Assembly Bill A10921

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the office of the inspector general to establish a searchable public database providing information regarding eviction proceedings in the state

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A10921 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §53, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A5083

2019-A10921 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the office of the inspector general to establish a searchable public database providing information regarding eviction proceedings in the state.

2019-A10921 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10921
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 17, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Lifton) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring  the  office
   of  the  inspector  general  to establish a searchable public database
   providing information regarding eviction proceedings in the state

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 7 of section 53 of the executive law, as added
 by chapter 766 of the laws of 2005, is amended and a new  subdivision  8
 is added to read as follows:
   7.  establish  programs  for  training  state  officers  and employees
 regarding the prevention and elimination of corruption, fraud,  criminal
 activity, conflicts of interest or abuse in covered agencies[.];
   8. ESTABLISH AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE OF ALL EVICTION PROCEEDINGS IN THE
 STATE.  SUCH  DATABASE SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOW-
 ING: THE COURT INDEX NUMBER; THE DOCKET NUMBER AND DATE THE  ACTION  WAS
 FILED;  WHETHER  THE  TENANT  HAD  LEGAL  REPRESENTATION IN THE EVICTION
 PROCEEDING; WHETHER AN EVICTION HAS BEEN ORDERED AND THE DATE  ON  WHICH
 SUCH  EVICTION  WAS  ORDERED; THE REASON FOR THE EVICTION AND, WHERE THE
 REASON IS FOR NONPAYMENT, THE AMOUNT OWED; THE NAME AND ADDRESS  OF  THE
 LANDLORD; WHETHER THE PROPERTY IS COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL; AND THE ZIP
 CODE  OF  THE  PROPERTY. SUCH DATABASE SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC,
 ACCESSIBLE FROM THE OFFICE'S WEBSITE, AND ABLE TO BE SEARCHED AND SORTED
 INTO THE CATEGORIES REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE DATABASE PURSUANT  TO
 THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14409-02-0

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