Assembly Bill A1996

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to enacting the "protect main street act"

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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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2021-A1996 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8078
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Real Property
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A10973

2021-A1996 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the protect main street act to require a settlement conference prior to any further proceedings in a commercial eviction matter commenced on or after March 17, 2020 to address subjects related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2021-A1996 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1996
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT in relation to  enacting  the  "protect  main  street  act";  and
   providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration there-
   of
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "protect main street act".
   §  2.  Notwithstanding  any provision of law to the contrary, prior to
 any further proceedings in a commercial eviction matter commenced on  or
 after  March  17,  2020, the court shall hold a settlement conference to
 address subjects related to  COVID-19  pandemic  concerns  and  relevant
 legal  defenses,  including but not limited to, whether an unanticipated
 event that could not have been foreseen or guarded against in the  lease
 contract made performance of the subject matter of the contract, in full
 or in part, objectively impossible.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed one year after such date.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02776-01-1

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