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A 8717: Requires records of elevator and vertical transportation maintenance, operation issues and repairs be made available to tenants at their request.
What A 8717 does, verified January 10, 2026
The bill requires multiple dwelling owners to maintain records of elevator and vertical transportation maintenance, operation issues, and repairs. These records must be kept up to date and include information about when elevators or other forms of vertical transportation are inoperable, require emergency service, preventive maintenance, or mechanical repairs. The records must be made available to the municipal department having jurisdiction over elevator or vertical transportation violations, and tenants have the opportunity to review them. The records can be used to prohibit individual apartment improvement increases or temporary major capital improvement increases. The records will become effective on the thirtieth day after the bill becomes a law.
Bill journey
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Last action: referred to housing (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 8717
- What is the current status of A 8717?
- As of January 10, 2026, A 8717 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to housing".
- Did A 8717 pass?
- Not yet. A 8717 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 8717, and where is it now?
- A 8717 was authored by Asm. Micah Lasher. Its committee of record is Assembly Housing.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to housing |
| Jun. 02, 2025 | referred to housing |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, June 2, 2025 · 321 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8717 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 2, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LASHER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to requiring records of elevator and vertical transportation maintenance, operation issues and repairs be made available The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 51 of the multiple dwelling law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows: 3 8. A record of all elevator or vertical transportation maintenance, 4 operation issues and repairs shall be maintained and kept up to date by 5 the owner of such multiple dwelling. Such owners shall record when 6 elevators or other form of vertical transportation: (a) are inoperable 7 or out of service; (b) require emergency service; (c) require preventa- 8 tive maintenance; or (d) require mechanical repairs, including but not 9 limited to door malfunctions, hydraulic system repairs, and maintenance 10 to the electronic control system or maintenance to the elevator carriage 11 or hoistway. Such records shall be made available to the municipal 12 department having jurisdiction over such elevator or vertical transpor- 13 tation violations. Tenants of the multiple dwelling shall have the 14 opportunity to review such records, and copies of such records shall be 15 provided upon request. Copies of such records may be used to prohibit 16 individual apartment improvement increases or temporary major capital 17 improvement increases as described in section eight-a of the emergency 18 housing rent control law. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 20 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11303-05-5
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