STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5944

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 24, 2023
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        Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Judiciary

        AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to  allow-
          ing  tenants to appeal judgments or orders issued against them without
          first being required to pay any portion of such judgment or order

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

     1    Section 1. Section 5519 of the civil practice law and rules is amended
     2  by adding a new subdivision (h) to read as follows:
     3    (h)  Appeals  of  judgments  or orders by tenants. Notwithstanding any
     4  provision of law to the contrary, if a tenant serves upon a  landlord  a
     5  notice  of appeal or an affidavit of intention to move for permission to
     6  appeal a judgment or order or pay an undertaking under paragraph two  or
     7  six  of  subdivision  (a)  of  this  section,  such  tenant shall not be
     8  required to pay any portion of money under such judgment or order  until
     9  the end of the stay triggered by such service.
    10    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to judg-
    11  ments and orders issued on or after such date.





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