Provides that records of eviction proceeding shall be sealed when the leased property was foreclosed upon; prohibits use and disclosure of any such information relating to a tenant; imposes fine of between $1,000 and $2,000 for violations thereof.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5206--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 7, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. WALKER, D'URSO, BLAKE -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the real property actions and proceedings law, in
relation to sealing the court records of evictions of tenants leasing
real property that is the subject of a foreclosure
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The real property actions and proceedings law is amended by
2 adding a new section 757 to read as follows:
3 § 757. Eviction as the result of foreclosure. In the event that a
4 lessee is removed from real property pursuant to this article, and the
5 leased real property was the subject of a foreclosure proceeding pursu-
6 ant to this chapter or the subject of a tax foreclosure proceeding, the
7 court records relating to any such lessee shall be sealed and be deemed
8 confidential. No disclosure or use of such information relating to any
9 such lessee shall be authorized, and the use of such information shall
10 be prohibited. Any violation of this section by a private person shall
11 result in a civil penalty of not less than one thousand dollars, nor
12 more than two thousand dollars.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05954-03-9
