Bill Text: NY A06254 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates a private right of action for improper debt collection procedures; allows plaintiffs to recover punitive damages and reasonable attorney's fees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - ordered to third reading cal.206 [A06254 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A06254-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6254

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 10, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WEINSTEIN  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Judiciary

        AN ACT to amend the general business law,  in  relation  to  allowing  a
          private right of action for improper debt collection

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

     1    Section 1. Section 602 of the  general  business  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     3    4. A debtor shall have a private right of action against any person or
     4  persons  in  violation  of this article. Such person or persons shall be
     5  liable to the debtor for any actual damages the debtor  sustained  as  a
     6  result of the violation of this article, any punitive damages awarded by
     7  the court, and reasonable attorney's fees.
     8    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
     9  have become a law.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03110-01-1