New York S 9718: Enables safe access to public roads for all users by utilizing complete street design principles

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S09718 Summary:

BILL NOS09718 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00162

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 18-C §§723 - 723-f, amd §717, County L

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Requires counties and/or cities to establish a plan for providing legal counsel to persons who are defendants or respondents in eviction, ejectment and foreclosure proceedings and who are financially unable to obtain counsel; defines eligible person as one whose gross individual income is not in excess of one hundred twenty-five percent of the federal income official poverty line; requires the state to match dollar for dollar the amount counties appropriate for their plans.

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BILL NOS09718 

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04/02/2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9718

 IN SENATE

 April 2, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

 AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to the provision of legal
 representation to certain persons in eviction, ejectment and foreclo-
 sure proceedings

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

 1 Section 1. The county law is amended by adding a new article 18-C to
 2 read as follows:

 3 ARTICLE 18-C
 4 REPRESENTATION OF PERSONS IN EVICTION, EJECTMENT AND FORECLOSURE
 5 PROCEEDINGS
 6 Section 723. Definitions.
 7 723-a. Plan for representation.
 8 723-b. Compensation and reimbursement for representation.
 9 723-c. Services other than counsel.
 10 723-d. Duration of assignment.
 11 723-e. Expenses.
 12 723-f. Annual reports.
 13 § 723. Definitions. For purposes of this article the following terms
 14 shall have the following meanings:
 15 1. "Covered proceeding" means any action or special proceeding to
 16 evict an eligible individual, including those seeking possession for the
 17 non-payment of rent or holdover, or proceedings for ejectment or fore-
 18 closure.
 19 2. "Eligible person" means an occupant of a rental dwelling unit, an
 20 owner of shares of a cooperative corporation who occupies the dwelling
 21 unit to which such shares are allocated, the owner and occupant of a
 22 dwelling unit owned as a condominium or the owner and occupant of a one-
 23 or two-family dwelling who is a defendant or respondent in a covered
 24 proceeding and whose gross individual income is not in excess of one
 25 hundred twenty-five percent of the federal income official poverty line.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01257-01-5

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 1 3. "Counsel" means a lawyer or lawyers licensed to practice law in New
 2 York state.
 3 § 723-a. Plan for representation. The governing body of each county
 4 and the governing body of the city in which a county is wholly contained
 5 shall place in operation throughout the county a plan for providing
 6 legal counsel to eligible persons who are defendants or respondents in a
 7 covered proceeding and who are financially unable to obtain counsel.
 8 Each plan shall also provide for investigative, expert and other
 9 services necessary, where appropriate. The plan shall conform to one of
 10 the following:
 11 1. Representation by a public defender appointed pursuant to subdivi-
 12 sion three of section seven hundred seventeen of this chapter.
 13 2. (a) Representation by counsel furnished pursuant to either or both
 14 of the following: a plan of a bar association in each county or the city
 15 in which a county is wholly contained whereby: (i) the services of
 16 private counsel are rotated and coordinated by an administrator, and
 17 such administrator may be compensated for such service; or (ii) such
 18 representation is provided by an office of conflict defender.
 19 (b) Any plan of a bar association must receive the approval of the
 20 state administrator before the plan is placed in operation. When consid-
 21 ering approval of an office of conflict defender pursuant to this
 22 section, the state administr