NY State Senate Bill 2023-S8930

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May 29, 2024	print number 8930b
May 29, 2024	amend and recommit to judiciary
Apr 12, 2024	print number 8930a
Apr 12, 2024	amend and recommit to judiciary
Mar 28, 2024	referred to judiciary

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2023-S8930 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Judiciary
Law Section:: New York City Civil Court Act
Laws Affected:: Amd §§110 & 102-a, NYC Civ Ct Act

2023-S8930 - Summary

Provides that in the city of New York, a part of the court shall be devoted to actions and proceedings where: every party to the proceeding is a natural person; or the petitioner alleges in its petition that it is a "small landlord"; makes related provisions.

2023-S8930 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8930

SPONSOR: CHU
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the New York city civil court act, in relation to hous-
ing courts

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this legislation is to update the New York City court
system

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends the New York City Civil Court Act by adding a new
subdivision (r), by devoting a new subpart of the court where: (1) the
petitioner and respondent(s) are natural persons; (2) the petitioner(s)
or respondent(s) is a natural person shareholder constituting one
hundred percent ownership of a corporation and at least one shareholder
resides on-premises full time of a property with 10 residential units or
fewer.

Additionally, this section lays out for every two (2) million residents,
the housing court will consist of one housing part, two trial parts, and
two resolution parts. The Office of Court Administration will implement
these provisions and are required to establish standards and goals
necessary to resolve any complaint within 120 days of the start of such
proceedings.

Section 2 amends section 102-a of the New York City Civil Court Act to
add new subdivision 5, which states housing court judges shall be
appointed pursuant to subdivision (f) of this section.

Section 3 sets the effective date, and states the addition, amendment,
and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary to implement this act
is authorized to be completed on or before the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

As it is well known, New York is currently facing an extreme housing
crisis and New Yorkers continue to struggle with the current state of
housing; this is exacerbated by the long delays in our housing court
system that New York residents face as both tenants and small landlords.

One to three-family homeowners and small landlords that fall into the
NYC Property Tax Class 2, signifying ownership of properties consisting
of ten residential units or fewer, and live on the premises of their
buildings alongside their tenants face a particular struggle in this
scenario.

They have invested, with great risk, their life savings to purchase a
building with fewer units and they do not have the benefit of a large,
diversified portfolio to be able to weather the delays in the housing
court system and await the resolution of cases that involve situations
of rightful eviction.

At the same time, tenants who live in the building with their landlords
can face daily harassment and threats of unstable housing; harassment
that can be active and direct, along with complete negligence that makes
for uninhabitable homes.

Both types of scenarios are untenable situations for both, or either,
parties that cannot endure the delays that take often over a year to
resolve.

This legislation aims to complement current housing court statutes and
provide a clearer path for common sense housing-related adjudication.
Reorganizing the cases that are heard for resolution, by shifting
forward the cases in which both the landlord and tenants are natural
persons who live in these unsustainable situations, will help streamline
and clear out part the logjam that exists and allow for other cases to
then be heard.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None at this time.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect one year after it shall become a law.  Effec-
tive immediately, the addition, amendment, and/or repeal of any rule or
regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective
date is authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective
date.

2023-S8930 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8930
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 28, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CHU  --  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  hous-
   ing courts
 
   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) (1)  A  PART  OF  THE  COURT  SHALL  BE  DEVOTED  TO  ACTIONS  AND
 PROCEEDINGS WHERE:
   (I) THE PETITIONER AND THE RESPONDENT ARE NATURAL PERSONS; OR
   (II)  THE  PETITIONER IS A NATURAL PERSON SHAREHOLDER CONSTITUTING ONE
 HUNDRED PERCENT OWNERSHIP OF A CORPORATION AND AT LEAST ONE  SHAREHOLDER
 RESIDES ON-PREMISES FULL TIME.
   (2)  HOUSING  JUDGES SHALL BE APPOINTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (F) OF
 THIS SECTION.
   (3) FOR EVERY TWO MILLION RESIDENTS, ROUNDED UP TO THE  NEXT  MILLION,
 SUCH  HOUSING  COURT SHALL CONSIST OF ONE HOUSING PART, TWO TRIAL PARTS,
 AND TWO RESOLUTION PARTS.
   § 2. Section 102-a of the New York city civil court act is amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. HOUSING JUDGES NECESSARY FOR HOUSING COURTS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION  (R)  OF  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED TEN OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE
 APPOINTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (F) OF SUCH SECTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law.    Effective  immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of
 any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this  act  on
 its  effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before
 such effective date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14788-04-4

2023-S8930A - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Judiciary
Law Section:: New York City Civil Court Act
Laws Affected:: Amd §§110 & 102-a, NYC Civ Ct Act

2023-S8930A - Summary

2023-S8930A - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8930A

SPONSOR: CHU
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the New York city civil court act, in relation to hous-
ing courts

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this legislation is to update the New York City court
system

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends the New York City Civil Court Act by adding a new
subdivision (r), by devoting a new subpart of the court where: (1) the
petitioner and respondent(s) are natural persons; (2) the petitioner(s)
or respondent(s) is a natural person shareholder constituting one
hundred percent ownership of a corporation and at least one shareholder
resides on-premises full time of a property with 10 residential units or
fewer.

