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NY S02427
Bill
Status
1/17/2025
Primary Sponsor
Robert Ortt
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AI Summary
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Authorizes the city of Lockport to collect unpaid housing, building, and fire code violation penalties, costs, and fines by placing them on the city's annual tax levy
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Requires violations to be court-adjudicated, recorded by the county clerk, and unpaid for one year after final adjudication to be eligible for placement on the tax levy, with a minimum threshold of 5% of the property's assessed value
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Mandates the city notify property owners and interested parties within 30 days of placement on the tax levy, including violation details, amounts owed, and foreclosure process information
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Exempts owner-occupied residential dwellings and primary residences from these provisions, and requires the city to develop a tenant assistance program for those living in properties at risk of tax foreclosure
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Allows property owners to cure violations or pay the balance before the redemption period expires to avoid auction, and requires surplus funds from any foreclosure sale to be returned to the former owner proportionate to the code violation debt
Legislative Description
Authorizes the city of Lockport to add unpaid housing code violation penalties, costs and fines to such city's annual tax levy; provides the city of Lockport shall notify all owners or known interested parties of record of the placement of the code violations on the city tax levy as uncollected fines and penalties within thirty days of placement.
Last Action
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
1/7/2026