New York S 421: Relates to the common core state standards initiative

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S00421 Summary:

BILL NOS00421A

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SAME ASSAME AS A02611-A

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SPONSORLIU

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §227-e, RP L

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Requires landlords to mitigate damages when commercial tenants vacate premises in violation of the terms of the lease.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

01/07/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

05/29/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY

05/29/2026PRINT NUMBER 421A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 421--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. LIU -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary -- recommitted
 to the Committee on Judiciary in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
 and recommitted to said committee

 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. 1. 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.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01676-03-6

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 1 2. In any lease or rental agreement, excluding any real estate
 2 purchase contract defined in paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) of subdivision
 3 four of section four hundred sixty-one of this chapter, covering prem-
 4 ises not occupied for dwelling purposes, if a tenant vacates a premises
 5 in violation of the terms of the lease, the landlord shall, in good
 6 faith and according to the landlord's resources and abilities, take
 7 reasonable and customary actions to rent the premises at fair market
 8 value or at the rate agreed to during the term of the tenancy, the new
 9 tenant's lease shall, once in effect, terminate the previous tenant's
 10 lease and mitigate damages otherwise recoverable against the previous
 11 tenant because of such tenant's vacating the premises. Nothing in this
 12 section will preclude the landlord from seeking recovery of damages for
 13 that portion of the rent not recovered through any successful effort to
 14 release the property under the duty to mitigate in this section. The
 15 burden of proof shall be on the party seeking to recovery damages. Any
 16 provision in a lease that exempts a landlord's duty to mitigate damages
 17 under this section shall be void as contrary to public policy.
 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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