Senate Bill S6170A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the chief administrator of the office of court administration to establish a searchable public database providing information regarding eviction proceedings in the state

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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2021-S6170 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5083
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §212, Judy L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10921
2023-2024: S2631

2021-S6170 - Summary

Requires the chief administrator of the office of court administration to establish a searchable public database providing information regarding eviction proceedings in the state; directs the chief administrator to adopt rules directing village, town or other local courts to report their eviction proceeding data to the office of court administration.

2021-S6170 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6170 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6170
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 13, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 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.
                                                            LBD09062-01-1

2021-S6170A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5083
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §212, Judy L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10921
2023-2024: S2631

2021-S6170A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the chief administrator of the office of court administration to establish a searchable public database providing information regarding eviction proceedings in the state; directs the chief administrator to adopt rules directing village, town or other local courts to report their eviction proceeding data to the office of court administration.

2021-S6170A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6170A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6170--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 13, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- recommitted  to
   the  Committee  on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the office
   of court administration 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 2 of section  212  of  the  judiciary  law,  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (cc) to read as follows:
   (CC)  ESTABLISH  AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE OF ALL EVICTION PROCEEDINGS IN
 THE STATE. SUCH DATABASE SHALL INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,  THE
 FOLLOWING:  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; WHETHER THE TENANT HAD A LEASE AGREEMENT;
 THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS EVICTED AND THE NUMBER OF  UNIQUE  HOUSEHOLDS;
 WHETHER  THE  PROPERTY IS COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL; AND THE ZIP CODE OF
 THE PROPERTY.  IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TENANT PROTECTION ACT OF TWO THOU-
 SAND NINETEEN, ANY PERSONALLY  IDENTIFIABLE  INFORMATION  SHALL  NOT  BE
 INCLUDED  IN  THE  DATABASE.  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 PARAGRAPH.  THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR SHALL  ADOPT  RULES
 CONSISTENT  WITH  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH  DIRECTING  ANY
 VILLAGE, TOWN OR OTHER LOCAL COURTS THAT MAY HAVE  EVICTION  PROCEEDINGS
 WITHIN  THEIR  SUBJECT  MATTER  JURISDICTION  TO  REPORT  THEIR EVICTION
 PROCEEDING DATA TO THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION NO LESS THAN  FOUR
 TIMES  ANNUALLY,  AT  AN  INTERVAL  OF THREE MONTHS, FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 COMPILING THE STATEWIDE EVICTION DATABASE REQUIRED BY THIS PARAGRAPH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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