NY State Senate Bill 2023-S1540

Senate Bill S1540

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Creates a subpart of the housing part to handle cases involving condominiums and cooperative buildings

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Jan 03, 2024	referred to judiciary
Jan 12, 2023	referred to judiciary

2023-S1540 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1751
Current Committee:: Senate Judiciary
Law Section:: New York City Civil Court Act
Laws Affected:: Amd §110, NYC Civ Ct Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: A871
2011-2012: S5250, A797
2013-2014: S1809, A372
2015-2016: S3742, A1934
2017-2018: S2143, A1988
2019-2020: S3350, A3301
2021-2022: S71, A1930

2023-S1540 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a special subpart of the housing part within the NYC civil court to handle cases involving condominiums and cooperative buildings.

2023-S1540 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1540

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN-SIGAL
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the New York city civil court act, in relation to estab-
lishing a subpart to hear housing matters related to cooperative and
condominium buildings

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To create a separate part in the Housing Court to specialize in housing
matters arising in cooperative and-condominium buildings.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 110 of the New York City civil court act is amended by adding a
new subdivision q to provide for a separate subpart of the housing court
which shall be devoted to actions and proceedings involving cooperative
and condominium buildings for such matters which are within the juris-
diction of the Housing Court.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

A separate part of the Housing Court for housing matters arising in
cooperative and condominium buildings would, to a large degree, reduce
the congestion in other parts of the Housing Court by the removal of
these cases which are different from standard rental housing cases. It
would expedite the hearing of the cases relating to cooperatives and
condominiums, because they would be heard by judges more knowledgeable
in this area. This would result in better-honed and fairer decisions.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.0071 of 2021-2022 (Hoylman): Died in Judiciary

A.1930 of 2021-2022(Dinowitz): Died in Judiciary

S.3350 of 2019-2020 (Hoylman): Died in Judiciary

A.3301 of 2019-2020 (Dinowitz): Died in Judiciary

S.1988 of 2017-18 (Alcantara): Died in Judiciary

S.3742 of 2015-16 (Espaillat): Died in Judiciary

S.1809 of 2013-14 (Espaillat): Died in Judiciary

S.5250 of 2011-12 (Espaillat): Died in Judiciary

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Negligible. A separate part in Housing Court could be ,implemented with-
out increasing the number of judges in the space currently devoted to
Housing Court. The modest administrative cost of establishing this
program and screening incoming cases so as to direct those involving
cooperatives and condominiums to the new part will be quickly offset by
the time and money saved in expedited resolution of cases.. Judge versed
in the relationships between the board and residents in these resident-
owned and governed buildings will be able to hand down decisions that
interpret the law consistently and clearly. This should also lead to an
additional benefit in the form of fewer appeals, which would even
further reduce the burden on the courts.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become a law.

2023-S1540 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1540
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the New York city civil court act, in relation to estab-
   lishing a subpart to hear housing matters related to  cooperative  and
   condominium buildings

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 110 of the New York city civil court act is amended
 by adding a new subdivision (r) to read as follows:
   (R) A SEPARATE SUBPART OF THE HOUSING PART ESTABLISHED BY THIS SECTION
 SHALL BE DEVOTED TO ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS  INVOLVING  COOPERATIVE  AND
 CONDOMINIUM BUILDINGS FOR SUCH MATTERS WHICH ARE WITHIN THE JURISDICTION
 OF THE HOUSING PART.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00807-01-3

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