NYC Council Introduction 1407

intro.nyc/1407-2025 2024-2025 Legislative Session Vetoed
Sale of tax liens.
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Introduced: October 9, 2025

Currently, the City has authority to sell tax liens through 2028 pursuant to methods authorized in the administrative code. This bill would amend the administrative code to authorize the City to sell tax liens to a New York city land bank through a negotiated sale, and would not provide an expiration date for such authority. Additionally, this bill would require the commissioner of finance to include in the terms and conditions of any sale of tax liens the term and condition that no purchaser of a tax lien may foreclose upon a lien on class one residential real property occupied by the owner as a primary resident until 1 year has passed after the date of sale and the value of the lien reaches the lesser amount of 15% of the property value or $70,000, as well as the term and condition that every purchaser shall regularly send bills of the amount due on the lien and other pertinent information to the property owner.

Approved by Committee December 18, 2025

Committee on Finance Votes 14:0:1
Justin L. Brannan (Affirmative)
Diana I. Ayala (Affirmative)
Gale A. Brewer (Affirmative)
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers (Affirmative)
David M. Carr (Negative)
Amanda C. Farías (Affirmative)
Kamillah Hanks (Absent)
Crystal Hudson (Affirmative)
Farah N. Louis (Affirmative)
Francisco P. Moya (Medical)
Chi A. Ossé (Affirmative)
Keith Powers (Affirmative)
Yusef Salaam (Affirmative)
Pierina Ana Sanchez (Affirmative)
Althea V. Stevens (Affirmative)
Nantasha M. Williams (Affirmative)
Julie Won (Affirmative)

Approved by Council December 18, 2025

Votes 41:0:7
Adrienne E. Adams (Affirmative)
Diana I. Ayala (Affirmative)
Shaun Abreu (Affirmative)
Joann Ariola (Negative)
Alexa Avilés (Affirmative)
Chris Banks (Affirmative)
Erik D. Bottcher (Affirmative)
Justin L. Brannan (Affirmative)
Gale A. Brewer (Affirmative)
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers (Affirmative)
Tiffany L. Cabán (Affirmative)
David M. Carr (Absent)
Carmen N. De La Rosa (Affirmative)
Eric Dinowitz (Affirmative)
Harvey D. Epstein (Affirmative)
Amanda C. Farías (Affirmative)
Simcha Felder (Affirmative)
Oswald J. Feliz (Affirmative)
James F. Gennaro (Affirmative)
Jennifer Gutiérrez (Affirmative)
Shahana K. Hanif (Affirmative)
Kamillah Hanks (Absent)
Robert F. Holden (Negative)
Crystal Hudson (Affirmative)
Rita C. Joseph (Affirmative)
Shekar Krishnan (Affirmative)
Linda Lee (Affirmative)
Farah N. Louis (Affirmative)
Kristy Marmorato (Negative)
Christopher Marte (Affirmative)
Darlene Mealy (Negative)
Julie Menin (Affirmative)
Frank Morano (Negative)
Francisco P. Moya (Affirmative)
Mercedes Narcisse (Affirmative)
Sandy Nurse (Affirmative)
Chi A. Ossé (Affirmative)
Vickie Paladino (Negative)
Keith Powers (Affirmative)
Lincoln Restler (Affirmative)
Kevin C. Riley (Affirmative)
Yusef Salaam (Affirmative)
Rafael Salamanca, Jr. (Affirmative)
Pierina Ana Sanchez (Affirmative)
Lynn C. Schulman (Affirmative)
Althea V. Stevens (Affirmative)
Sandra Ung (Affirmative)
Inna Vernikov (Negative)
Nantasha M. Williams (Affirmative)
Julie Won (Affirmative)
Susan Zhuang (Absent)

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