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S 7309: Requires the New York City department of housing preservation and development to make contact with the complainant to verify restoration of service before concluding an investigation into a violation of heat and hot water service requirements.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 8, 2026

What S 7309 does, verified January 8, 2026

The bill requires the department to investigate complaints about service restoration before concluding the investigation. The department must make contact with the complainant to verify the restoration of service before resolving the complaint. This change aims to ensure that the complainant's service has been fully restored before the investigation is closed. The bill takes effect immediately.

Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 7309
What is the current status of S 7309?
As of January 8, 2026, S 7309 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, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT".
Did S 7309 pass?
Not yet. S 7309 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
Who wrote S 7309, and where is it now?
S 7309 was authored by Sen. Cordell Cleare. Its committee of record is Senate Housing, Construction, & Community Development.
Recent actions2 total · showing 2
Jan. 07, 2026REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Apr. 09, 2025REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 9, 2025 · 198 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7309 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE April 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- 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 administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring contact be made with the complainant to verify restoration of service before concluding an investigation The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended 2 by adding a new section 27-2033.2 to read as follows: 3 § 27-2033.2 Resolution of complaints. When investigating a complaint 4 regarding a violation of the requirements of this article, the depart- 5 ment shall not consider the matter resolved until the department has 6 made contact with the complainant to verify the applicable service has 7 been restored. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11588-01-5 
Text of S 7309 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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