NY State Senate Bill 2025-S4419

Senate Bill S4419

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the chief administrator of the office of court administration to establish a searchable public database providing information regarding eviction proceedings in the state

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Feb 04, 2025	referred to judiciary

2025-S4419 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Judiciary
Law Section:: Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §212, Judy L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S6170
2023-2024: S2631

2025-S4419 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the chief administrator of the office of court administration to establish a searchable public database providing information regarding eviction proceedings in the state; directs the chief administrator to adopt rules directing village, town or other local courts to report their eviction proceeding data to the office of court administration.

2025-S4419 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S4419

SPONSOR: MAY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the judiciary law, in relation to requiring the office
of court administration to establish a searchable public database
providing information regarding eviction proceedings in the state

 
PURPOSE:

To establish a searchable database providing information regarding
eviction proceedings in the state.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 requires the Office of Court Administration to establish an
electronic database of all eviction proceedings in the state. The data-
base shall include, but is not limited to, the following: the docket
number and the date the action was filed, whether the tenant had legal
representation, whether an eviction has been ordered and on what date
was it ordered, the reason for the eviction and nonpayment amount owed

(if any), whether the tenant had a lease agreement, the number of indi-
viduals evicted and the number of unique households, whether the proper-
t-y is commercial or residential, and the zip code of the property. The
chief administrator shall also adopt rules to direct any village, town
or other local court to report eviction proceeding data to the Office of
Court Administration no less than four times annually, at an interval of
three months.

Section 2 provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Tens of thousands of evictions occur every year in our state; but there
is no easy, centralized way to access those records, and information is
often scant at the municipal level. Understanding trends in eviction
rates, like where, why, and when evictions are happening. may help us
prevent some evictions by shedding useful light on this important issue
and, ultimately, keep more people in their homes and businesses.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2023-2024: S.2631 (May)

2021-2022: S.6170A (May) / A.5083A (Kelles)

2019-2020: A.10921 (Lifton)

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediate

2025-S4419 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4419
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  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  office
   of  court  administration  to  establish  a searchable public database
   providing information regarding eviction proceedings in the state

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  212  of the judiciary law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (ff) to read as follows:
   (FF) ESTABLISH AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE OF ALL EVICTION  PROCEEDINGS  IN
 THE  STATE.  SUCH  DATABASE  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE
 FOLLOWING: THE DOCKET NUMBER AND DATE THE ACTION WAS FILED; WHETHER  THE
 TENANT  HAD  LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN THE EVICTION PROCEEDING; WHETHER AN
 EVICTION HAS BEEN ORDERED AND  THE  DATE  ON  WHICH  SUCH  EVICTION  WAS
 ORDERED;  THE  REASON  FOR  THE  EVICTION  AND,  WHERE THE REASON IS FOR
 NONPAYMENT, THE AMOUNT OWED; WHETHER THE TENANT HAD A  LEASE  AGREEMENT;
 THE  NUMBER  OF INDIVIDUALS EVICTED AND THE NUMBER OF UNIQUE HOUSEHOLDS;
 WHETHER THE PROPERTY IS COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL; AND THE ZIP  CODE  OF
 THE PROPERTY.  IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TENANT PROTECTION ACT OF TWO THOU-
 SAND  NINETEEN,  ANY  PERSONALLY  IDENTIFIABLE  INFORMATION SHALL NOT BE
 INCLUDED IN THE DATABASE.  SUCH  DATABASE  SHALL  BE  AVAILABLE  TO  THE
 PUBLIC,  ACCESSIBLE  FROM  THE OFFICE'S WEBSITE, AND ABLE TO BE SEARCHED
 AND SORTED INTO THE CATEGORIES REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED IN  THE  DATABASE
 PURSUANT  TO  THIS PARAGRAPH.  THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR SHALL ADOPT RULES
 CONSISTENT  WITH  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH  DIRECTING  ANY
 VILLAGE,  TOWN  OR OTHER LOCAL COURTS THAT MAY HAVE EVICTION PROCEEDINGS
 WITHIN THEIR  SUBJECT  MATTER  JURISDICTION  TO  REPORT  THEIR  EVICTION
 PROCEEDING  DATA TO THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION NO LESS THAN FOUR
 TIMES ANNUALLY, AT AN INTERVAL OF THREE  MONTHS,  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF
 COMPILING THE STATEWIDE EVICTION DATABASE REQUIRED BY THIS PARAGRAPH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08731-01-5

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