Bill Text: NY S08036 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits the installation of certain security devices used to control access to common areas of a residential building without the written permission of the owners, board of managers, board of directors, or authorized party of such property; requires notice to occupants of a residential building prior to the installation of keyless security devices; prohibits increasing rent for the purpose of installing keyless security devices.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-01-26 - SIGNED CHAP.13 [S08036 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S08036-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8036 IN SENATE January 5, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the unauthorized installation of certain security devices on residential buildings The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 390-e of the general business law, as added by a 2 chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the general business law relating 3 to prohibiting the unauthorized installation of certain security devices 4 on residential buildings, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5 358-B and A. 2258-B, is amended to read as follows: 6 § 390-e. Unauthorized installation of certain security devices prohib- 7 ited. No person, firm, partnership, association or corporation shall 8 install any keyless security device used to control and secure access to 9 the common areas of any residential building without the express written 10 consent of the owner, board of managers, board of directors, or author- 11 ized party of such property. Where a keyless security device has been 12 authorized, any installation of such device shall be performed by, or 13 with the consent of, the owner, property manager, board of managers, 14 board of directors, or authorized party in place in such building. The 15 owner, board of managers, board of directors, or authorized party of 16 such property consenting to the installation of a keyless security 17 device shall provide written notice to occupants of the residential 18 building no less than thirty days prior to installation of the keyless 19 security device, which may be made by delivering a notice to each unit, 20 either via physical or electronic means, or by posting the notice in a 21 conspicuous location in each common area accessible to residents for a 22 thirty-day period. Where notice is prescribed by the certificate of 23 incorporation or the by-laws of a cooperative or condominium, the owner, 24 board of managers, board of directors or other authorized party may 25 instead comply with the certificate of incorporation or by-laws. In no 26 event shall the installation of such a system be considered a service 27 nor be considered a reason, for any purpose, to increase rent. In no EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01646-06-4S. 8036 2 1 event shall the installation of such a system obstruct or adversely 2 impact the manner in which residents of the residential building access 3 such building. 4 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 5 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the general business 6 law relating to prohibiting the unauthorized installation of certain 7 security devices on residential buildings, as proposed in legislative 8 bills numbers S. 358-B and A. 2258-B, takes effect.
