Posted on 12/21/2025 5:52:16 AM PST by AbolishCSEU
Summers in the city could get a little cooler for apartment dwellers with the recent passing of a New York City Council bill.
Intro 994, also known as the Cool Homes For All legislation, passed the City Council on Thursday, paving the way for tenants to get free cooling systems from landlords at their request.
“All tenants deserve a safe, livable home, and as our summers get hotter, that means guaranteeing access to air conditioning,” said Council Member Lincoln Restler, who sponsored the bill.
The legislation will require building landlords to provide cooling systems capable of maintaining 78 degrees in their tenants’ bedrooms, at their request, by June 1, 2030. Additionally, landlords would have to maintain a temperature of 78 degrees between June 15 and Sept. 15.
The Cool Homes For All legislation mirrors the 1918-era law that requires landlords to provide heat in the winter. Lawmakers say the present-day move is necessary as the number of extreme heat days in New York City has doubled since the 1970s.
“Heat is a growing public health problem in NYC, with over 500 New Yorkers dying from heat-related illnesses annually, and this bill is an important part of the tapestry of solutions needed to provide heat safety and resilience in our city,” said Victoria Sanders, the Climate and Health Programs Manager at the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance.
According to the NYC Department of Health, Black New Yorkers were more likely to die from heat stress, with death rates two times higher than those of white New Yorkers. Heat related death were also most likely to occur at home due to lack of access to air conditioning, researchers found.
“It’s imperative that we act now to keep New Yorkers safe from the most dangerous effects of climate change,” said Restler. “This cooling for all legislation will save lives and create a model to be replicated around the country and beyond.”
The approved bill will now make its way to the desk of the New York City Mayor for final approval.
Dont forget their taxes….
I’m surprised they weren’t throwing in the electricity needed to run the A/C as well (for “free”).
They are not going to have the electricity to cool these apartments, but the landlords will be forced to spend money for it.
LOL 78 degrees is not cold.
Worse, A/C units dropped from a twelfth story window during installation will lead to an increase in accidental deaths.
Wait, I thought AC was bad. Isn’t it supposed to cause more global warming?
78 degrees is a bit high. Don’t renters deserve a 72 degree environment?
Article:
“the most dangerous effects of climate change”
In other news the mayor has promised a major increase in animal control officers to fight the dangerous increases in Unicorns roaming the city in recent years.
He explained: “It is time we ignored the right wing extremist Unicorn deniers and protected our people.”
Lol.
8 minute abs.......no wait.....a better idea to kill 8 minute abs........
FIVE MINUTE ABS!
What he gives he can take away
Islamophobic ?
No more AC for you.
Not sharia compliant ?
No mo AC for you
Don’t embrace and promote communism ?
No more AC for you.
The more they give the more they can threaten , and will, to take away if you don’t ....submit (Islam literally means submit remember)...to their ideologies.
Islam and communism are birds of a feather.
It’s like you’re dreamin’ about gorgonzola cheese, when it’s clearly brie time, baby....Step into my office!
“I’m surprised they weren’t throwing in the electricity needed to run the A/C as well (for “free”).”
that’s next ...
I was just watching Curb Your Enthusiasm and the black family that was living him told Larry black folks like the inside temp between 78-82…lol
78˚ is comfy in a desert...perhaps not out east, near water, with humidity.
FWIW
just another kommie “Landlords Get the F out of NYC NOW law!” ...
soon only NYC will own dwellings and taxes will go totally through the roof to support all of that, the makers leave the city to the takers, government-owned dwellings turn to slums, and the whole system collapses ... thank you very much kommies ... Fini ...
“And when the tenant’s rent and electric bill goes up, not so free.”
I think they’re proposing rent control. An in-house package unit runs from seven to fifteen thousand dollars in my houses. I’d imagine they’re talking widow units, so cheaper, but still a long, long ROI in rent controlled units. If my units were paid for, I’d be tempted to just take them off the market or sell them as condos.
>>>Heat related death were also most likely to occur at home due to lack of access to air conditioning, researchers found.<<<
There’s some cutting-edge research.
Next step will either be Marilyn Monroe upstairs, or a pony.
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