---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires a plaintiff in a mortgage foreclosure action to maintain the subject property"
description: "Requires a plaintiff including a lender, an assignee or a mortgage loan servicer in a mortgage foreclosure action to maintain the subject property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 1579"
citation: "New York S 1579 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PARKER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9aad9ee-fa2e-412c-b5d1-a53c98227b4b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S1579"
source_hash: "d77660fb86da9dbdbb8a6c4e882d386d418b4bcbc9163eaffbb4f6f52a0a92e9"
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 1579 (2021-2022) — Requires a plaintiff in a mortgage foreclosure action to maintain the subject property

Requires a plaintiff including a lender, an assignee or a mortgage loan servicer in a mortgage foreclosure action to maintain the subject property.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1579** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1579&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S1579A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S1579A)

## Votes

- Housing, Construction And Community Development Vote — **8–3** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **103–46** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **42–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PARKER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** 1ST REPORT CAL.197
- **2021-02-02** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-02-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-02-22** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 1579A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-03-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-03-01** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5923A
- **2021-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.195
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.692 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-21** APPROVAL MEMO.78

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9aad9ee-fa2e-412c-b5d1-a53c98227b4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).