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Senate Bill S1323

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Authorizes appearance by a tenant in the housing part without counsel

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2011-S1323 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
New York City Civil Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §110, NYC Civ Ct Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1648
2013-2014: S427
2015-2016: S2326
2017-2018: S4209

2011-S1323 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes any tenant who is party to an action in housing part to be represented by a person who is not an attorney, provided consent for such representation is made on the record, such person is prohibited from consenting to an entry of a judgment on behalf of a tenant and such person may not receive a fee or other remuneration for such representation.

2011-S1323 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S1323 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1323

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 6, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. DILAN, DIAZ, HASSELL-THOMPSON, PARKER -- read twice
  and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
  on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the New York  city  civil  court  act,  in  relation  to
  authorizing appearance without counsel within the housing part

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 110 of the New York city civil court act is amended
by adding a new subdivision (q) to read as follows:
  (Q) ANY TENANT WHO IS A PARTY MAY BE REPRESENTED IN THE  HOUSING  PART
BY  COUNSEL  OR  BY  SUCH  OTHER  PERSON DESIGNATED IN WRITING OR ON THE
RECORD TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SUCH TENANT,  TRANSLATE  FOR  SUCH  TENANT,
AND/OR TO MAKE ANY APPLICATION, INCLUDING AN APPLICATION FOR ADJOURNMENT
ON BEHALF OF SUCH TENANT, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH DESIGNATED REPRE-
SENTATIVE  IF  NOT  AUTHORIZED  TO PRACTICE LAW SHALL BE PROHIBITED FROM
ACCEPTING ANY FEE, COMPENSATION OR OTHER REMUNERATION FOR SUCH REPRESEN-
TATION SERVICES. NOTHING IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE  CONSTRUED  TO
AUTHORIZE  SUCH DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE TO CONSENT TO THE ENTRY OF ANY
JUDGMENT AGAINST THE TENANT.
  S 2. This act shall  take  effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law and shall govern
all actions or proceedings commenced on or after such date.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02921-01-1

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