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S9907 • 2025

Relates to compliance by New York city marshals with filing requirement regarding service of a notice of eviction

Relates to compliance by New York city marshals with filing requirement regarding service of a notice of eviction

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Sponsor
Erik Bottcher
Last action
2026-06-04
Official status
Passed Assembly
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relates to compliance by New York city marshals with filing requirement regarding service of a notice of eviction

Relates to compliance by New York city marshals with filing requirement regarding service of a notice of eviction Requires New York city marshals to complete an electronic filing within one business day of service of a notice of eviction.

What This Bill Does

  • Relates to compliance by New York city marshals with filing requirement regarding service of a notice of eviction Requires New York city marshals to complete an electronic filing within one business day of service of a notice of eviction.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-04 Assembly

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

  2. 2026-06-04 Assembly

    RETURNED TO SENATE

  3. 2026-05-20 Assembly

    SUBSTITUTED FOR A8567

  4. 2026-05-20 Assembly

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.148

  5. 2026-05-13 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  6. 2026-05-13 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  7. 2026-05-13 Assembly

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

  8. 2026-05-06 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  9. 2026-05-05 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  10. 2026-05-04 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.895

  11. 2026-04-13 Senate

    REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Official Summary Text

Relates to compliance by New York city marshals with filing requirement regarding service of a notice of eviction
Requires New York city marshals to complete an electronic filing within one business day of service of a notice of eviction.

Current Bill Text

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

                                          9907

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                     April 13, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. BOTTCHER -- 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 compliance by New York city marshals with filing  require-
          ment regarding service of a notice of eviction

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

     1    Section 1. Section 749-a of the real property actions and  proceedings
     2  law,  as added by chapter 129 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    § 749-a. New York city marshals. A marshal of the  city  of  New  York
     5  shall  provide  notice of [execution of a warrant of] eviction [by phys-
     6  ical posting of the notice] IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED IN THIS ARTICLE FOR
     7  THE SERVICE OF A NOTICE OF PETITION and by an electronic  filing  WITHIN
     8  ONE  BUSINESS DAY OF SERVICE OF THE NOTICE OF EVICTION.  For purposes of
     9  this section, "electronic filing" shall mean  an  electronic  filing  as
    10  described  in  section  twenty-one  hundred three-a of the New York city
    11  civil court act AND "BUSINESS DAY" SHALL MEAN ANY DAY OTHER THAN  SATUR-
    12  DAY OR SUNDAY.
    13    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
    14  the amendments to  section  749-a  of  the  real  property  actions  and
    15  proceedings  law made by section one of this act shall be subject to the
    16  repeal of such section and shall expire and be  deemed  repealed  there-
    17  with.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07099-03-5