What's happening
This bill prohibits landlords from charging fuel adjustment or pass-along rent increases to tenants in rent-controlled apartments in New York City.
Why it matters
Limits rent increases for vulnerable tenants. By banning fuel adjustment and pass-along charges, the bill ensures rent-controlled tenants are shielded from sudden rent spikes linked to fluctuating energy costs, providing them with more predictable and stable housing expenses.
Reduces risk of displacement. Many rent-controlled tenants are elderly or on fixed incomes. Eliminating these surcharges helps prevent situations where rising utility costs could make their homes unaffordable and potentially lead to displacement.
Clarifies and strengthens tenant protections. The bill overrides any conflicting laws or regulations, making it explicit that landlords cannot impose these types of surcharges, closing loopholes and simplifying enforcement for both tenants and housing authorities.
Temporary measure tied to ongoing emergency. The prohibition remains in effect only as long as New York’s rent control emergency is declared, connecting tenant protections to broader housing market conditions and the recognized need for regulation.
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Stop Fuel Charges for Rent Control
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End Fuel Surcharges for Rent Control
In Senate Committee · Housing, Construction And Community Development · Sponsor Liz Krueger
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5168
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 6, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to eliminating fuel pass-along charges for occupants of rent controlled housing accommodations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 26-407.1 to read as follows:
§ 26-407.1 Fuel pass-along to tenants under rent control prohibited. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, regulation, charter or administrative code, tenants of housing accommodations which are subject to rent control under this chapter shall not be subject to a fuel adjustment or pass-along increase in rent and any such increase to such tenant shall be null and void.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of September next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law; provided that the addition of section 26-407.1 to the city rent and rehabilitation law made by section one of this act shall remain in full force and effect only as long as the public emergency requiring the regulation and control of residential rents and evictions continues, as provided in subdivision 3 of section 1 of the local emergency housing rent control act.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08767-01-7
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