Bill Text: NY A07404 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits landlords from including additional services in a tenant's base rent; provides that additional services include cable television, internet services, garage usage and utilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-20 - advanced to third reading cal.502 [A07404 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A07404-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7404
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 15, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Housing
       AN  ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to prohibiting land-
         lords from including additional services in a tenant's base rent
         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  220-a to read as follows:
    3    S 220-A. BASE RENT AND NONESSENTIAL SERVICES. 1. FOR THE  PURPOSES  OF
    4  THIS  SECTION,  "NONESSENTIAL  SERVICES" SHALL INCLUDE CABLE TELEVISION,
    5  INTERNET SERVICES AND GARAGE USAGE.
    6    2. LANDLORDS SHALL BE PROHIBITED FROM INCLUDING NONESSENTIAL  SERVICES
    7  AS  A CONDITION OF LEASING A DWELLING IN A PRIMARY WRITTEN OR ORAL LEASE
    8  AGREEMENT.
    9    3. NONESSENTIAL SERVICES MAY BE PROVIDED BY LANDLORDS, IF  THE  TENANT
   10  AGREES TO HAVE SUCH NONESSENTIAL SERVICES. ANY SERVICES PROVIDED IN THIS
   11  MANNER  AND  THE  TERMS  OF  USE SHALL BE SET FORTH IN A WRITTEN OR ORAL
   12  AGREEMENT, WHICH SHALL BE A SEPARATE AGREEMENT FROM  THE  PRIMARY  LEASE
   13  AGREEMENT AND SHALL NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY OR APPLICATION OF THE PRIMA-
   14  RY LEASE AGREEMENT.
   15    4.  ANY  AGREEMENT  PROVISION  CONTAINED  IN A LEASE FOR A RESIDENTIAL
   16  DWELLING THAT REQUIRES PAYMENT FOR NONESSENTIAL SERVICES AS SET FORTH IN
   17  THIS SECTION SHALL BE VOID AS CONTRARY TO PUBLIC POLICY.
   18    5. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY  TO  BUILDINGS  THAT
   19  CONTAIN LESS THAN THREE DWELLING UNITS.
   20    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   21  have become a law, provided, however, that this act shall only apply  to
   22  lease agreements signed on or after such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11061-01-3