---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to eviction and foreclosure protections"
description: "Establishes the COVID-19 Emergency Protect Our Small Businesses Act of 2021; relates to eviction proceedings (Part A); relates to foreclosure proceedings (Subpart A); relates to tax sales (Subpart B); establishes hardship declarations for owners of commercial real property (Subpart C) (Part B)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 471"
citation: "New York S 471 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAPLAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b5f753a-687c-4b84-a3e4-3d397e1b3550"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S471"
source_hash: "0cbcf0dc8e955d570249dae83ac3b5b665b8dc7c3814de1280fd5e301264a110"
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 471 (2021-2022) — Relates to eviction and foreclosure protections

Establishes the COVID-19 Emergency Protect Our Small Businesses Act of 2021; relates to eviction proceedings (Part A); relates to foreclosure proceedings (Subpart A); relates to tax sales (Subpart B); establishes hardship declarations for owners of commercial real property (Subpart C) (Part B).

## Version chain

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

1. **S471** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S471&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S471A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S471A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **46–17** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **133–17** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **13–7** (pass) · upper
- Housing, Construction And Community Development Vote - Version: A — **8–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KAPLAN — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- KENNEDY — cosponsor (person)
- KRUEGER — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)
- MAYER — cosponsor (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
- SERRANO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** PRINT NUMBER 471A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-19** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.60
- **2021-01-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-01-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-01-19** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3207
- **2021-01-26** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.13
- **2021-01-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-01-26** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-03-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-09** APPROVAL MEMO.1
- **2021-03-09** SIGNED CHAP.73 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b5f753a-687c-4b84-a3e4-3d397e1b3550`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).