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A 1768: Prohibits landlords from requiring a fee for nonessential services in a tenant's base rent, including cable, internet and garage usage, as a condition of leasing a dwelling; excludes buildings with less than three dwelling units.
What A 1768 does, verified May 29, 2026
The bill aims to prohibit landlords from including additional services, such as cable television and internet services, as a condition of leasing a dwelling in a primary written or oral lease agreement. This means that tenants will not be required to pay for these services as part of their base rent. Landlords can still provide these services, but only if the tenant agrees to do so in a separate agreement. Any agreement that requires payment for nonessential services is considered void and against public policy. The provisions of this bill will not apply to buildings with less than three dwelling units. The bill will take effect on the 90th day after it becomes a law, and only apply to lease agreements signed on or after the effective date.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: advanced to third reading cal.446 (2026-05-07)Alert me
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| May. 07, 2026 | advanced to third reading cal.446 |
| May. 05, 2026 | reported |
| Feb. 26, 2026 | reported referred to codes |
| Feb. 20, 2026 | print number 1768a |
| Feb. 20, 2026 | amend (t) and recommit to housing |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 14, 2025 · 337 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1768 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, CLARK, EPSTEIN -- 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 § 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 § 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. LBD04616-01-5
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