Bill Text: NY A10921 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the office of the inspector general to establish a searchable public database providing information regarding eviction proceedings in the state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-08-17 - referred to governmental operations [A10921 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A10921-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10921 IN ASSEMBLY August 17, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Lifton) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the office of the inspector general to establish a searchable public database providing information regarding eviction proceedings in the state The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 53 of the executive law, as added 2 by chapter 766 of the laws of 2005, is amended and a new subdivision 8 3 is added to read as follows: 4 7. establish programs for training state officers and employees 5 regarding the prevention and elimination of corruption, fraud, criminal 6 activity, conflicts of interest or abuse in covered agencies[.]; 7 8. establish an electronic database of all eviction proceedings in the 8 state. Such database shall include, but not be limited to, the follow- 9 ing: the court index number; the docket number and date the action was 10 filed; whether the tenant had legal representation in the eviction 11 proceeding; whether an eviction has been ordered and the date on which 12 such eviction was ordered; the reason for the eviction and, where the 13 reason is for nonpayment, the amount owed; the name and address of the 14 landlord; whether the property is commercial or residential; and the zip 15 code of the property. Such database shall be available to the public, 16 accessible from the office's website, and able to be searched and sorted 17 into the categories required to be included in the database pursuant to 18 this subdivision. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14409-02-0