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A08482 Summary:

A08482 Actions:

A08482 Committee Votes:

Committee:JUDICIARY   Chair:Dinowitz      
DATE:07/14/2020AYE/NAY:15/6  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Dinowitz
Aye
Palumbo
Nay
Lavine
Aye
Montesano
Nay
Zebrowski
Aye
Goodell
Nay
Weprin
Aye
Norris
Nay
Braunstein
Aye
Walsh
Nay
Simotas
Aye
Byrnes
Nay
Quart
Aye
Buchwald
Aye
Steck
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Joyner
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Wright
Aye
Wallace
Aye
Walker
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:07/20/2020AYE/NAY:20/7  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Nay
Gottfried
Aye
Crouch
Nay
Lentol
Aye
Finch
Excused
Nolan
Aye
Hawley
Nay
Weinstein
Aye
Giglio
Nay
Ortiz
Aye
Malliotakis
Nay
Pretlow
Aye
Blankenbush
Nay
Cook
Aye
Norris
Nay
Glick
Excused
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye

A08482 Floor Votes:

A08482 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8482
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     August 7, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Judiciary
 
        AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation  to  requiring  land-
          lords  to  mitigate damages when commercial tenants vacate premises in
          violation of the terms of the lease
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 227-e of the real property law, as added by section
     2  4  of  part  M  of chapter 36 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    § 227-e. Landlord duty to mitigate damages. In  any  lease  or  rental
     5  agreement,  excluding any real estate purchase contract defined in para-
     6  graphs (a), (c) and (d) of subdivision  four  of  section  four  hundred
     7  sixty-one  of  this  chapter,  [covering  premises occupied for dwelling
     8  purposes,] if a tenant vacates a premises in violation of the  terms  of
     9  the  lease, the landlord shall, in good faith and according to the land-
    10  lord's resources and abilities, take reasonable and customary actions to
    11  rent the premises at fair market value or at the rate agreed  to  during
    12  the  term  of the tenancy, whichever is lower. If the landlord rents the
    13  premises at fair market value or at the rate agreed to during  the  term
    14  of  the tenancy, the new tenant's lease shall, once in effect, terminate
    15  the previous tenant's lease and mitigate damages  otherwise  recoverable
    16  against  the previous tenant because of such tenant's vacating the prem-
    17  ises. The burden of proof shall be  on  the  party  seeking  to  recover
    18  damages.  Any  provision  in  a  lease that exempts a landlord's duty to
    19  mitigate damages under this section shall be void as contrary to  public
    20  policy.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13512-01-9