Bill Text: NY S00312 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 312 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Enacts the protect main street act to require a settlement conference prior to any further proceedings in a commercial eviction matter commenced on or after March 17, 2020 to address subjects related to COVID-19 pandemic.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-01-06 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S00312 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S00312-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           312

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

        AN ACT in relation to  enacting  the  "protect  main  street  act";  and
          providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration there-
          of

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

     1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
     2  the "protect main street act".
     3    §  2.  Notwithstanding  any provision of law to the contrary, prior to
     4  any further proceedings in a commercial eviction matter commenced on  or
     5  after  March  17,  2020, the court shall hold a settlement conference to
     6  address subjects related to  COVID-19  pandemic  concerns  and  relevant
     7  legal  defenses,  including but not limited to, whether an unanticipated
     8  event that could not have been foreseen or guarded against in the  lease
     9  contract made performance of the subject matter of the contract, in full
    10  or in part, objectively impossible.
    11    §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    12  deemed repealed one year after such date.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02776-01-1