---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacts the \"zombie property remediation act of 2019\" relating to foreclosure actions involving abandoned properties"
description: "Enacts the \"zombie property remediation act of 2019\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5079"
citation: "New York S 5079 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SKOUFIS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-08"
last_action: "2019-12-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec8d3cb3-3c1b-4cb0-89e4-43d74961ce8a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5079"
source_hash: "bd27ef08fb28855ac233eaf8974255bf66ac4d49272ae3b3f6390772f104d15d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 5079 (2019-2020) — Enacts the "zombie property remediation act of 2019" relating to foreclosure actions involving abandoned properties

Enacts the "zombie property remediation act of 2019".

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S5079** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5079&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S5079A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5079A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **48–14** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **122–24** (pass) · lower
- Housing, Construction And Community Development Vote - Version: A — **10–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SKOUFIS — primary (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- KENNEDY — cosponsor (person)
- METZGER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-04-08** REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15** PRINT NUMBER 5079A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** 1ST REPORT CAL.884
- **2019-05-22** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-29** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-14** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-14** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1859A
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.326
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-18** SIGNED CHAP.682 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec8d3cb3-3c1b-4cb0-89e4-43d74961ce8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).