for Rent Stabilized Apartment Houses in New York
SURCHARGES City. The Price Index is prepared by the New York
City Rent Guidelines Board, or an independent
Electrical Exclusion Buildings (Tenant Pays For company chosen by the Board. This annual
Electricity) adjustment applies to air conditioners installed
after October 1, 1985. If an owner collected a rent
Prior to the rent laws being updated by Chapter increase for the electricity consumed by an air
619 of the Laws of 2022, a five dollar ($5.00) per conditioner installed in a rent stabilized apartment
air conditioner per month surcharge was lawful. before October 1, 1985, that rent increase remains
Effective November 21, 2022, in rent stabilized and in effect and is not affected by this annual
rent controlled apartments, owners are prohibited adjustment, because that rent increase is already
from the continued collection and from the part of the rent and subject to guidelines increases
prospective imposition of a surcharge on a tenant applicable to rent stabilized leases. For more
for the use of a tenant-installed air conditioning information, please see applicable Annual Update
unit if the tenant pays for the electric utility service. of Section B of Supplement No. 1 to Operational
For rent controlled apartments, the five dollar Bulletin 84-4.
($5.00) per month surcharge previously collected
can no longer be included in the Maximum Collection of Surcharges
Collectible Rent (MCR).
For both rent stabilized and rent controlled
Electrical Inclusion Buildings (Owner Pays For apartments, the electrical inclusion surcharge is
Electricity) payable by the tenant each month of the year.
For rent controlled and rent stabilized apartments, For rent stabilized apartments the monthly
where the rent includes the use of electricity,