires landlords in the city of New York to provide fire extinguishers in certain dwellings

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Sponsor
Stephen T. Chan
Last action
2026-06-04
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires landlords in the city of New York to provide fire extinguishers in certain dwellings

Requires landlords in the city of New York to provide fire extinguishers in certain dwellings Requires landlords of non-owner occupied, one-six family dwellings in the city of New York to provide fire extinguishers in all rented apartments; authorizes the promulgation of standards related thereto.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires landlords in the city of New York to provide fire extinguishers in certain dwellings Requires landlords of non-owner occupied, one-six family dwellings in the city of New York to provide fire extinguishers in all rented apartments; authorizes the promulgation of standards related thereto.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-04 Senate

    COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

  2. 2026-06-04 Senate

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1745

  3. 2026-06-04 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  4. 2026-06-04 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  5. 2026-06-04 Assembly

    REFERRED TO HOUSING

  6. 2026-03-12 Senate

    REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Official Summary Text

Requires landlords in the city of New York to provide fire extinguishers in certain dwellings
Requires landlords of non-owner occupied, one-six family dwellings in the city of New York to provide fire extinguishers in all rented apartments; authorizes the promulgation of standards related thereto.

Current Bill Text

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

                                          9441

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                     March 12, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  CHAN  --  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 requiring fire
          extinguishers in certain rented dwellings

          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 69 to read as follows:
     3    § 69. FIRE EXTINGUISHERS REQUIRED IN CERTAIN DWELLINGS. IN A CITY WITH
     4  A  POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, STANDARDS FOR INSTALLATION OF FIRE
     5  EXTINGUISHERS REQUIRING THAT EVERY LIVING UNIT NOT OCCUPIED BY THE OWNER
     6  OF SUCH LIVING UNIT, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO,  A  ONE-
     7  SIX FAMILY DWELLING, OR ANY DWELLING ACCOMMODATION LOCATED IN A BUILDING
     8  OWNED  AS  A  CONDOMINIUM  OR  COOPERATIVE  IN THE STATE OR ANY MULTIPLE
     9  DWELLINGS SHALL HAVE INSTALLED AN OPERABLE  FIRE  EXTINGUISHER  OF  SUCH
    10  MANUFACTURE, DESIGN AND INSTALLATION STANDARDS AS ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE
    11  STATE  FIRE  PREVENTION  AND BUILDING CODE COUNCIL. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
    12  SECTION, MULTIPLE DWELLING MEANS A DWELLING WHICH IS  EITHER  RENTED  OR
    13  LEASED  TO  BE  OCCUPIED,  OR  IS OCCUPIED AS THE TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT
    14  RESIDENCE OR HOME OF ONE OR MORE FAMILIES LIVING INDEPENDENTLY  OF  EACH
    15  OTHER,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO THE FOLLOWING: A TENEMENT, FLAT
    16  HOUSE, MAISONETTE APARTMENT, APARTMENT HOUSE, APARTMENT  HOTEL,  TOURIST
    17  HOUSE,  BACHELOR APARTMENT, STUDIO APARTMENT, DUPLEX APARTMENT, KITCHEN-
    18  ETTE APARTMENT, HOTEL, LODGING HOUSE,  ROOMING  HOUSE,  BOARDING  HOUSE,
    19  BOARDING AND NURSERY SCHOOL, FURNISHED ROOM HOUSE, CLUB, SORORITY HOUSE,
    20  FRATERNITY HOUSE, COLLEGE AND SCHOOL DORMITORY, CONVALESCENT, OLD AGE OR
    21  NURSING HOMES OR RESIDENCES.
    22    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    23  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15145-01-6