Assembly Bill A11187

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   11187
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 1, 2026
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the county law and the administrative code of  the  city
   of  New York, in relation to the docketing of judgments imposing civil
   penalties for the violation of certain  requirements  imposed  by  the
   zoning resolution of the city of New York

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 918 of the county law, as  amended
 by section 12 of part G of chapter 55 of the laws of 2024, is amended to
 read as follows:
   4. Any other laws to the contrary notwithstanding, the county clerk in
 each  of  the  counties  within  the  city of New York is authorized and
 empowered to maintain separate judgment docket  volumes  containing  the
 printed transcript or transcripts, in strict alphabetical order of judg-
 ment  made,  entered  and docketed in the civil court of the city of New
 York against individuals, corporations, and other entities on behalf  of
 the parking violations bureau, the environmental control board, the taxi
 and   limousine  commission,  the  department  of  consumer  and  worker
 protection, the office of administrative trials and hearings when acting
 in accordance with subdivision c of section 7-551 OR  SUBDIVISION  B  OF
 SECTION  26-3309  of the administrative code of the city of New York and
 the commissioner of jurors of the city of New York,  provided  that  the
 judgments  made,  entered and docketed in the civil court of the city of
 New York against individuals, corporations, and other entities on behalf
 of the department of consumer and worker protection shall be limited  to
 final  decisions  and orders that either (a) award restitution, or mone-
 tary damages, to a consumer or worker; or (b) award such restitution, or
 monetary damages, to a consumer or worker, together with civil penalties
 or equitable relief.  These volumes may be maintained  in  the  form  of
 computer  print  outs which shall contain the date of judgment, the name
 and address of the judgment debtor or debtors, the amount of  the  judg-
 ment  and other information which the county clerk may deem necessary to
 sufficiently describe the parties to the action or proceeding or  nature
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 or  the  manner of the entry of the judgment. The county clerk may, [in]
 in such clerk's discretion, in lieu of such volumes, maintain the afore-
 mentioned data in a micrographic or computer  retrievable  format.  With
 respect  to  judgments  on  behalf of the parking violations bureau such
 volumes or other format shall be maintained pursuant to this subdivision
 for only those individuals,  corporations,  and  other  entities  having
 vehicles registered in the counties within the city of New York.
   §  2.  Sections  26-3001, 26-3002, 26-3003, 26-3004, 26-3005, 26-3006,
 26-3007, 26-3008, 26-3009, 26-3010, 26-3011, 26-3012, 26-3013,  26-3014,
 26-3015,  26-3016, 26-3017, 26-3018, 26-3019 and 26-3020 of the adminis-
 trative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 45 of
 the city of New York for the year 2022, are renumbered sections 26-3301,
 26-3302, 26-3303, 26-3304, 26-3305, 26-3306, 26-3307, 26-3308,  26-3309,
 26-3310,  26-3311, 26-3312, 26-3313, 26-3314, 26-3315, 26-3316, 26-3317,
 26-3318, 26-3319 and 26-3320, respectively.
   § 3. Section 26-3309 of the administrative code of  the  city  of  New
 York,  as  added  by local law number 45 of the city of New York for the
 year 2022 and such section as renumbered by section two of this act,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   §  26-3309  Enforcement  of  civil  penalty.  A. The owner, architect,
 builder, contractor, engineer or any  other  person  who  maintains  any
 building,  or  who  erects, constructs, alters, extends, occupies, uses,
 operates, rents or sells any building or affordable housing unit subject
 to applicable affordable housing provisions, or assists or  causes  same
 to  be done, in conflict with or in violation of any of such provisions,
 or who fails to comply with an order of the commissioner or violates any
 order of the commissioner issued pursuant  to  this  chapter,  shall  be
 liable  for a civil penalty that may be recovered in a proceeding before
 an administrative tribunal within the  jurisdiction  of  the  office  of
 administrative trials and hearings or before a court of competent juris-
 diction.
   B.  ANY FINAL DECISION OR ORDER OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL OR DIVI-
 SION OF THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE  TRIALS  AND  HEARINGS  IMPOSING  A
 CIVIL  PENALTY  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION, WHETHER THE
 ADJUDICATION WAS HAD BY HEARING OR  UPON  DEFAULT  OR  OTHERWISE,  SHALL
 CONSTITUTE  A  JUDGMENT WHICH MAY BE ENTERED BY SUCH OFFICE IN THE CIVIL
 COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK OR ANY OTHER PLACE PROVIDED FOR THE  ENTRY
 OF  CIVIL  JUDGMENTS WITHIN THE STATE, AND MAY BE ENFORCED WITHOUT COURT
 PROCEEDINGS IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE  ENFORCEMENT  OF  MONEY  JUDGMENTS
 ENTERED IN CIVIL ACTIONS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO SUCH JUDGMENT SHALL
 BE  ENTERED  WHICH  EXCEEDS THE SUM OF TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND
 THAT THE TERMS AND LIMITATIONS  APPLICABLE  TO  ENTRY  OF  FINAL  ORDERS
 IMPOSING  PENALTIES PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE THOUSAND FORTY-NINE-A OF THE
 NEW YORK CITY CHARTER SHALL APPLY TO  ENTRY  OF  FINAL  ORDERS  IMPOSING
 PENALTIES  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION; PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT SUBPARAGRAPH
 (A) OF PARAGRAPH TWO OF SUBDIVISION D OF SUCH SECTION MAY BE UTILIZED IN
 CONNECTION WITH SERVICE OF CIVIL SUMMONSES  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  INCON-
 SISTENT  PROVISION OF SUCH CLAUSE; AND PROVIDED STILL FURTHER, THAT SUCH
 TERMS AND LIMITATIONS SHALL NOT BE DEEMED CONDITIONS UPON THE SERVICE OR
 ENFORCEMENT OF CIVIL SUMMONSES OTHER THAN AS A  CONDITION  OF  ENTRY  AS
 JUDGMENTS PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to actions
 and  proceedings  for the enforcement of section 26-3309 of the adminis-
 trative code of the city of New York, as amended  by  section  three  of
 this act, commenced on or after such date.