---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to notice to tenants in mortgage foreclosure actions"
description: "Relates to notice to tenants in mortgage foreclosure actions; permits tenants who did not occupy the premises at the commencement of the foreclosure action to remain in occupancy for the remainder of the lease term, up to a maximum of three years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 885"
citation: "New York S 885 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["COMRIE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8461bc89-aeb4-43ff-89e3-278bfcffbaef"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S885"
source_hash: "2958aa8b98c661d3bd6051dc6240ce7389568ec6949cd1c48b127288d0ffe71e"
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 885 (2021-2022) — Relates to notice to tenants in mortgage foreclosure actions

Relates to notice to tenants in mortgage foreclosure actions; permits tenants who did not occupy the premises at the commencement of the foreclosure action to remain in occupancy for the remainder of the lease term, up to a maximum of three years.

## Version chain

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

1. **S885** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S885&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **48–15** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **99–50** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **18–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMRIE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.38
- **2021-01-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-01-25** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-01-25** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1972
- **2021-02-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.55
- **2021-03-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-03-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-03-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-25** SIGNED CHAP.83 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8461bc89-aeb4-43ff-89e3-278bfcffbaef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).