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S04391 Summary:

BILL NO	S04391
SAME AS	SAME AS A05944
SPONSOR	MAY
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §5519, CPLR
Allows tenants to appeal judgments or orders issued against them without first being required to pay any portion of such judgment or order; postpones such payment until the end of the stay triggered by service upon the landlord of the notice of appeal or affidavit of intention to move for permission to appeal such judgment or order or pay an undertaking.

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S04391 Actions:

BILL NO	S04391
02/08/2023	REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
01/03/2024	REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

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S04391 Committee Votes:

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S04391 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4391
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 8, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
        AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to  allow-
          ing  tenants to appeal judgments or orders issued against them without
          first being required to pay any portion of such judgment or order

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 5519 of the civil practice law and rules is amended
     2  by adding a new subdivision (h) to read as follows:
     3    (h)  Appeals  of  judgments  or orders by tenants. Notwithstanding any
     4  provision of law to the contrary, if a tenant serves upon a  landlord  a
     5  notice  of appeal or an affidavit of intention to move for permission to
     6  appeal a judgment or order or pay an undertaking under paragraph two  or
     7  six  of  subdivision  (a)  of  this  section,  such  tenant shall not be
     8  required to pay any portion of money under such judgment or order  until
     9  the end of the stay triggered by such service.
    10    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to judg-
    11  ments and orders issued on or after such date.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06845-01-3

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