Permits the court to stay a warrant issued in favor of a successful petitioner in cases where the respondent has defaulted in the payment of rent for a period not to exceed three months from the date of the judgment and to condition the same upon payment of installments from time to time.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2755
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 29, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- 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, in
relation to providing for a stay in certain proceedings to recover
possession of real property
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 754 to read as follows:
3 § 754. Stay of proceeding or action for rent. In a proceeding to
4 recover possession upon the ground that the respondent has defaulted in
5 the payment of rent when judgment is rendered in favor of the petition-
6 er, the court may stay the issuance of the warrant for good cause shown
7 for a period not to exceed three months from the date the judgment is
8 entered. The court may also condition such stay upon the payment of
9 installments from time to time as the court may direct. Any provision of
10 a lease or other agreement whereby a lessee or tenant waives any
11 provision of this section shall be deemed void and against public poli-
12 cy.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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