Requires tenants in housing court proceedings be given information pertaining to their rights including that only a judge may issue a warrant to evict them; requires that they should assert any defense or counterclaim in their answer and that they have a right to have the premises inspected to confirm any claim of dangerous or unhealthy conditions and that they may have a right to withhold rent for failure to make repairs and that OCA sells information to residential tenant screening companies. / Sponsor: ESPAILLAT Committee: JUDICIARY

Provides that housing judges of the New York city civil court shall be elected for terms of ten years and provides for increased compensation. / Sponsor: ESPAILLAT Committee: JUDICIARY

Requires a recording officer not to record or accept a transfer or assignment of interest in a mortgage unless accompanied with a mortgage ownership assignment document. / Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: JUDICIARY

Enacts the "consumer credit fairness act"; establishes a 3 year statute of limitations for commencement of a cause of action arising out of a consumer credit transaction where the defendant is a purchaser, borrower or debtor; establishes a notice of lawsuit which must be mailed to the defendant in such a cause of action; establishes certain requirements for the complaint in such an action; provides for arbitration of such actions; requires debt collectors to send consumers a written notice of their rights under state law along with their initial debt collection correspondence; such notice would contain information such as who and when a principal creditor may contact a debtor about the debt owed as well as the fact that a principal creditor cannot disclose information affecting a consumer debtor's reputation for creditworthiness if the principal creditor knows or has reason to know such information is false; applies to consumer rather than commercial debts. / Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: JUDICIARY

Provides that limited liability for persons held jointly liable shall not apply to parties held liable for failing to provide reasonable security or failing to provide security required by federal, state or local law, rules or regulations. / Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: JUDICIARY

Relates to the applicability of certain provisions with respect to persons injured in the use of scaffolding and other devices for use by employees. / Sponsor: GALLIVAN Committee: JUDICIARY

Establishes the uniform mediation act; establishes that a mediation communication is privileged and is not subject to discovery or admissible in evidence unless waived or precluded; prohibits certain reports to be made by mediators; establishes that mediation communications are confidential; requires mediators to disclose conflicts of interests. / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: JUDICIARY

Requires notice by certified mail with return receipt requested for the commencement of a small claims action in New York city civil courts. / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: JUDICIARY

Relates to venue for certain civil actions arising out of certain violations of the lien law and the vehicle and traffic law. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: JUDICIARY

Requires a landlord to return to a tenant the full security deposit within thirty days of the surrender of the premises by such tenant unless the landlord provides such tenant with a written statement listing the reasons for the retention of any portion of the deposit; sets forth particular situations for which the landlord may retain such security deposit; renders the landlord liable for treble damages for any violation. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: JUDICIARY

Relates to an action for willful neglect of residential real property and treble damages. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: JUDICIARY

Permits special proceedings against certain designated state officials to be commenced in a supreme court in the judicial district of the petitioner's residence or principal place of business; provides that a proceeding against the public service commission shall only be commenced in the supreme court, Albany county. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: JUDICIARY

Requires no budget bill shall be passed or become a law unless it shall have been printed and upon the desks of the members, in its final form, for at least ten calendar legislative days prior to its final passage; requires the finance committees of the senate and assembly to hold meetings on such budget bill during such ten day period. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: JUDICIARY

Provides for payment of bonuses to veterans of the Korean war. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: JUDICIARY

Relates to the composition of boards of elections. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: JUDICIARY

Requires residential real property managers or any firm employing a property manager, contracting with a property manager or contracting to provide a property manager to file a registration statement with the secretary of state and to be certified from an approved certifying organization. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: JUDICIARY

Requires brokers who receive monies in a fiduciary capacity to deposit such monies in an interest on broker (IOBA) account. / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: JUDICIARY

Requires that an explanation as to the reason or reasons for the dismissal of a complaint be provided to the complainant. / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: JUDICIARY

Provides additional remedies for violations of orders of protection and probation in family offense cases including revocation of a license to possess firearms, mandatory counseling and probation. / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: JUDICIARY

Relates to the liability of landowners who permit recreational uses of their land; establishes landowners owe no duty to keep premises safe for entry, passage over premises or other recreational uses or to give warning of any hazardous condition of use of or structure or activity on such premises to persons entering for such purposes. / Sponsor: GRISANTI Committee: JUDICIARY