S 361: Enacts the "NYCHA utility accountability act"; requires the NYCHA to provide a rent reduction to tenants who experience a disruption in utility service.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 361 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GIANARIS, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, RAMOS, SALAZAR, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SEPULVEDA, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to enacting the "NYCHA utility accountability act" The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "NYCHA utility accountability act". 3 § 2. Section 402-e of the public housing law is amended by adding a 4 new subdivision 6 to read as follows: 5 6. Where there is a disruption in the New York city housing authori- 6 ty's provision of heat, water, gas, or electricity service to any 7 tenant, the New York city housing authority shall, at a minimum, reduce 8 the amount of rent to be paid by such tenant for the following month by 9 the greater of either (a) seventy-five dollars per month, on a prorated 10 daily basis for each day such tenant experienced a disruption of heat, 11 water, gas, or electricity service; or (b) the amount equal to ten 12 percent of such tenant's prorated daily cost of rent for each day such 13 tenant experienced a disruption of heat, water, gas, or electricity 14 service. 15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00820-01-5