Update: 11/11/2020
This bill was signed into law by Governor Cuomo.
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Weiner, Brodsky, Kider: NY Requires Mortgage Servicer’s Information be Included in Certain Foreclosure-Related Documents
Legislative Gazette: New law helps local officials find those responsible for ‘zombie properties’
Following attempts in the 2017-2018 session (S7693, A11075) Assemblymember Monica Wallace and State Senator Tim Kennedy have announced legislation (A.6976 and S.4190) that requires mortgage servicers to list names and phone numbers during foreclosure proceedings, giving municipalities an easier way to contact responsible parties, thus ensuring maintenance obligations are enforced.
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“All hands on deck” seems to be a productive strategy in addressing blight including utilizing non-traditional partnerships.
We have previously reported on communities working with the National Guard .
In a recent report, FOX 54 discusses how Richmond County GA, is incorporating the County Marshall’s office in its blight mitigation efforts.
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Whether it’s an individual property owner, company, or bank, or municipality, the issue raised by WCJB is an absolute concern.
Here we have a case of a conscientious homeowner, (who has other options including for example a deed in lieu of foreclosure) but the for ones not taking responsibility, the onus falls on the municipality.
“One size fits all” on a moratorium that includes a vacant, and especially abandoned, property is not the right approach.
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WCJB Family loses thousands of dollars with foreclosure ban
A recent article by NNY360 (Watertown Daily Times) profiles two interesting initiatives to address blight in Oswego.
The Nuisance Abatement Ordinance, while appearing to be in-line with other communities regulations, does include a proposal from the Mayor recommending a three-person committee made up of the director of Code Enforcement, the chief of police, and the city attorney. Any action taken against a property would have to come to a vote before that committee. That committee was amended to include two non-landlord community members.
The second discusses the Mayor’s proposal to eliminate “For-Rent” signs. That original proposal has undergone several amendments and is now scheduled for a public hearing.
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In an in-depth report, USA Today discusses new research that shows significant deficiencies with the Federal governments flood maps.
Residents of coastal states and communities have long been wary of flooding, however the new research show the underestimated risk “to nearly 6 million homes and commercial properties primarily in the nation’s interior, leaving them unprepared for potential devastation”
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A federal bankruptcy judge is soon to decide on a South Windsor CT, property owner’s claim that the town is wrongfully trying to collect more than $26,000 from her.
The town filed a $26,556 lien against the property in September 2016 for the cost of cleaning it up, according to court documents.
Property owner maintains that the lien was improper because she had filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on May 16, 2016 and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court had discharged her debts that August.
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