Senate Bill S3311

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to certain preliminary injunctions

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S3311 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd §6311, CPLR
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8514
2019-2020: S3733
2021-2022: S5309
2023-2024: S2260

2025-S3311 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the failure of a party challenging a building permit, variance, subdivision or other land use approval to seek a preliminary injunction to prevent construction shall not give rise to the opposing party raising the defense of mootness if such party continues and/or completes construction with knowledge that an action challenging its land use approval has been timely commenced.

2025-S3311 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3311 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3311
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 24, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to certain
   preliminary injunctions
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 6311 of the civil practice law and rules is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3.  FAILURE OF A PARTY CHALLENGING A BUILDING PERMIT, VARIANCE, SUBDI-
 VISION OR OTHER LAND USE APPROVAL TO SEEK A  PRELIMINARY  INJUNCTION  TO
 PREVENT  CONSTRUCTION SHALL NOT GIVE RISE TO THE OPPOSING PARTY TO RAISE
 THE DEFENSE  OF  MOOTNESS  IF  SAID  PARTY  CONTINUES  AND/OR  COMPLETES
 CONSTRUCTION  WITH  KNOWLEDGE  THAT  AN  ACTION CHALLENGING ITS LAND USE
 APPROVAL HAS BEEN TIMELY COMMENCED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07526-01-5

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