New York Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law Article 19-A - SPECIAL PROCEEDING TO CONVEY TITLE TO ABANDONED DWELLING TO CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE

• 1970 - Applicability.
  The department or agency of a city, town or village, responsible for the enforcement of the multiple dwelling law, the multiple residence law, or any...
• 1971 - Certification of Abandonment.
  1. The department may make a finding that a dwelling is abandoned if: (a) In the case of an occupied dwelling, the owner has failed...
• 1971-a - Destruction of Abandoned Dwellings.
  "Destruction of an abandoned dwelling" occurs when a person, having no right to do so or permission of the department or the owner to take,...
• 1972 - Notice.
  1. If the department proposes to institute proceedings pursuant to this article, it may file a copy of the certification and a notice of intention...
• 1973 - Commencement of Proceeding.
  1. After all provisions of section nineteen hundred seventy-two of this article have been complied with, the department may commence a proceeding in a court...
• 1974 - Decision and Judgment of Court.
  1. If any party to the proceeding contests the issue of abandonment, the burden of proving that the dwelling is abandoned shall be upon the...

Last modified: February 3, 2019