New York A 9457: Relates to certain conditions for a grant of permission for access to adjoining property to make improvements or repairs

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A09457 Summary:

BILL NOA09457 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08761

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SPONSORRajkumar

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §881, RPAP L (as proposed in S.3799-C & A.357-B)

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Relates to the notice required to be made for a grant of permission for access to adjoining property to make improvements or repairs.

Go to top A09457 Actions:

BILL NOA09457 

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01/06/2026referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

01/28/2026reported referred to rules

01/28/2026reported 

01/28/2026rules report cal.63

01/28/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.63

01/28/2026substituted by s8761

&nbspS08761 AMEND= COMRIE

&nbsp01/08/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/12/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.14

&nbsp01/20/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp01/20/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp01/20/2026referred to judiciary

&nbsp01/28/2026substituted for a9457

&nbsp01/28/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.63

&nbsp01/28/2026passed assembly

&nbsp01/28/2026returned to senate

&nbsp02/13/2026DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp02/13/2026SIGNED CHAP.44

Go to topA09457 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:JUDICIARY Chair:Lavine 
DATE:01/28/2026AYE/NAY:21/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules LavineAyeTannousisAye

WeprinAyeWalshAye

BraunsteinAyeBrownAye

SteckAyeMikulinAye

SeawrightAyeSmithAye

WalkerAyeMolitorAye

McMahonAye

MitaynesAye

RajkumarAye

SimonAye

SayeghAye

LunsfordAye

BergerAye

ShimskyAye

CarrollAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:01/28/2026AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA09457 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA09457 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9457

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 6, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the real property actions and proceedings law, in
 relation to certain conditions for a grant of permission for access to
 adjoining property to make improvements or repairs

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 and paragraph (d) of subdi-
 2 vision 4 of section 881 of the real property actions and proceedings
 3 law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the real proper-
 4 ty actions and proceedings law relating to access to adjoining property
 5 to make improvements or repairs, as proposed in legislative bills
 6 numbers S. 3799-C and A. 357-B, are amended to read as follows:
 7 (e) the term "state entity" shall refer to [the metropolitan transpor-
 8 tation authority] any department, division, agency, office, public
 9 authority, or public benefit corporation of the state of New York, or
 10 [its] any affiliate or subsidiary agencies of such department, division,
 11 agency, office, public authority, or public benefit corporation.
 12 (d) [The licensee and/or any contractor, consultant or agent thereof
 13 that accesses the adjoining property pursuant to the license shall
 14 procure and maintain commercial general liability insurance for damage
 15 to persons or property, naming the adjoining owner and/or its lessee(s),
 16 as applicable and made known to the licensee, as additional insureds, in
 17 such amounts as are commercially reasonable for the entry to the adjoin-
 18 ing property.] The licensee shall provide the adjoining owner and its
 19 lessee or lessees, as applicable and as made known to the licensee by
 20 the adjoining owner, with relevant documents confirming the licensee
 21 and/or any contractor, consultant or agent thereof that accesses the
 22 adjoining property pursuant to a license granted pursuant to this
 23 section maintains commercial general liability insurance, provided such
 24 documents are sufficient to enable the adjoining owner and/or its lessee
 25 or lessees, as applicable, to make a third-party claim und