Additionally, this section lays out for every two (2) million residents,
the housing court will consist of one housing part, two trial parts, and
two resolution parts. The Office of Court Administration will implement
these provisions and are required to establish standards and goals
necessary to resolve any complaint within 120 days of the start of such
proceedings.

Section 2 amends section 102-a of the New York City Civil Court Act to
add new subdivision 5, which states housing court judges shall be
appointed pursuant to subdivision (f) of this section.

Section 3 sets the effective date, and states the addition, amendment,
and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary to implement this act
is authorized to be completed on or before the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

As it is well known, New York is currently facing an extreme housing
crisis and New Yorkers continue to struggle with the current state of
housing; this is exacerbated by the long delays in our housing court
system that New York residents face as both tenants and small landlords.
One to three-family homeowners and small landlords that fall into the
NYC Property Tax Class 2, signifying ownership of properties consisting
of ten residential units or fewer, and live on the premises of their
buildings alongside their tenants face a particular struggle in this
scenario.

They have invested, with great risk, their life savings to purchase a
building with fewer units and they do not have the benefit of a large,
diversified portfolio to be able to weather the delays in the housing
court system and await the resolution of cases that involve situations
of rightful eviction.

At the same time, tenants who live in the building with their landlords
can face daily harassment and threats of unstable housing; harassment
that can be active and direct, along with complete negligence that makes
for uninhabitable homes.  Both types of scenarios are untenable situ-
ations for both, or either, parties that cannot endure the delays that
take often over a year to resolve.

This legislation aims to complement current housing court statutes and
provide a clearer path for common sense housing-related adjudication.
Reorganizing the cases that are heard for resolution, by shifting
forward the cases in which both the landlord and tenants are natural
persons who live in these unsustainable situations, will help streamline
and clear out part the logjam that exists and allow for other cases to
then be heard.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None at this time.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect one year after it shall become a law.  Effec-
tive immediately, the addition, amendment, and/or repeal of any rule or
regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective
date is authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective
date.

2023-S8930A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8930--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 28, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CHU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Judiciary  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the New York city civil court act, in relation to hous-
   ing courts

   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)  (1)  A  PART  OF  THE  COURT  SHALL  BE  DEVOTED  TO  ACTIONS AND
 PROCEEDINGS WHERE:
   (I) THE PETITIONER, OR PETITIONERS, AND THE  RESPONDENT,  OR  RESPOND-
 ENTS, ARE ALL NATURAL PERSONS; OR
   (II)  EITHER  THE  PETITIONER,  OR  PETITIONERS, OR THE RESPONDENT, OR
 RESPONDENTS, ARE NATURAL PERSON SHAREHOLDER, OR SHAREHOLDERS, CONSTITUT-
 ING ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OWNERSHIP OF A  CORPORATION  AND  AT  LEAST  ONE
 SHAREHOLDER  RESIDES  ON-PREMISES  FULL TIME OF A PROPERTY CONSISTING OF
 TEN RESIDENTIAL UNITS OR FEWER.
   (2) HOUSING JUDGES SHALL BE APPOINTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION  (F)  OF
 THIS SECTION.
   (3)  FOR  EVERY TWO MILLION RESIDENTS, ROUNDED UP TO THE NEXT MILLION,
 SUCH HOUSING COURT SHALL CONSIST OF ONE HOUSING PART, TWO  TRIAL  PARTS,
 AND  TWO  RESOLUTION  PARTS.  THE  OFFICE  OF COURT ADMINISTRATION SHALL
 IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION ON A  CITY-WIDE  BASIS  AND
 SHALL  PROMULGATE  ANY  STANDARDS  AND GOALS NECESSARY TO ADJUDICATE THE
 ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION WITHIN ONE  HUNDRED
 TWENTY DAYS OF THE  COMMENCEMENT OF SUCH ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS.
   §  2. Section 102-a of the New York city civil court act is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. HOUSING JUDGES NECESSARY FOR HOUSING COURTS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION (R) OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED TEN  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL  BE
 APPOINTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (F) OF SUCH SECTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14788-10-4

 S. 8930--A                          2
 
   §  3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
 rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act  on  its
 effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
 effective date.

