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A5881 • 2025

Designates certain parts of the fifty-sixth assembly district a cease and desist zone and establishes an affirmative defense to violations of nonsolicitation orders and cease and desist zones

Designates certain parts of the fifty-sixth assembly district a cease and desist zone and establishes an affirmative defense to violations of nonsolicitation orders and cease and desist zones

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Stefani Zinerman
Last action
2026-06-04
Official status
In Senate Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Designates certain parts of the fifty-sixth assembly district a cease and desist zone and establishes an affirmative defense to violations of nonsolicitation orders and cease and desist zones

Designates certain parts of the fifty-sixth assembly district a cease and desist zone and establishes an affirmative defense to violations of nonsolicitation orders and cease and desist zones Designates the fifty-sixth assembly district encompassing community board 3 and community board 8 a cease and desist zone; establishes an affirmative defense to violations of nonsolicitation orders and cease and desist zones.

What This Bill Does

  • Designates certain parts of the fifty-sixth assembly district a cease and desist zone and establishes an affirmative defense to violations of nonsolicitation orders and cease and desist zones Designates the fifty-sixth assembly district encompassing community board 3 and community board 8 a cease and desist zone; establishes an affirmative defense to violations of nonsolicitation orders and cease and desist zones.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-04 Assembly

    REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

  2. 2026-06-04 Assembly

    REPORTED

  3. 2026-06-04 Assembly

    RULES REPORT CAL.482

  4. 2026-06-04 Assembly

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.482

  5. 2026-06-04 Assembly

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

  6. 2026-06-04 Assembly

    DELIVERED TO SENATE

  7. 2026-06-04 Senate

    REFERRED TO RULES

  8. 2026-06-03 Assembly

    REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS

  9. 2026-06-01 Assembly

    AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY

  10. 2026-06-01 Assembly

    PRINT NUMBER 5881B

  11. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

  12. 2026-01-06 Assembly

    AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY

  13. 2026-01-06 Assembly

    PRINT NUMBER 5881A

  14. 2025-02-24 Assembly

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

Official Summary Text

Designates certain parts of the fifty-sixth assembly district a cease and desist zone and establishes an affirmative defense to violations of nonsolicitation orders and cease and desist zones
Designates the fifty-sixth assembly district encompassing community board 3 and community board 8 a cease and desist zone; establishes an affirmative defense to violations of nonsolicitation orders and cease and desist zones.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          5881

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                    February 24, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. ZINERMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Judiciary

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  real property law, in relation to designating a
          cease and desist zone in counties experiencing  significant  displace-
          ment due to gentrification, deed theft, and tax lien foreclosures, and
          establishing  an  affirmative defense to violations of nonsolicitation
          orders and cease and desist zones

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1.  The  real property law is amended by adding a new section
     2  442-hh to read as follows:
     3    § 442-HH. DESIGNATING COUNTIES EXPERIENCING  SIGNIFICANT  DISPLACEMENT
     4  AS  CEASE AND DESIST ZONES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGU-
     5  LATION TO THE CONTRARY, THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL IDENTIFY AND DESIG-
     6  NATE COUNTIES WITH SIGNIFICANT HOMEOWNER DISPLACEMENT DUE TO GENTRIFICA-
     7  TION, DEED THEFT, AND TAX LIEN FORECLOSURES AS CEASE AND  DESIST  ZONES.
     8  THE  SECRETARY  OF  STATE  SHALL  COMPILE A LIST OF SUCH COUNTIES, WHICH
     9  SHALL BE SUBJECT TO PROTECTIONS AGAINST UNSOLICITED REAL  ESTATE  SOLIC-
    10  ITATIONS  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-TWO-H OF THIS
    11  ARTICLE.
    12    § 2. Section 442-h of the real property law is amended by adding a new
    13  subdivision 5 to read as follows:
    14    5. IN ANY ACTION ALLEGING A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION, IT SHALL BE  AN
    15  AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE THAT THE OWNER OF RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY INCLUDED
    16  IN A NONSOLICITATION ORDER OR CEASE AND DESIST ZONE PUBLICIZED THAT SUCH
    17  PROPERTY  WAS FOR SALE THROUGH MEANS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ADVER-
    18  TISEMENTS OR REAL ESTATE LISTINGS.
    19    § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    20  have  become  a law and shall apply to all nonsolicitation orders issued
    21  on and after such effective date.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
        A                                                          LBD09036-02-5