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                                   3499
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to requiring data report-
   ing  by  the  chief  administrator  to  delineate specific information
   relating to all courts in the unified court system, including town and
   village courts

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 212 of the judi-
 ciary law, as amended by chapter 323 of the laws of  1987,  the  closing
 paragraph  as  amended by chapter 349 of the laws of 1995, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (e) Prepare forms and compile AND PUBLISH data on family  offenses  AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED TWELVE OF THE FAMILY
 COURT ACT OR SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 530.11 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 LAW,  AND  proceedings  or  actions  INVOLVING  FAMILY  OFFENSES  in all
 courts[,] IN THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM, AND  REQUIRE  REPORTING  OF  SUCH
 DATA BY ALL COURTS, INCLUDING TOWN AND VILLAGE COURTS, including but not
 limited to the following information:
   (i) the offense alleged;
   (ii)  the  relationship  of  the alleged offender to the petitioner or
 complainant;
   (iii) the court where the action or proceeding was instituted;
   (iv) the disposition; and
   (v) in the case of dismissal, the reasons therefor.
   In executing this requirement, the chief administrator may adopt rules
 requiring appropriate law enforcement or criminal  justice  agencies  to
 identify  actions  and  proceedings  involving family offenses and, with
 respect to such actions and proceedings, to report,  in  such  form  and
 manner as the chief administrator shall prescribe, the information spec-
 ified herein.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01331-02-5
              

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   The  chief administrator of the courts shall adopt rules to facilitate
 record sharing and other communication among [the supreme, criminal  and
 family]  ALL  COURTS  IN  THE  UNIFIED  COURT SYSTEM, INCLUDING TOWN AND
 VILLAGE  courts,  subject  to  applicable  provisions  of  the  domestic
 relations  law, criminal procedure law and the family court act pertain-
 ing to the confidentiality, expungement and sealing  of  records,  where
 such   courts  exercise  concurrent  jurisdiction  over  family  offense
 proceedings or proceedings involving orders of protection.
   § 2. The opening paragraphs of paragraphs (u-1) and (v-1) of  subdivi-
 sion  2  of section 212 of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 102 of
 the laws of 2020, are amended to read as follows:
   Compile and publish data on misdemeanor offenses in all courts IN  THE
 UNIFIED  COURT SYSTEM, AND REQUIRE REPORTING OF SUCH DATA BY ALL COURTS,
 INCLUDING TOWN AND VILLAGE COURTS, disaggregated by county, AND BY INDI-
 VIDUAL COURT, including the following information:
   Compile and publish data on violations, to the greatest extent practi-
 cable, in all courts IN THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM, AND REQUIRE  REPORTING
 OF SUCH DATA BY ALL COURTS, INCLUDING TOWN AND VILLAGE COURTS, disaggre-
 gated by county, AND BY INDIVIDUAL COURT, including the following infor-
 mation:
   §  3. Paragraph (w-1) of subdivision 2 of section 212 of the judiciary
 law, as added by chapter 102 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   (w-1)  The  chief administrator shall include the information required
 by paragraphs (u-1) [and], (v-1), AND (FF) of this  subdivision  in  the
 annual  report submitted to the legislature and the governor pursuant to
 paragraph (j) of subdivision one of this section. The chief  administra-
 tor  shall also make the information required by paragraphs (u-1) [and],
 (v-1), AND (FF) of this subdivision available to the public  by  posting
 it on the website of the office of court administration and shall update
 such  information on a monthly basis. The information shall be posted in
 alphanumeric form that can be digitally transmitted or processed and not
 in portable document format or scanned copies of original documents.
   § 4. Subdivision 2 of section 212 of the judiciary law is  amended  by
 adding two new paragraphs (ff) and (gg) to read as follows:
   (FF)  PREPARE FORMS AND COMPILE AND PUBLISH DATA ON LANDLORD-INITIATED
 EVICTION  FILINGS,  PROCEEDINGS  OR  ACTIONS  AND  ON   TENANT-INITIATED
 FILINGS,  PROCEEDINGS,  OR  ACTIONS  IN  ALL COURTS IN THE UNIFIED COURT
 SYSTEM, AND REQUIRE REPORTING OF SUCH DATA BY ALL COURTS, INCLUDING TOWN
 AND VILLAGE COURTS, DISAGGREGATED BY COUNTY, AND  BY  INDIVIDUAL  COURT,
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
   (I)  IN  THE CASE OF LANDLORD-INITIATED EVICTION FILINGS, PROCEEDINGS,
 OR ACTIONS, THE TOTAL NUMBER IN EACH  COURT  BY  MONTH,  CATEGORIZED  BY
 WHETHER  NONPAYMENT  OR  HOLDOVER,  THE  AMOUNT  OF  THE  MONEY JUDGMENT
 ENTERED, IF ANY, AND WHETHER THE LANDLORD OR TENANT WAS  REPRESENTED  BY
 AN ATTORNEY;
   (II) IN THE CASE OF TENANT-INITIATED FILINGS, PROCEEDINGS, OR ACTIONS,
 THE  TOTAL  NUMBER IN EACH COURT BY MONTH CATEGORIZED BY WHETHER SEEKING
 JUDGMENT DIRECTING REPAIRS, RESTORATION TO OCCUPANCY AFTER  AN  UNLAWFUL
 EVICTION,  OR  OTHER  RELIEF,  AND  WHETHER  THE  LANDLORD OR TENANT WAS
 REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY;
   (III) THE COURT WHERE THE ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS INSTITUTED;
   (IV) THE DISPOSITION OF THE PROCEEDING, INCLUDING WHETHER  A  JUDGMENT
 AND  WARRANT  OF EVICTION WAS ISSUED, REPAIRS, RESTORATION TO OCCUPANCY,
 OR OTHER RELIEF ORDERED, AND THE AMOUNT OF THE MONEY  JUDGMENT  ENTERED,
 IF ANY; AND
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   (V) IN THE CASE OF DISMISSAL, THE REASONS THEREFOR.
   (GG)  IN ADDITION TO THE DATA REPORTING REQUIRED UNDER PARAGRAPHS (E),
 (U-1), (V-1), (W-1), AND (FF) OF THIS SUBDIVISION,  WHEREVER  THE  CHIEF
 ADMINISTRATOR  IS REQUIRED TO COMPILE, REPORT, AND MAKE OTHER COURT DATA
 PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, OR WHEREVER THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OPTS TO  REQUIRE
 SUCH  COLLECTION, REPORTING, AND PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF DATA, THIS SHALL
 INCLUDE DATA FROM ALL COURTS IN THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM, INCLUDING TOWN
 AND VILLAGE COURTS TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE,  DISAGGREGATED  BY  COUNTY
 AND BY INDIVIDUAL COURT.
   § 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall  have become a law; provided, however, sections one and two of
 this act shall take effect one year after it shall have  become  a  law;
 and  provided, further, the amendments to the opening paragraph of para-
 graph (v-1) of subdivision 2 of section 212 of the judiciary law made by
 section two of this act shall take effect two years after it shall  have
 become a law.