New York A 1608: Relates to penalties for failure to comply with maintenance and reporting of vacant and abandoned properties, and reporting and release of information

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A01608 Summary:

BILL NOA01608 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00925

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRShimsky, Maher, Zinerman

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§1308 & 1310, RPAP L

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Relates to penalties for failure to comply with maintenance and reporting of vacant and abandoned properties, and reporting and release of information; provides for the sharing of information between municipalities; provides for enforcement for failure to report on abandoned and vacant properties.

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BILL NOA01608 

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01/10/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1608

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, SHIMSKY, MAHER -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the real property actions and proceedings law, in
 relation to penalties for failure to comply with maintenance and
 reporting of vacant and abandoned properties, and reporting and
 release of information

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 1308 of the real
 2 property actions and proceedings law, as added by section 1 of part Q of
 3 chapter 73 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (a) Violations of this section may be heard before a hearing officer
 5 or a court of competent jurisdiction. If it shall appear to the satis-
 6 faction of the hearing officer or the court, based on the preponderance
 7 of the evidence, that the mortgagee or agent of a mortgagee has violated
 8 this section, a civil penalty may be issued by the hearing officer or
 9 the court in the amount of up to [five] six hundred fifty dollars per
 10 day per property for each day the violation persisted.
 11 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 1310 of the real property actions and
 12 proceedings law, as added by section 4 of part Q of chapter 73 of the
 13 laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
 14 1. The department of financial services shall maintain a statewide
 15 vacant and abandoned property registry in the form of an electronic
 16 database. The department of financial services may, in accordance with
 17 the applicable provisions of the state finance law, retain a private
 18 contractor to administer such database for the purposes of satisfying
 19 this requirement. The information provided to the department of finan-
 20 cial services pursuant to this section shall be deemed and treated
 21 confidential, provided however, the superintendent of financial
 22 services, in [her or his] such superintendent's sole discretion, may
 23 release the information if it is in the best interest of the public. Any

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02344-01-5

 A. 1608 2

 1 such released information shall continue to be treated confidentially by
 2 the parties. The department of financial services shall, upon written
 3 request, provide public officials of any state district, county, city,
 4 town or village with access to information specific to such public offi-
 5 cial's district, county, city, town or village maintained on such data-
 6 base to further the purposes of this section, section thirteen hundred
 7 seven of this article or article nineteen-A of this chapter, or any
 8 other related law, code, rule, regulation or ordinance, and such state
 9 district, county, city, town or village that receives such information
 10 from the department of financial services may share such information
 11 with another state district, county, city, town, village or municipal
 12 landbank for the purpose of coordinating and cooperating to further the
 13 purposes of this section, section thirteen hundred seven of this article
 14 or article nineteen-A of this chapter or any other related law, code,
 15 rule, regulation or ordinance.
 16 § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 1310 of the real property actions and
 17 proceedings law, as added by section 4