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S2122 • 2025

Authorizes municipalities and the department of financial services to seek civil penalties for violations of the duty to maintain a foreclosed property

Authorizes municipalities and the department of financial services to seek civil penalties for violations of the duty to maintain a foreclosed property

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Patricia Fahy
Last action
2026-04-27
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Authorizes municipalities and the department of financial services to seek civil penalties for violations of the duty to maintain a foreclosed property

Authorizes municipalities and the department of financial services to seek civil penalties for violations of the duty to maintain a foreclosed property Authorizes municipalities and the department of financial services to seek civil penalties for violations of the duty to maintain a foreclosed property in an amount of up to $650 per day for each day such violation persists after the judgement of foreclosure has been issued.

What This Bill Does

  • Authorizes municipalities and the department of financial services to seek civil penalties for violations of the duty to maintain a foreclosed property Authorizes municipalities and the department of financial services to seek civil penalties for violations of the duty to maintain a foreclosed property in an amount of up to $650 per day for each day such violation persists after the judgement of foreclosure has been issued.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-27 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  2. 2026-04-27 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  3. 2026-04-27 Assembly

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

  4. 2026-03-23 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  5. 2026-03-19 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  6. 2026-03-18 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.575

  7. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    DIED IN ASSEMBLY

  8. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    RETURNED TO SENATE

  9. 2026-01-07 Senate

    REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

  10. 2025-05-22 Assembly

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

  11. 2025-05-21 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  12. 2025-05-21 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  13. 2025-05-14 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  14. 2025-05-13 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  15. 2025-05-12 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.978

  16. 2025-05-01 Senate

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

  17. 2025-05-01 Senate

    PRINT NUMBER 2122A

  18. 2025-01-15 Senate

    REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Official Summary Text

Authorizes municipalities and the department of financial services to seek civil penalties for violations of the duty to maintain a foreclosed property
Authorizes municipalities and the department of financial services to seek civil penalties for violations of the duty to maintain a foreclosed property in an amount of up to $650 per day for each day such violation persists after the judgement of foreclosure has been issued.

Current Bill Text

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

                                          2122

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    January 15, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  FAHY  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
          Community Development

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  real  property  actions and proceedings law, in
          relation to authorizing municipalities and the department of financial
          services to seek civil penalties for violations of the duty  to  main-
          tain a foreclosed property

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

     1    Section 1. Section 1307 of the real property actions  and  proceedings
     2  law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
     3    3-A.  (A) IN ADDITION TO THE RIGHTS TO ENFORCE CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS AND
     4  RECOVER CERTAIN COSTS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  THIS  SECTION,
     5  VIOLATIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION  BY  A PLAINTIFF IN A MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE
     6  ACTION MAY BE BROUGHT BEFORE A HEARING OFFICER OR A COURT  OF  COMPETENT
     7  JURISDICTION BY AN ENTITY AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OR (C) OF
     8  THIS SUBDIVISION. IF IT SHALL APPEAR TO THE SATISFACTION OF SUCH HEARING
     9  OFFICER  OR COURT, BASED ON THE PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE, THAT SUCH
    10  PLAINTIFF HAS VIOLATED THIS SECTION, A CIVIL PENALTY MAY  BE  ISSUED  BY
    11  SUCH  HEARING  OFFICER  OR  COURT  IN  THE  AMOUNT OF UP TO FIVE HUNDRED
    12  DOLLARS PER DAY FOR EACH DAY SUCH VIOLATION PERSISTED AFTER THE JUDGMENT
    13  OF FORECLOSURE HAS BEEN ISSUED.
    14    (B) THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES MAY, AS  APPROPRIATE  AND
    15  IN SUCH SUPERINTENDENT'S SOLE DISCRETION, PURSUE ANY SUSPECTED VIOLATION
    16  OF  THIS SECTION BY A PLAINTIFF IN A MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACTION. BEFORE
    17  TAKING SUCH ACTION, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES SHALL  GIVE
    18  SUCH PLAINTIFF AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS' NOTICE OF SUCH VIOLATION.
    19    (C)  THE  MUNICIPALITY  IN  WHICH  SUCH  RESIDENTIAL  REAL PROPERTY IS
    20  LOCATED SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO ENFORCE  THE  OBLIGATIONS  DESCRIBED  IN
    21  THIS SECTION IN ANY COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION AFTER AT LEAST SEVEN
    22  DAYS'  NOTICE  TO  THE  PLAINTIFF IN THE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACTION FOR

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05092-01-5
        S. 2122                             2

     1  SUCH PROPERTY,  UNLESS  SUCH  PROPERTY  REQUIRES  EMERGENCY  REPAIRS  TO
     2  ADDRESS A THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE, IN WHICH CASE SUCH
     3  MUNICIPALITY  MAY ENTER AND MAINTAIN SUCH PROPERTY TO CURE SUCH EMERGEN-
     4  CY, PROVIDED HOWEVER, NOTICE SHALL BE PROVIDED TO SUCH PLAINTIFF AS SOON
     5  AS PRACTICABLE. SUCH MUNICIPALITY SHALL PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINAN-
     6  CIAL SERVICES WITH WRITTEN NOTICE AT LEAST TEN DAYS PRIOR TO BRINGING AN
     7  ACTION  PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT FAILURE TO
     8  COMPLY WITH SUCH NOTICE REQUIREMENT SHALL NOT BE A DEFENSE  AGAINST  THE
     9  ACTION  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION.  THE AUTHORITY PROVIDED BY THIS
    10  SUBDIVISION SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO, AND SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO DIMINISH
    11  OR REDUCE, ANY RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES DESCRIBED  IN  THIS  SECTION  UNDER
    12  EXISTING  LAW AGAINST THE PLAINTIFF FOR FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUCH PROPER-
    13  TY.  ANY CIVIL PENALTY IMPOSED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS  SUBDI-
    14  VISION IN AN ACTION BROUGHT BY A MUNICIPALITY PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH
    15  SHALL BE RETAINED BY SUCH MUNICIPALITY.
    16    (D)  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  FINANCIAL  SERVICES  SHALL BE AUTHORIZED AND
    17  EMPOWERED TO ADOPT SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS MAY, IN THE JUDGMENT OF
    18  THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, BE NECESSARY FOR THE EFFECTIVE
    19  IMPLEMENTATION,  ADMINISTRATION,  OPERATION  AND  ENFORCEMENT  OF   THIS
    20  SECTION.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.