Amd §918, County L; ren §§26-3001 - 26-3020 to be §§26-3301 - 26-3320, amd §26-3309, NYC Ad Cd
Relates to the docketing of judgments imposing civil penalties for the violation of certain requirements imposed by the zoning resolution of the city of New York; makes other technical changes.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10088
IN SENATE
April 27, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and
Community Development
AN ACT to amend the county law and the administrative code of the city
of New York, in relation to the docketing of judgments imposing civil
penalties for the violation of certain requirements imposed by the
zoning resolution of the city of New York
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 918 of the county law, as amended
2 by section 12 of part G of chapter 55 of the laws of 2024, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 4. Any other laws to the contrary notwithstanding, the county clerk in
5 each of the counties within the city of New York is authorized and
6 empowered to maintain separate judgment docket volumes containing the
7 printed transcript or transcripts, in strict alphabetical order of judg-
8 ment made, entered and docketed in the civil court of the city of New
9 York against individuals, corporations, and other entities on behalf of
10 the parking violations bureau, the environmental control board, the taxi
11 and limousine commission, the department of consumer and worker
12 protection, the office of administrative trials and hearings when acting
13 in accordance with subdivision c of section 7-551 or subdivision b of
14 section 26-3309 of the administrative code of the city of New York and
15 the commissioner of jurors of the city of New York, provided that the
16 judgments made, entered and docketed in the civil court of the city of
17 New York against individuals, corporations, and other entities on behalf
18 of the department of consumer and worker protection shall be limited to
19 final decisions and orders that either (a) award restitution, or mone-
20 tary damages, to a consumer or worker; or (b) award such restitution, or
21 monetary damages, to a consumer or worker, together with civil penalties
22 or equitable relief. These volumes may be maintained in the form of
23 computer print outs which shall contain the date of judgment, the name
24 and address of the judgment debtor or debtors, the amount of the judg-
25 ment and other information which the county clerk may deem necessary to
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 sufficiently describe the parties to the action or proceeding or nature
2 or the manner of the entry of the judgment. The county clerk may, [in]
3 in such clerk's discretion, in lieu of such volumes, maintain the afore-
4 mentioned data in a micrographic or computer retrievable format. With
5 respect to judgments on behalf of the parking violations bureau such
6 volumes or other format shall be maintained pursuant to this subdivision
7 for only those individuals, corporations, and other entities having
8 vehicles registered in the counties within the city of New York.
9 § 2. Sections 26-3001, 26-3002, 26-3003, 26-3004, 26-3005, 26-3006,
10 26-3007, 26-3008, 26-3009, 26-3010, 26-3011, 26-3012, 26-3013, 26-3014,
11 26-3015, 26-3016, 26-3017, 26-3018, 26-3019 and 26-3020 of the adminis-
12 trative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 45 of
13 the city of New York for the year 2022, are renumbered sections 26-3301,
14 26-3302, 26-3303, 26-3304, 26-3305, 26-3306, 26-3307, 26-3308, 26-3309,
15 26-3310, 26-3311, 26-3312, 26-3313, 26-3314, 26-3315, 26-3316, 26-3317,
16 26-3318, 26-3319 and 26-3320, respectively.
17 § 3. Section 26-3309 of the administrative code of the city of New
18 York, as added by local law number 45 of the city of New York for the
19 year 2022 and such section as renumbered by section two of this act, is
20 amended to read as follows:
21 § 26-3309 Enforcement of civil penalty. a. The owner, architect,
22 builder, contractor, engineer or any other person who maintains any
23 building, or who erects, constructs, alters, extends, occupies, uses,
24 operates, rents or sells any building or affordable housing unit subject
25 to applicable affordable housing provisions, or assists or causes same
26 to be done, in conflict with or in violation of any of such provisions,
27 or who fails to comply with an order of the commissioner or violates any
28 order of the commissioner issued pursuant to this chapter, shall be
29 liable for a civil penalty that may be recovered in a proceeding before
30 an administrative tribunal within the jurisdiction of the office of
31 administrative trials and hearings or before a court of competent juris-
32 diction.
33 b. Any final decision or order of an administrative tribunal or divi-
34 sion of the office of administrative trials and hearings imposing a
35 civil penalty pursuant to subdivision a of this section, whether the
36 adjudication was had by hearing or upon default or otherwise, shall
37 constitute a judgment which may be entered by such office in the civil
38 court of the city of New York or any other place provided for the entry
39 of civil judgments within the state, and may be enforced without court
40 proceedings in the same manner as the enforcement of money judgments
41 entered in civil actions; provided, however, that no such judgment shall
42 be entered which exceeds the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, and
43 that the terms and limitations applicable to entry of final orders
44 imposing penalties pursuant to section one thousand forty-nine-a of the
45 New York city charter shall apply to entry of final orders imposing
46 penalties pursuant to this section; provided further, that subparagraph
47 (a) of paragraph two of subdivision d of such section may be utilized in
48 connection with service of civil summonses notwithstanding any incon-
49 sistent provision of such clause; and provided still further, that such
50 terms and limitations shall not be deemed conditions upon the service or
51 enforcement of civil summonses other than as a condition of entry as
52 judgments pursuant to this subdivision.
53 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to actions
54 and proceedings for the enforcement of section 26-3309 of the adminis-
55 trative code of the city of New York, as amended by section three of
56 this act, commenced on or after such date.
