What's happening
This bill sets a 60-day limit, with possible extension for good cause, on court orders for property owners to fix cited conditions, and limits such relief for mortgagees or lienors to once per petition.
Why it matters
Imposes a clear deadline for property repairs. , ensuring that owners or responsible parties address hazardous or substandard conditions within 60 days, which could lead to faster improvements in living conditions for tenants or residents.
Limits the ability of mortgagees or lienors to delay repairs through repeated requests. , as they can only be granted court permission to fix conditions once per petition, reducing potential legal stalling tactics.
Allows for judicial flexibility in exceptional cases. by permitting extensions beyond the 60-day limit if good cause is shown, balancing the need for timely repairs with the realities of complex situations.
Could strengthen accountability for property upkeep. by making it harder for property owners and financial interests to delay necessary fixes, potentially improving neighborhood safety and quality of life.
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Set Time Limits for Repairs
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Sponsors
3 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to housing, construction and community development
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading cal.17
- Returned to assembly
- Died in senate
- Referred to housing, construction and community development
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Advanced to third reading cal.9
- Reported
- Reported referred to codes
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- Referred to judiciary
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Limit Court Order Repair Time
In Senate Committee · Housing, Construction And Community Development · Sponsor José Peralta
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STATE OF NEW YORK
255
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 5, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, GLICK, PAULIN, ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the real property actions and proceedings law, in relation to establishing time restrictions for court issued consent orders for work performance to remove or remedy conditions in such petition
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision a of section 777 of the real property actions and proceedings law, as added by chapter 909 of the laws of 1965, is amended to read as follows:
a. If, after a trial, the court shall determine that the facts alleged in the petition have been affirmatively established by the petitioners, that no defense thereto specified in section seven hundred seventy-five of this article has been affirmatively established by the owner or a mortgagee or lienor of record, and that the facts alleged in the petition warrant the granting of the relief sought, and if the owner or any mortgagee or lienor of record or other person having an interest in the property, shall apply to the court to be permitted to remove or remedy the conditions specified in such petition and shall (1) demonstrate the ability promptly to undertake the work required; and (2) post security for the performance thereof within the time, and in the amount and manner, deemed necessary by the court, then the court, in lieu of rendering judgment as provided in section seven hundred seventy-six of this article, may issue an order permitting such person to perform the work within a time fixed by the court but in no event more than sixty days from the date of the order of the court unless the court grants an extension of time for good cause shown. The provisions of this subdivision shall only be available to the mortgagee or lienor once with respect to any petition filed pursuant to this article.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00067-01-7
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