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Assembly Bill A2890A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires the office of court administration to promulgate certain housing court documents in the seven most common languages in the city of New York

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2017-A2890 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6076
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:
2015-2016: A7968
2019-2020: A2145, S1951

2017-A2890 - Summary

Requires the office of court administration to promulgate certain housing court documents in the seven most common languages in the city of New York.

2017-A2890 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2890
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. JOYNER, BLAKE, GOTTFRIED, SIMON, COOK, PERRY --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the New York  city  civil  court  act,  in  relation  to
   requiring  the  office  of  court administration to promulgate certain
   housing court documents provided to parties in their native language

   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)  (1) THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION SHALL BY RULE PROMULGATE A
 SPANISH VERSION OF THE NOTICE OF PETITION AND PETITION  FOR  NONPAYMENT,
 AND  REQUIRE  THAT  IT BE SERVED TOGETHER WITH AN ENGLISH VERSION IN ALL
 PROCEEDINGS COMMENCED UNDER SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO OF THE REAL
 PROPERTY ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS LAW.
   (2) THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION  SHALL  BY  RULE  PROMULGATE  A
 NOTICE  TO  BE  INCLUDED  IN  OR  ANNEXED  TO  ALL  PETITIONS SUBJECT TO
 PROCEEDINGS COMMENCED UNDER SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO OF THE REAL
 PROPERTY ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS LAW, WHICH SHALL STATE, IN THE SIX MOST
 COMMON LANGUAGES IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THAT THE RESPONDENT MAY OBTAIN
 A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF PETITION AND PETITION FORM  IN  THOSE  SIX  MOST
 COMMON LANGUAGES ON THE INTERNET WEBSITE OF THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINIS-
 TRATION,  AND MAY CALL A DESIGNATED TELEPHONE NUMBER WHICH WILL  PROVIDE
 INFORMATION ON THE COURT PROCESS FOR EVICTION IN THE RESPONDENT'S NATIVE
 LANGUAGE.
   (3) THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION SHALL BY RULE REVISE  THE  TEXT
 OF  THE  POSTCARD  CURRENTLY  REQUIRED  TO  BE  FILED  BY PETITIONERS IN
 PROCEEDINGS SUBJECT TO ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE REAL  PROPERTY  ACTIONS  AND
 PROCEEDINGS  LAW  TO  INCLUDE NOTICE IN THE SIX MOST COMMON LANGUAGES IN
 THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THAT THE RESPONDENT MAY OBTAIN THE NOTICE OF PETI-
 TION AND PETITION FORM IN THOSE SIX MOST COMMON LANGUAGES ON THE  INTER-
 NET WEBSITE OF THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION, AND MAY CALL A DESIG-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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2017-A2890A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6076
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:
2015-2016: A7968
2019-2020: A2145, S1951

2017-A2890A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the office of court administration to promulgate certain housing court documents in the seven most common languages in the city of New York.

2017-A2890A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2890--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. JOYNER, BLAKE, GOTTFRIED, SIMON, COOK, PERRY,
   MOSLEY, ORTIZ,  SEPULVEDA,  NIOU,  DE LA ROSA,  RICHARDSON,  BICHOTTE,
   CRESPO,   HARRIS  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.  BRAUNSTEIN,
   JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  New  York  city civil court act, in relation to
   requiring the office of court  administration  to  promulgate  certain
   housing court documents provided to parties in their native language
 
   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) (1) THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION SHALL BY RULE PROMULGATE  A
 SPANISH  VERSION  OF  THE NOTICE OF PETITION THAT SHALL INCLUDE A DESIG-
 NATED TELEPHONE NUMBER WHICH WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE  RESPONDENT
 IN SPANISH ON THE COURT PROCESS FOR EVICTION, AND THE NOTICE OF PETITION
 SHALL  BE  REQUIRED TO BE SERVED TOGETHER WITH AN ENGLISH VERSION IN ALL
 PROCEEDINGS COMMENCED UNDER SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO OF THE REAL
 PROPERTY ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS LAW.
   (2) THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION  SHALL  BY  RULE  PROMULGATE  A
 NOTICE  TO BE ANNEXED TO ALL NOTICES OF PETITIONS SUBJECT TO PROCEEDINGS
 COMMENCED UNDER SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO OF  THE  REAL  PROPERTY
 ACTIONS  AND  PROCEEDINGS LAW, WHICH SHALL STATE, IN THE SIX MOST COMMON
 LANGUAGES IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, AFTER SPANISH,  THAT  THE  RESPONDENT
 MAY  OBTAIN  A  COPY  OF  THE  NOTICE OF PETITION FORM IN THOSE SIX MOST
 COMMON LANGUAGES ON THE INTERNET WEBSITE OF THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINIS-
 TRATION WHICH SHALL BE PROVIDED ON THIS NOTICE FOR THIS PURPOSE, AND MAY
 CALL A DESIGNATED TELEPHONE NUMBER, LISTED ON  THE  NOTICE,  WHICH  WILL
 PROVIDE  INFORMATION  ON  THE  COURT  PROCESS  FOR EVICTION IN THOSE SIX
 LANGUAGES.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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