Relates to designating the county of Kings a cease and desist zone; establishes an affirmative defense to violations of nonsolicitation orders and cease and desist zones.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5881--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 24, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ZINERMAN, SHIMSKY, HYNDMAN -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to designating the
county of Kings a cease and desist zone and establishing an affirma-
tive defense to violations of nonsolicitation orders and cease and
desist zones
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding a new section
2 442-hh to read as follows:
3 § 442-hh. Designating the county of Kings a cease and desist zone.
4 Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the
5 county of Kings shall be included on the cease and desist list compiled
6 by the secretary of state pursuant to section four hundred forty-two-h
7 of this article.
8 § 2. Section 442-h of the real property law is amended by adding a new
9 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
10 5. In any action alleging a violation of this section, it shall be an
11 affirmative defense that the owner of residential real property included
12 in a nonsolicitation order or cease and desist zone publicized that such
13 property was for sale through means including but not limited to adver-
14 tisements or real estate listings.
15 § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
16 have become a law and shall apply to all nonsolicitation orders issued
17 on and after such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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