§ 221. Rent due on life leases recoverable. Rent due on a lease for life or lives is recoverable by action, as well after as before the death of the person on whose life the rent depends, and in the same manner as rent due on a lease for years.
Rent due on life leases recoverable
N.Y. Real Property Law § 221, under Landlord and Tenant.
N.Y. Real Property Law § 221