2023-S8930B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Judiciary
Law Section:: New York City Civil Court Act
Laws Affected:: Amd §§110 & 102-a, NYC Civ Ct Act

2023-S8930B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S8930B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8930B

SPONSOR: CHU
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the New York city civil court act, in relation to hous-
ing courts

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this legislation is to update the New York City court
system

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends the New York City Civil Court Act by adding a new
subdivision (r), by devoting a new subpart of the court where: (1) every
party to the proceeding is a natural persons; or (2) the petirtioner
alleges in its petition that it is a "small landlord" as defined in
subdivision 3 of section 211 of the Real Property Law Additionally, this
section lays out for every two (2) million residents, the housing court
will consist of one housing part, two trial parts, and two resolution

parts. The Office of Court Administration will implement these
provisions and are required to establish standards and goals necessary
to resolve any complaint within 120 days of the start of such
proceedings.

Section 2 amends section 102-a of the New York City Civil Court Act to
add new subdivision 5, which states housing court judges shall be
appointed pursuant to subdivision (f) of this section.

Section 3 sets the effective date, and states the addition, amendment,
and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary to implement this act
is authorized to be completed on or before the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

As it is well known, New York is currently facing an extreme housing
crisis and New Yorkers continue to struggle with the current state of
housing; this is exacerbated by the long delays in our housing court
system that New York residents face as both tenants and small landlords.

Small landlords, as defined by the Real Property Law, have invested,
with great risk, their life savings to purchase a building with fewer
units and they do not have the benefit of a large, diversified portfolio
to be able to weather the delays in the housing court system and await
the resolution of cases that involve situations of rightful eviction. At
the same time. tenants who live in the building with their landlords can
face daily harassment and threats of unstable housing: harassment that
can be active and direct, along with complete negligence that makes for
uninhabitable homes.

Both types of scenarios are untenable situations for both, or either,
parties that cannot endure the delays that take often over a year to
resolve.

This legislation aims to complement current housing court statutes and
provide a clearer path for common sense housing-related adjudication.
Reorganizing the cases that are heard for resolution, by shifting
forward the cases in which both the landlord and tenants are natural
persons who live in these unsustainable situations, will help streamline
and clear out part the logjam that exists and allow for other cases to
then be heard.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None at this time.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect one year after it shall become a law.  Effec-
tive immediately, the addition, amendment, and/or repeal of any rule or
regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective
date is authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective
date.

2023-S8930B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8930--B
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 28, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CHU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Judiciary  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the New York city civil court act, in relation to  hous-
   ing courts
 
   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) (1)  A  PART  OF  THE  COURT  SHALL  BE  DEVOTED  TO  ACTIONS  AND
 PROCEEDINGS WHERE:
   (I) EVERY PARTY TO THE PROCEEDING IS A NATURAL PERSON; OR
   (II)  THE PETITIONER ALLEGES IN ITS PETITION THAT IT IS A "SMALL LAND-
 LORD" AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED  ELEVEN  OF
 THE REAL PROPERTY LAW.
   (2)  HOUSING  JUDGES SHALL BE APPOINTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (F) OF
 THIS SECTION.
   (3) FOR EVERY TWO MILLION RESIDENTS, ROUNDED UP TO THE  NEXT  MILLION,
 SUCH  HOUSING  COURT SHALL CONSIST OF ONE HOUSING PART, TWO TRIAL PARTS,
 AND TWO RESOLUTION PARTS.  THE  OFFICE  OF  COURT  ADMINISTRATION  SHALL
 IMPLEMENT  THE  PROVISIONS  OF THIS SUBDIVISION ON A CITY-WIDE BASIS AND
 SHALL PROMULGATE ANY STANDARDS AND GOALS  NECESSARY  TO  ADJUDICATE  THE
 ACTIONS  AND PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION WITHIN ONE HUNDRED
 TWENTY DAYS OF THE  COMMENCEMENT OF SUCH ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS.
   § 2. Section 102-a of the New York city civil court act is amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. HOUSING JUDGES NECESSARY FOR HOUSING COURTS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION  (R)  OF  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED TEN OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE
 APPOINTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (F) OF SUCH SECTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
 rule  or  regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
 effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
 effective date.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14788-11-4

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Senate Bill S8930

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee

Bill Amendments

2023-S8930 - Details

2023-S8930 - Summary

2023-S8930 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8930 - Bill Text download pdf

2023-S8930A - Details

2023-S8930A - Summary

2023-S8930A - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8930A - Bill Text download pdf

2023-S8930B (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S8930B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S8930B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8930B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Iwen Chu

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee

Bill Amendments

2023-S8930 - Details

2023-S8930 - Summary

2023-S8930 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8930 - Bill Text download pdf

2023-S8930A - Details

2023-S8930A - Summary

2023-S8930A - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8930A - Bill Text download pdf

2023-S8930B (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S8930B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S8930B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8930B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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