Title RPP, Real Property

§ 205. Widow may bequeath a crop. A widow may bequeath a crop in the\nground of land held by her in dower.\n

§ 206. Divorced woman may release dower. A woman who is divorced from\nher husband, whether such divorce be absolute or limited, or granted in\nhis or her favor, by any court of competent jurisdiction, may release to\nhim, by an instrument in writing, sufficient to pass title to…

§ 207. Married woman may release dower by attorney. A married woman of\nfull age may release her inchoate right of dower in real property by\nattorney in fact in any case where she can personally release the same.\n

* § 210. Short title. This article shall be cited as the "good cause\neviction law".\n * NB Repealed June 15, 2034\n

* § 211. Definitions. 1. The term "housing accommodation", as used in\nthis article shall mean any residential premises, including any\nresidential premises located within a mixed-use residential premises.\n 2. The term "landlord" as used in this article shall mean any fee\nowne…

* § 212. Applicability in the city of New York. Upon the effective\ndate of this section, this article shall apply to the city of New York.\n * NB Repealed June 15, 2034\n

* § 213. Voluntary participation by local governments outside the city\nof New York. 1. Applicability. This article shall apply in any village,\ntown, or a city, other than the city of New York, that, acting through\nits local legislative body, adopts the provisions of this arti…

* § 214. Covered housing accommodations. Where this article applies,\nit shall apply to all housing accommodations except a:\n 1. premises owned by a small landlord provided that in connection with\nany eviction proceeding in which the landlord claims an exemption from\nthe prov…

* § 215. Necessity for good cause. No landlord shall, by action to\nevict or to recover possession, by exclusion from possession, by failure\nto renew any lease, or otherwise, remove any tenant from housing\naccommodations covered by section two hundred fourteen of this article\…

* § 216. Grounds for removal of tenants. 1. No landlord shall remove a\ntenant from any housing accommodation covered by section two hundred\nfourteen of this article, or attempt such removal or exclusion from\npossession, notwithstanding that the tenant has no written lease or …

* § 217. Preservation of existing requirements of law. No action shall\nbe maintainable and no judgment of possession shall be entered for\nhousing accommodations pursuant to section two hundred sixteen of this\narticle, unless the landlord has complied with any and all applicab…

* § 218. Waiver of rights void. Any agreement by a tenant heretofore\nor hereinafter entered into in a written lease or other rental agreement\nwaiving or modifying their rights as set forth in this article shall be\nvoid as contrary to public policy.\n * NB Repealed June 15, 20…

§ 220. Action for use and occupation. The landlord may recover a\nreasonable compensation for the use and occupation of real property, by\nany person, under an agreement, not made by deed; and a parol lease or\nother agreement may be used as evidence of the amount to which he is…

§ 221. Rent due on life leases recoverable. Rent due on a lease for\nlife or lives is recoverable by action, as well after as before the\ndeath of the person on whose life the rent depends, and in the same\nmanner as rent due on a lease for years.\n

§ 222. When rent is apportionable. Where a tenant for life, who shall\nhave demised the real property, dies before the first rent day, or\nbetween two rent days, his executor or administrator may recover the\nproportion of rent which accrued to him before his death.\n

§ 223. Rights where property or lease is transferred. The grantee of\nleased real property, or of a reversion thereof, or of any rent, the\ndevisee or assignee of the lessor of such a lease, or the heir or\npersonal representative of either of them, has the same remedies, by\nen…

§ 223-a. Remedies of lessee when possession is not delivered. In the\nabsence of an express provision to the contrary, there shall be implied\nin every lease of real property a condition that the lessor will deliver\npossession at the beginning of the term. In the event of breac…

§ 223-b. Retaliation by landlord against tenant. 1. No landlord of\npremises or units to which this section is applicable shall serve a\nnotice to quit upon any tenant or commence any action to recover real\nproperty or summary proceeding to recover possession of real property i…

§ 224. Attornment by tenant. The attornment of a tenant to a stranger\nis absolutely void and does not in any way affect the possession of the\nlandlord unless made either:\n 1. With the consent of the landlord; or,\n 2. Pursuant to or in consequence of a judgment, order, or dec…

§ 225. Notice of action adverse to possession of tenant. Where a\nprocess or summons in an action to recover the real property occupied by\nhim, or the possession thereof, is served upon a tenant, he must\nforthwith give notice thereof to his landlord; otherwise he forfeits the\…

§ 226. Effect of renewal on sub-lease. The surrender of an under-lease\nis not requisite to the validity of the surrender of the original lease,\nwhere a new lease is given by the chief landlord. Such a surrender and\nrenewal do not impair any right or interest of the chief land…

§ 226-a. Effect of new lease on tenant's right to remove fixtures or\nimprovements. Unless otherwise expressly agreed, where a tenant has a\nright to remove fixtures or improvements, such right shall not be lost\nor impaired by reason of his acceptance of a new lease of the same…

§ 226-b. Right to sublease or assign. 1. Unless a greater right to\nassign is conferred by the lease, a tenant renting a residence may not\nassign his lease without the written consent of the owner, which consent\nmay be unconditionally withheld without cause provided that the o…

§ 226-c. Notice of rent increase or non-renewal of residential\ntenancy. 1. * (a) Whenever a landlord intends to offer to renew the\ntenancy of an occupant in a residential dwelling unit with a rent\nincrease equal to or greater than five percent above the current rent,\nor the …

§ 227. When tenant may surrender premises. Where any building, which\nis leased or occupied, is destroyed or so injured by the elements, or\nany other cause as to be untenantable, and unfit for occupancy, and no\nexpress agreement to the contrary has been made in writing, the le…

