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N.Y. PBS Law § 228

This is the official text of N.Y. PBS Law § 228, part of New York’s PBS Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "PBS Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.

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Landlord-tenant relationship

Official statutory text

§ 228. Landlord-tenant relationship. 1. No landlord shall (a)\ninterfere with the installation of cable television facilities upon his\nproperty or premises, except that a landlord may require:\n (1) that the installation of cable television facilities conform to\nsuch reasonable conditions as are necessary to protect the safety,\nfunctioning and appearance of the premises, and the convenience and well\nbeing of other tenants;\n (2) that the cable television company or the tenant or a combination\nthereof bear the entire cost of the installation, operation or removal\nof such facilities; and\n (3) that the cable television company agree to indemnify the landlord\nfor any damage caused by the installation, operation or removal of such\nfacilities.\n (b) demand or accept payment from any tenant, in any form, in exchange\nfor permitting cable television service on or within his property or\npremises, or from any cable television company in exchange therefor in\nexcess of any amount which the commission shall, by regulation,\ndetermine to be reasonable; or\n (c) discriminate in rental charges or otherwise, between tenants who\nreceive cable television service and those who do not.\n 2. Rental agreements and leases executed prior to January first,\nnineteen hundred seventy-three may be enforced notwithstanding this\nsection.\n 3. No cable television company may enter into any agreement with the\nowners, lessees or persons controlling or managing buildings served by a\ncable television company, or do or permit any act, that would have the\neffect, directly or indirectly of diminishing or interfering with\nexisting rights of any tenant or other occupant of such building to use\nor avail himself of master or individual antenna equipment.\n

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