§ 103 — Commercial landlord-tenant relationship

New York § 103

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law PBS: Public Service
• Art. 5: Provisions Relating to Telegraph and Telephone Lines and to Telephone and Telegraph Corporations

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§ 103. Commercial landlord-tenant relationship. 1. No landlord of a\ncommercial property shall (a) interfere with the installation of\ntelephone corporation facilities upon such property or premises, except\nthat a landlord of a commercial property may require:\n (1) that the installation of telephone corporation facilities conform\nto such reasonable conditions as are necessary to protect the safety,\nfunctioning and appearance of the premises, and the convenience and\nwell-being of other tenants;\n (2) that the telephone corporation bear the entire cost of the\ninstallation, operation or removal of such facilities; and\n (3) that the telephone corporation agree to indemnify the landlord of\nthe commercial property for any damage caused by the installation,\noperation or removal of such facilities;\n (b) demand or accept payment from any commercial tenant, in any form,\nin exchange for permitting telephone corporation services on or within\nsuch commercial property or premises, or from any telephone corporation\nin exchange therefor in excess of any amount which the commission shall,\nby regulation, determine to be reasonable; or\n (c) discriminate in rental charges or otherwise, between commercial\ntenants who receive telephone corporation services and those who do not.\n 2. No telephone corporation may enter into any agreement with the\nowners, lessees or persons controlling or managing commercial buildings\nserved by a telephone corporation, or do or permit any act, that would\nhave the effect, directly or indirectly of diminishing or interfering\nwith existing rights of any tenant or other occupant of such building to\nuse or avail himself or herself of telecommunications services.\n