STATE OF NEW YORK
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9847
IN SENATE
April 8, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to providing tenants
with the right to execute leases electronically
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding a new section
2 226-d to read as follows:
3 § 226-d. Lease paper reduction election. Notwithstanding any contrary
4 service or delivery requirements of this section or any other provision
5 of law, in entering or renewing any lease or rental agreement, tenants
6 and renters shall be given the right to elect to receive and, as needed,
7 execute such lease or rental agreement, any required renewal, and any
8 rider or notice served under, or required by, the lease or any statute,
9 code, ordinance, or other authority, solely by electronic means. Those
10 electronic documents shall have the same force and effect as would paper
11 originals. This election shall not apply to any service of process or
12 predicate notices in judicial proceedings.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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