# New York S 3799: Relates to access to adjoining property to make improvements or repairs

New York S 3799, Relates to access to adjoining property to make improvements or repairs, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Leroy Comrie (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-12-05 (APPROVAL MEMO.13) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: New York S 3799
- State: New York
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Relates to access to adjoining property to make improvements or repairs
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-30
- Last action: 2025-12-05, APPROVAL MEMO.13
- Sponsor: Leroy Comrie (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Subjects: JUDICIARY, WAYS AND MEANS
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (253 yes, 20 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- State property blocks court-ordered repair access: cost, low. Courts cannot grant this repair-access license when neighboring property is owned, leased, or otherwise occupied by a state entity. This includes the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its affiliates or subsidiaries. Owners and renters needing access to that property cannot use this court pr…
- Court access for repairs brings added duties: mixed, low. Effective immediately, New York owners and renters can seek court permission to enter neighboring property for improvements or repairs. The work must be impossible to complete in a commercially reasonable way without entry, and permission must have been refused. Refusal includes receiving more than…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Leroy Comrie (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Brad Hoylman-Sigal (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Luis R. Sepúlveda (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Robert Jackson (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-13 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 124 | 13 |   |
| 2025-06-12 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 56 | 3 |   |
| 2025-06-04 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 55 | 3 |   |
| 2025-02-11 | committee | Judiciary Committee Vote | pass | 18 | 1 |   |

## Actions (23)

- 2025-12-05: APPROVAL MEMO.13 (Senate)
- 2025-12-05: SIGNED CHAP.601 (Senate)
- 2025-12-01: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate)
- 2025-06-13: RETURNED TO SENATE (House)
- 2025-06-13: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2025-06-13: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.642 (House)
- 2025-06-13: SUBSTITUTED FOR A357B (House)
- 2025-06-12: REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS (House)
- 2025-06-12: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-06-12: REPASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-06-09: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 3799C (Senate)
- 2025-06-09: VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING (Senate)
- 2025-06-09: RETURNED TO SENATE (House)
- 2025-06-09: RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-06-04: REFERRED TO JUDICIARY (House)
- 2025-06-04: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-06-04: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-05-06: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 3799B (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 3799A (Senate)
- 2025-02-24: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: 2ND REPORT CAL. (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: 1ST REPORT CAL.350 (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: REFERRED TO JUDICIARY (Senate)

## Bill text

- Amendment C, 2025-06-09: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3799C)
- Amendment B, 2025-05-06: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3799B)
- Amendment A, 2025-04-02: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3799A)
- Original, 2025-01-30: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3799)

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## Sources
- [Amendment C (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3799C)
- [Amendment B (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3799B)
- [Amendment A (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3799A)
- [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3799)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S3799-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).
