New York S 137: Relates to a state tax on vapor products

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S00137 Summary:

BILL NOS00137 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04379

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSRHELMING

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Amd §§701, 769, 791 & 796-a, RPAP L; amd §204, NYC Civ Ct Act

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Requires any court which holds a special proceeding to recover real property to establish an escrow account where the tenant shall submit any owed rent into such account.

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BILL NOS00137 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 137

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing,
 Construction and Community Development

 AN ACT to amend the real property actions and proceedings law and the
 New York city civil court act, in relation to the establishment of an
 escrow account

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 701 of the real property actions and proceedings
 2 law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
 3 3. Any court which holds a special proceeding to recover real property
 4 shall establish an escrow account. In order to appear in any such court,
 5 a tenant shall submit any owed rent into such escrow account.
 6 § 2. Section 769 of the real property actions and proceedings law is
 7 amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
 8 3. Each court which holds special proceedings pursuant to subdivision
 9 one of this section shall establish an escrow account. In order to
 10 appear in such court, a tenant shall submit any owed rent into such
 11 escrow account.
 12 § 3. Section 791 of the real property actions and proceedings law is
 13 amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
 14 3. Each court which holds special proceedings pursuant to subdivision
 15 one of this section shall establish an escrow account. In order to
 16 appear in court, a tenant shall submit any owed rent into such escrow
 17 account.
 18 § 4. Section 796-a of the real property actions and proceedings law is
 19 amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
 20 5. Each court which holds special proceedings pursuant to subdivision
 21 one of this section shall establish an escrow account. In order to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00713-01-5

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 1 appear in such court, a tenant shall submit any owed rent into such
 2 escrow account.
 3 § 5. Section 204 of the New York city civil court act, as amended by
 4 chapter 36 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 5 § 204. Summary proceedings. 1. The court shall have jurisdiction over
 6 summary proceedings to recover possession of real property located with-
 7 in the city of New York, to remove tenants therefrom, and to render
 8 judgment for rent due without regard to amount, and in such a proceeding
 9 after the court has determined that a warrant of eviction be issued, it
 10 shall not be necessary for the court to sign the warrant, but it may be
 11 signed by the clerk of said court. The court shall also have jurisdic-
 12 tion over special proceedings by tenants of multiple dwellings in the
 13 city of New York for judgment directing deposit of rents and the use
 14 thereof for the purpose of remedying conditions dangerous to life,
 15 health or safety, as authorized by article [seven-a] seven-A of the real
 16 property actions and proceedings law.
 17 2. Each court which holds special proceedings pursuant to subdivision
 18 one of this section shall establish an escrow account. In order to
 19 appear in such court, a tenant shall submit any owed rent into such
 20 escrow account.
 21 § 6. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 22 it shall have become a law.

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