STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10518 IN ASSEMBLY May 24, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Galef) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Real Property Taxation AN ACT in relation to authorizing municipalities to place a moratorium on tax foreclosures and tax lien sales The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. For the purposes of this act, "COVID-19 covered period" 2 means March 7, 2020 until the date on which none of the provisions that 3 closed or otherwise restricted public or private businesses or places of 4 public accommodation, or required postponement or cancellation of all 5 non-essential gatherings of individuals of any size for any reason in 6 executive order numbers 202.3, 202.4, 202.5, 202.6, 202.7, 202.8, 7 202.10, 202.11, 202.13 or 202.14 of 2020, as extended by executive order 8 numbers 202.28 and 202.31 and as further extended by any future execu- 9 tive order, issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic continue to 10 apply in the county where the real property is situated. 11 § 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law, or any local law, 12 ordinance, resolution, or city or county charter to the contrary, for 13 the duration of the COVID-19 covered period, at local option and after a 14 public hearing, any village, town, city, school district, or county 15 which conducts tax foreclosures or tax lien sales may pass a local law 16 or resolution to place a moratorium on such tax lien sales or tax fore- 17 closures for a period of up to five years after the COVID-19 covered 18 period; provided however, that, consistent with the limitation of this 19 section, any such local law or resolution shall establish a date upon 20 which tax lien sales and tax foreclosures may resume. 21 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16508-02-0