A 6412: Provides that records of eviction proceeding shall be sealed when the leased property was foreclosed upon; prohibits use and disclosure of any such information relating to a tenant; imposes fine of between $1,000 and $2,000 for violations thereof.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6412 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the real property actions and proceedings law, in relation to the imposition of civil penalties for failure to seal the court records of evictions of tenants leasing real property that is the subject of a foreclosure The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 757 of the real property actions and proceedings 2 law, as added by section 23 of part M of chapter 36 of the laws of 2019, 3 is amended to read as follows: 4 § 757. Eviction as the result of foreclosure. In the event that a 5 lessee is removed from real property pursuant to this article, and the 6 leased real property was the subject of a foreclosure proceeding pursu- 7 ant to this chapter or the subject of a tax foreclosure proceeding, the 8 court records relating to any such lessee shall be sealed and be deemed 9 confidential. No disclosure or use of such information relating to any 10 such lessee shall be authorized, and the use of such information shall 11 be prohibited. Any violation of this section by a private person shall 12 result in a civil penalty of not less than one thousand dollars, nor 13 more than two thousand dollars. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06020-01-5