DECISION & ORDER
BUCKI, Chief Judge.
Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 522(f), the debtor has moved to avoid a judgment lien that a creditor had perfected prior to August 30, 2005, that being the effective date of the statutory amendment that increased New York's homestead exemption from $10,000 to $50,000. Asserting that the amendment can have no retroactive effect, the judgment creditor objects to the debtor's motion on both statutory and constitutional...
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