Cool homes for all: A guide to NYC’s new AC mandate for rentals

… that request them The law applies to both marketrate and rentstabilized units  All tenants deserve a safe livable … and Black New Yorkers die at higher rates from conditions linked to heat About 500 people die on average each summer … be charged for each AC unit as part of a permanent rent increase Editors note Brick has reached out to HPD for …

By Cassidy Jensen |January 19, 2026 - 10:30AM