STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3217--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 30, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to requiring exterior cages for air conditioners The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The multiple dwelling law is amended by adding a new 2 section 62-a to read as follows: 3 § 62-a. Air conditioners. Any air conditioner installed in a multiple 4 dwelling shall be protected by an exterior cage. For purposes of this 5 section, air conditioners (1) that are installed inside and wholly with- 6 in a dwelling unit or (2) are already protected by an exterior wall 7 sleeve mounted to the window, shall not require exterior cages pursuant 8 to this section. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 10 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08142-02-3