New York A 6412: Provides for the imposition of civil penalties for failure to seal the court records of evictions of tenants leasing real property that is the subject of a foreclosure

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A06412 Summary:

BILL NOA06412 

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SPONSORWalker

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Provides that records of eviction proceeding shall be sealed when the leased property was foreclosed upon; prohibits use and disclosure of any such information relating to a tenant; imposes fine of between $1,000 and $2,000 for violations thereof.

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03/04/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6412

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the real property actions and proceedings law, in
 relation to the imposition of civil penalties for failure to seal the
 court records of evictions of tenants leasing real property that is
 the subject of a foreclosure

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

 1 Section 1. Section 757 of the real property actions and proceedings
 2 law, as added by section 23 of part M of chapter 36 of the laws of 2019,
 3 is amended to read as follows:
 4 § 757. Eviction as the result of foreclosure. In the event that a
 5 lessee is removed from real property pursuant to this article, and the
 6 leased real property was the subject of a foreclosure proceeding pursu-
 7 ant to this chapter or the subject of a tax foreclosure proceeding, the
 8 court records relating to any such lessee shall be sealed and be deemed
 9 confidential. No disclosure or use of such information relating to any
 10 such lessee shall be authorized, and the use of such information shall
 11 be prohibited. Any violation of this section by a private person shall
 12 result in a civil penalty of not less than one thousand dollars, nor
 13 more than two thousand dollars.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06020-01-5

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