Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 05, 2018 |
referred to judiciary |
Assembly Bill A11106
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
EPSTEIN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2017-A11106 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A11106 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 11106 I N A S S E M B L Y June 5, 2018 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Epstein) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the New York city civil court act and the real property actions and proceedings law, in relation to stipulations in summary 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: Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature hereby finds and declares that litigants in cases in housing court parts, espe- cially in the state's major metropolitan areas, are often self-repre- sented. Under these circumstances, and especially because the stakes for the self-represented litigant in such cases can be so high, e.g., eviction from one's home, it is vital to the administration of justice that the judges in such parts take all necessary and appropriate steps to assure that self-represented litigants fully understand the proceedings in which they are involved, any claims or defenses they may have and the available options in light of those claims or defenses, and the potential consequences of any agreements they may be asked to make in the course of those proceedings. Accordingly, it is the intent of this act that no agreement between the parties to a proceeding in a housing court part wherein one or more of such parties are self-repre- sented may be approved by the court unless the judge presiding therein ascertains that the claims or defenses of each self-represented party are adequately addressed in the stipulation and that each self-repre- sented party understands the nature and consequences of such agreement; and the judge memorializes such inquiry on the record of the proceeding. In declaring this intent, the legislature further reminds all authori- ties responsible for designating the judges who preside in housing courts parts of the importance of selecting or reappointing judges who are best equipped, by training, experience and disposition, to preside over cases where parties frequently are self-represented. § 2. Subdivisions (f) and (i) of section 110 of the New York city civil court act, subdivision (f) as amended by chapter 64 of the laws of EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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