On March 21, 2020, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued Executive Order No. 202.9, pursuant to his broad emergency powers to temporarily suspend or modify statutes, local laws, ordinances, rules and regulations during periods of disaster emergencies, to do the following:
For purposes of orders 2 and 3 above, covered entities include all banks chartered under New York law, all bank holding companies, all registered mortgage brokers, all licensed mortgage bankers, all registered mortgage loan servicers, all licensed mortgage loan originators, all licensed lenders, all licensed cashers of checks, all licensed sales finance companies, all licensed insurance premium finance agencies, all licensed transmitters of money, all licensed budget planners, all out-of-state banks that maintain a branch or branches or representative or other offices in New York State, and all foreign banking corporations licensed by the superintendent of the Department of Financial Services to do business in New York.
The executive order does not define what actions or remedies are subject to mandatory forbearance by banks for purposes of order 1 above. In addition, it does not define which persons or entities qualify as consumers for purposes of order 2 above. Furthermore, it does not define what constitutes a financial hardship for purposes of order 1 or 2 above.
The provisions of the executive order are effective from March 21, 2020, until April 20, 2020.
We will be providing updates to this Alert once the referenced emergency regulations are enacted or modifications to this executive order are issued.