NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A7527
SPONSOR: Burgos TITLE OF BILL:
An act to designate certain zip codes as cease and desist zones
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA:
The purpose of this legislation is to stop intense and repeated solic-
itation by real estate brokers and salespersons within the geographic
areas of The Bronx and Mount Vernon.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section one of the bill adds all of the zip codes of The Bronx and Mount
Vernon to the relevant provisions of the real property law so as to make
those areas cease and desist zones. Section two of the bill sets forth
the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Homeowners in The Bronx and Mount Vernon are subject to intense and
repeated solicitation by real estate brokers and salespersons to place
their property for sale. This bill would establish these areas as cease
and desist zones under the real property law. This would allow owners of
residential real property located within these areas to file an owner's
statement with the secretary of state expressing, per the statute, their
wish not to be solicited by real estate brokers, salespersons or other
persons' regularly engaged in the trade or business of buying and sell-
ing real estate.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATION FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
TBD.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7527
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 25, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. BURGOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Judiciary
AN ACT to designate certain zip codes as cease and desist zones
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the
2 contrary, the secretary of state shall establish by rule a cease and
3 desist zone, pursuant to subdivision 3 of section 442-h of the real
4 property law, consisting of the following zip codes within ninety days
5 of the effective date of this act: 10451, 10452, 10453, 10454, 10455,
6 10456, 10457, 10458, 10459, 10460, 10461, 10462, 10463, 10464, 10465,
7 10466, 10467, 10468, 10469, 10470, 10471, 10472, 10473, 10474, 10475,
8 10550, 10551, 10552, and 10553. The rule establishing such cease and
9 desist zone shall be effective for five years, provided the secretary of
10 state may re-adopt the rule to continue the cease and desist zone pursu-
11 ant to paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of section 442-h of the real prop-
12 erty law.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11076-02-3
