STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6257
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      March 1, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Judiciary
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  real  property  actions and proceedings law, in
          relation to sealing the court records of evictions of tenants  leasing
          real property that is the subject of a foreclosure
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The real property actions and proceedings law is amended by
     2  adding a new section 757 to read as follows:
     3    § 757. Eviction as the result of foreclosure.  In  the  event  that  a
     4  lessee  is  removed from real property pursuant to this article, and the
     5  leased real property was the subject of a foreclosure proceeding  pursu-
     6  ant  to this chapter or the subject of a tax foreclosure proceeding, the
     7  court records relating to any such lessee shall be sealed and be  deemed
     8  confidential.  No  disclosure or use of such information relating to any
     9  such lessee shall be authorized, and the use of such  information  shall
    10  be  prohibited.  Any  violation  of this section shall result in a civil
    11  penalty of not less than one thousand dollars, nor more than  two  thou-
    12  sand dollars.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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