STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1796 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 23, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ZINERMAN, DICKENS, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, LAVINE, SILLITTI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Banks AN ACT to amend the banking law, in relation to refinancing of an exist- ing mortgage loan The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 595-a of the banking law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows: 3 (e) For any refinancing of an existing mortgage loan, where the mort- 4 gagor will no longer be paying property tax or insurance payments into 5 an escrow account, each mortgage broker, mortgage banker and exempt 6 organization shall, prior to closing, provide a separate disclosure 7 which compares the total monthly payments under the previous mortgage 8 with the combined monthly payments for the new mortgage loan, real prop- 9 erty taxes and insurance. The superintendent of financial services may 10 specify the form, content and timing of such disclosure. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 12 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00005-01-3