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A00458 Summary:

A00458 Actions:

A00458 Committee Votes:

Committee:HOUSING   Chair:Rosenthal L      
DATE:02/14/2023AYE/NAY:27/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Rosenthal
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Cook
Aye
Byrnes
Aye
Kim
Aye
Brown K 
Aye
Walker
Aye
Gallahan
Aye
Joyner
Aye
Brown E 
Aye
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Brook-Krasny
Aye
Davila
Aye
Chang
Aye
Taylor
Aye
Novakhov
Aye
Epstein
Aye
Eichenstein
Aye
Meeks
Aye
Burdick
Aye
Rivera
Aye
Jackson
Aye
Kelles
Aye
Tapia
Aye
Lucas
Excused
Chandler-Waterm
Aye
Lee
Aye
Levenberg
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Pretlow      
DATE:02/14/2023AYE/NAY:26/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Excused
Glick
Aye
Norris
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Ra
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Excused
Magnarelli
Aye
Reilly
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Excused
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Excused
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Dickens
Aye
Davila
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Bronson
Aye

A00458 Floor Votes:

A00458 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           458
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 9, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON, SAYEGH, GLICK, DAVILA,
          DE LOS SANTOS, DINOWITZ, JACKSON, L. ROSENTHAL, STECK -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Housing
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  real  property  law, in relation to providing a
          deceased tenant's legal representative the option  to  terminate  such
          tenant's lease upon notice to the landlord
 
          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  236-a to read as follows:
     3    §  236-a.  Termination  of lease of a deceased tenant. Notwithstanding
     4  any contrary provision contained in any lease hereafter made or  renewed
     5  which  affects premises demised for residential use, or partly for resi-
     6  dential and partly for professional use, the executor, administrator  or
     7  legal  representative of a deceased tenant under such a lease shall have
     8  the option to terminate such a lease upon notice given to the  landlord.
     9  Such termination shall be effective as of the date on which the tenant's
    10  estate notifies the landlord of its election to terminate and surrenders
    11  possession of the premises. Such termination option shall be accompanied
    12  by  the  written  consent  thereto of any co-tenant or guarantor of such
    13  lease. Nothing in  this  section  shall  be  construed  to  relieve  the
    14  tenant's  estate  of liability for rent money or any debt incurred prior
    15  to the date of termination of the lease, including damages to the  prem-
    16  ises  and  any expenses the landlord may incur as a direct result of the
    17  tenant's death, except that the tenant's estate shall not be liable  for
    18  damages or any other penalty for breach of inadequate notice as a result
    19  of  terminating  a lease under this section. Any notice or communication
    20  required or authorized to be given hereunder shall be sent by registered
    21  or certified mail, return receipt  requested.  This  section  shall  not
    22  apply  to  a  proprietary  lease, viz.: a lease to, or held by, a tenant
    23  entitled thereto by reason of ownership of stock in a corporate owner of
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00172-01-3
        A. 458                              2
 
     1  premises which operates the same on a cooperative basis. Any  waiver  of
     2  any part of this section shall be void as against public policy.
     3    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     4  have become a law.