New York S 1051: Allows tenants to appeal judgments or orders issued against them without first being required to pay any portion of such judgment or order

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Amd §5519, CPLR

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Allows tenants to appeal judgments or orders issued against them without first being required to pay any portion of such judgment or order; postpones such payment until the end of the stay triggered by service upon the landlord of the notice of appeal or affidavit of intention to move for permission to appeal such judgment or order or pay an undertaking.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

01/07/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1051

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 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 civil practice law and rules, in relation to allow-
 ing tenants to appeal judgments or orders issued against them without
 first being required to pay any portion of such judgment or order

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

 1 Section 1. Section 5519 of the civil practice law and rules is amended
 2 by adding a new subdivision (h) to read as follows:
 3 (h) Appeals of judgments or orders by tenants. Notwithstanding any
 4 provision of law to the contrary, if a tenant serves upon a landlord a
 5 notice of appeal or an affidavit of intention to move for permission to
 6 appeal a judgment or order or pay an undertaking under paragraph two or
 7 six of subdivision (a) of this section, such tenant shall not be
 8 required to pay any portion of money under such judgment or order until
 9 the end of the stay triggered by such service.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to judg-
 11 ments and orders issued on or after such date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03208-01-5

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