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S00137 Summary:

BILL NOS00137
 
SAME ASSAME AS A04379
 
SPONSORCOMRIE
 
COSPNSRHELMING
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §§701, 769, 791 & 796-a, RPAP L; amd §204, NYC Civ Ct Act
 
Requires any court which holds a special proceeding to recover real property to establish an escrow account where the tenant shall submit any owed rent into such account.
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S00137 Actions:

BILL NOS00137
 
01/08/2025REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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S00137 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           137
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens. COMRIE, HELMING -- 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 real property actions and proceedings law and the
          New York city civil court act, in relation to the establishment of  an
          escrow account
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 701 of the real property  actions  and  proceedings
     2  law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
     3    3. Any court which holds a special proceeding to recover real property
     4  shall establish an escrow account. In order to appear in any such court,
     5  a tenant shall submit any owed rent into such escrow account.
     6    §  2.  Section 769 of the real property actions and proceedings law is
     7  amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
     8    3. Each court which holds special proceedings pursuant to  subdivision
     9  one  of  this  section  shall  establish  an escrow account. In order to
    10  appear in such court, a tenant shall submit  any  owed  rent  into  such
    11  escrow account.
    12    §  3.  Section 791 of the real property actions and proceedings law is
    13  amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
    14    3. Each court which holds special proceedings pursuant to  subdivision
    15  one  of  this  section  shall  establish  an escrow account. In order to
    16  appear in court, a tenant shall submit any owed rent  into  such  escrow
    17  account.
    18    § 4. Section 796-a of the real property actions and proceedings law is
    19  amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
    20    5.  Each court which holds special proceedings pursuant to subdivision
    21  one of this section shall establish  an  escrow  account.  In  order  to
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00713-01-5

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     1  appear  in  such  court,  a  tenant shall submit any owed rent into such
     2  escrow account.
     3    §  5.  Section 204 of the New York city civil court act, as amended by
     4  chapter 36 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
     5    § 204. Summary proceedings. 1. The court shall have jurisdiction  over
     6  summary proceedings to recover possession of real property located with-
     7  in  the  city  of  New  York, to remove tenants therefrom, and to render
     8  judgment for rent due without regard to amount, and in such a proceeding
     9  after the court has determined that a warrant of eviction be issued,  it
    10  shall  not be necessary for the court to sign the warrant, but it may be
    11  signed by the clerk of said court. The court shall also  have  jurisdic-
    12  tion  over  special  proceedings by tenants of multiple dwellings in the
    13  city of New York for judgment directing deposit of  rents  and  the  use
    14  thereof  for  the  purpose  of  remedying  conditions dangerous to life,
    15  health or safety, as authorized by article [seven-a] seven-A of the real
    16  property actions and proceedings law.
    17    2. Each court which holds special proceedings pursuant to  subdivision
    18  one  of  this  section  shall establish an escrow account.   In order to
    19  appear in such court, a tenant shall submit  any  owed  rent  into  such
    20  escrow account.
    21    § 6. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    22  it shall have become a law.
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