NY State Senate Bill 2023-S1269

Senate Bill S1269

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to a plan to address court calendar congestion upon the expiration of the eviction moratorium

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Jan 03, 2024	referred to judiciary
Jan 11, 2023	referred to judiciary

2023-S1269 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Judiciary
Law Section:: Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §212, Judy L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S7123

2023-S1269 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the chief administrator of the courts to develop a plan to address court calendar congestion upon the expiration of the eviction moratorium including additional temporary space for courts, additional hours, appointing additional judges to handle pending proceedings and coordination with OTDA.

2023-S1269 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1269

SPONSOR: ORTT
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the judiciary law, in relation to requiring the chief
administrator of the courts to submit a report on a plan to respond to
the end of the moratorium on evictions

 
PURPOSE:

Requires on or before July 15, 2021 a report with a plan for the state-
wide court system for reopening upon the expiration of the eviction
moratorium.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

This bill would require a report be prepared by July 15, 2021 detailing
the court systems' plans for reopening housing courts upon the expira-
tion of the eviction moratorium. The report will include plans to
address court and calendar congestion which will be created as a result
of the ending of the eviction moratorium. This plan will consider alter-

native temporary space for court proceedings, assigning additional judg-
es or hearing officers, and coordinating with the New York State Office
of Temporary Disability Assistance to ensure tenants and landlords have
access to programs for which they are eligible.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill seeks to ensure that the New York State Courts are prepared
for the number of cases they will be dealing with in housing courts when
the current eviction moratorium expires. There are reports that New York
City tenants owe more than $lbillion in back rent due to the COVID19
pandemic. Across the State, that number for all renters will likely
exceed $3 billion.

On August 31, 2021, the current tenant and small business eviction mora-
toriums are set to expire. The Office of Court Administration needs to
have a plan in place to deal with the spike in housing cases which will
created by the lapse of the moratoriums. This bill requires the court
system to craft a plan which will help tenants and owners deal with
their cases in a fair, effective and timely manner.  Only by ensuring
that the courts are ready, willing, and able, to deal with cases created
by the end of the moratoriums can we prevent housing cases from dragging
on for months resulting in more economic havoc for landlords and more
evictions for tenants.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-2022: S. 7123 Referred to Judiciary

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S1269 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1269
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to  requiring  the  chief
   administrator of the courts to submit a report on a plan to respond to
   the end of the moratorium on evictions

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of  section  212  of  the  judiciary  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (z) to read as follows:
   (Z)  PREPARE,  ON  OR  BEFORE  THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JULY, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-THREE, A REPORT WITH A PLAN  FOR  THE  STATEWIDE  COURT  SYSTEM'S
 ADMINISTRATION  OF  SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE
 REAL PROPERTY ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS LAW, WHICH  ARE  PENDING  ON  SUCH
 DATE  OR  WHICH WILL BE COMMENCED UPON THE EXPIRATION OF THE MORATORIUM.
 SUCH PLAN SHALL RESPOND TO COURT  AND  CALENDAR  CONGESTION  WHICH  WILL
 RESULT  FROM THE LAPSE OF THE MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS. SUCH REPORT SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING:   ALTER-
 NATIVE  SPACE AVAILABLE FOR TEMPORARILY HOUSING COURT PROCEEDINGS; ADDI-
 TIONAL COURT HOURS INCLUDING EVENINGS; ASSIGNMENT OF  ADDITIONAL  JUDGES
 OR  HEARING OFFICERS TO RESPOND TO INCREASED CASE LOAD ISSUES; AND COOR-
 DINATION WITH THE OFFICE  OF  TEMPORARY  AND  DISABILITY  ASSISTANCE  TO
 ENSURE  PARTICIPATION  TO  PROVIDE  EMERGENCY  RENT  REGULATION  PROGRAM
 ASSISTANCE FOR TENANTS AND OWNERS IN ADDITION  TO  ANY  OTHER  AVAILABLE
 PROGRAMS SUCH AS FAMILY HOMELESSNESS AND EVICTION PREVENTION SUPPLEMENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04758-01-3

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