---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to commercial eviction and foreclosure protections, residential eviction and foreclosure protections and open meetings"
description: "Relates to commercial eviction and foreclosure protections, residential eviction and foreclosure protections and open meetings; establishes a COVID-19 emergency rental assistance program (Part A); relates to commercial eviction proceedings (Subpart A); relates to commercial foreclosure proceedings (Subpart B); relates to tax sales (Subpart C); establishes hardship declarations for owners of commercial real property (Subpart D)(Part B); relates to residential eviction proceedings (Subpart A); relates to residential foreclosure proceedings (Subpart B); relates to tax sales (Subpart C); establishes hardship declarations for owners of residential real property (Subpart D)(Part C); extends the prohibition on the eviction of residential tenants who have suffered financial hardship during the COVID-19 covered period through January 15, 2022, and relates to factors to be considered by the court in determining whether a residential tenant or lawful occupant of rental property suffered a financial hardship during the COVID-19 covered period (Part D); authorizes political subdivisions to permit any public body to hold meetings remotely and without in-person access during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency (Part E)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 50001"
citation: "New York S 50001 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAVANAGH"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-09-01"
last_action: "2021-09-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a38f7b5b-3dbf-4935-ba34-f1ef239ad14f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S50001"
source_hash: "cc649269c24a330afe8466484a90bd7e329642e34e051315e2d2c7ed2b517e5c"
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 50001 (2021-2022) — Relates to commercial eviction and foreclosure protections, residential eviction and foreclosure protections and open meetings

Relates to commercial eviction and foreclosure protections, residential eviction and foreclosure protections and open meetings; establishes a COVID-19 emergency rental assistance program (Part A); relates to commercial eviction proceedings (Subpart A); relates to commercial foreclosure proceedings (Subpart B); relates to tax sales (Subpart C); establishes hardship declarations for owners of commercial real property (Subpart D)(Part B); relates to residential eviction proceedings (Subpart A); relates to residential foreclosure proceedings (Subpart B); relates to tax sales (Subpart C); establishes hardship declarations for owners of residential real property (Subpart D)(Part C); extends the prohibition on the eviction of residential tenants who have suffered financial hardship during the COVID-19 covered period through January 15, 2022, and relates to factors to be considered by the court in determining whether a residential tenant or lawful occupant of rental property suffered a financial hardship during the COVID-19 covered period (Part D); authorizes political subdivisions to permit any public body to hold meetings remotely and without in-person access during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency (Part E).

## Version chain

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

1. **S50001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S50001&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **14–7** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **38–19** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **81–60** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KAVANAGH — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-01** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1
- **2021-09-01** MESSAGE OF NECESSITY - 3 DAY MESSAGE
- **2021-09-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-09-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-09-01** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR A40001
- **2021-09-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.1
- **2021-09-01** MESSAGE OF NECESSITY - 3 DAY MESSAGE
- **2021-09-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-09-01** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-09-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-09-02** SIGNED CHAP.417 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a38f7b5b-3dbf-4935-ba34-f1ef239ad14f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).