§ 227-a. Termination of residential lease by senior citizens or\nindividuals with a disability moving to a residence of a family member\nor entering certain health care facilities, adult care facilities or\nhousing projects. 1. In any lease or rental agreement covering premises\…

§ 227-b. Termination of certain contracts by senior citizens. 1. In\nany lease or contract for a senior citizen who has attained the age of\nsixty-two or older to reside in those facilities set forth in\nsubdivision one of section two hundred twenty-seven-a of this article\nexce…

§ 227-c. Termination of residential lease by victims of domestic\nviolence. 1. Lease or rental agreement. In any lease or rental agreement\ncovering premises occupied for dwelling purposes, where a tenant or a\nmember of the tenant's household is a victim of domestic violence as…

§ 227-d. Discrimination based on domestic violence status; prohibited.\n1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, a person is a\n"domestic violence victim" and possesses "domestic violence victim\nstatus" if such person is or has been, or is a parent accompanied by a\nmi…

§ 227-e. Landlord duty to mitigate damages. In any lease or rental\nagreement, excluding any real estate purchase contract defined in\nparagraphs (a), (c) and (d) of subdivision four of section four hundred\nsixty-one of this chapter, covering premises occupied for dwelling\npur…

§ 227-f. Denial on the basis of involvement in prior disputes\nprohibited. 1. No landlord of a residential premises shall refuse to\nrent or offer a lease to a potential tenant on the basis that the\npotential tenant was involved in a past or pending landlord-tenant\naction or s…

§ 228. Termination of tenancies at will or by sufferance, by notice. A\ntenancy at will or by sufferance, however created, may be terminated by\na written notice of not less than thirty days given in behalf of the\nlandlord, to the tenant, requiring him to remove from the premis…

§ 229. Liability of tenant holding over after giving notice of\nintention to quit. If a tenant gives notice of his intention to quit the\npremises held by him, and does not accordingly deliver up the possession\nthereof, at the time specified in such notice, he or his personal\n…

§ 230. Right of tenants to form, join or participate in tenants'\ngroups. 1. No landlord shall interfere with the right of a tenant to\nform, join or participate in the lawful activities of any group,\ncommittee or other organization formed to protect the rights of tenants;\nnor…

§ 231. Lease, when void; liability of landlord where premises are\noccupied for unlawful purpose. 1. Whenever the lessee or occupant other\nthan the owner of any building or premises, shall use or occupy the\nsame, or any part thereof, for any illegal trade, manufacture or other…

§ 231-a. Sprinkler system notice in residential leases. 1. Every\nresidential lease shall provide conspicuous notice in bold face type as\nto the existence or non-existence of a maintained and operative\nsprinkler system in the leased premises.\n 2. For purposes of this section,…

§ 231-b. Flood history and risk notice in residential leases. 1. Every\nresidential lease shall provide notice of the following information\nrelated to the previous flood history and current flood risk of the\nleased premises, as follows:\n (a) whether any or all of the leased p…

* § 231-c. Good cause eviction law notice. 1. A landlord as defined in\nsubdivision two of section two hundred eleven of this chapter shall\nappend to or incorporate into any initial lease, renewal lease, notice\nrequired pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section t…

§ 232. Duration of certain agreements in New York. An agreement for\nthe occupation of real estate in the city of New York, which shall not\nparticularly specify the duration of the occupation, shall be deemed to\ncontinue until the first day of October next after the possession…

§ 232-a. Notice to terminate monthly tenancy or tenancy from month to\nmonth in the city of New York. No monthly tenant, or tenant from month\nto month, shall hereafter be removed from any lands or buildings in the\ncity of New York on the grounds of holding over the tenant's te…

§ 232-b. Notification to terminate monthly tenancy or tenancy from\nmonth to month outside the city of New York. A monthly tenancy or\ntenancy from month to month of any lands or buildings located outside of\nthe city of New York may be terminated by the tenant or for a tenancy\…

§ 232-c. Holding over by a tenant after expiration of a term longer\nthan one month; effect of acceptance of rent. Where a tenant whose term\nis longer than one month holds over after the expiration of such term,\nsuch holding over shall not give to the landlord the option to ho…

§ 233. Manufactured home parks; duties, responsibilities. a. Wherever\nused in this section:\n 1. The term "manufactured home tenant" means one who rents space in a\nmanufactured home park from a manufactured home park owner or operator\nfor the purpose of parking his manufactur…

§ 233-a. Sale of manufactured home parks. 1. Whenever used in this\nsection:\n (a) The term "notify" shall mean the placing of a notice in the United\nStates mail, addressed to the officers of the manufactured homeowners'\nassociation or the manufactured home park owner by certi…

* § 233-b. Manufactured home parks; rent increases. 1. The provisions\nof this section shall apply to all manufactured homes located in a\nmanufactured home park as defined in section two hundred thirty-three of\nthis article, however manufactured homes located in manufactured h…

* § 233-b. Campgrounds. a. Whenever used in this section:\n 1. "Campground" means any parcel or tract of land, including buildings\nor other structures, where five or more campsites are made available for\nuse as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel or\nse…

§ 233-c. Residential ground lease cooperative apartment buildings. 1.\nWherever used in this section:\n (a) The term "residential ground lease cooperative apartment building"\nmeans any and all buildings, improvements or other structures located in\nthe state of New York occupie…

§ 234. Right to recover attorneys' fees in actions or summary\nproceedings arising out of leases of residential property. 1. Whenever a\nlease of residential property shall provide that in any action or\nsummary proceeding the landlord may recover attorneys' fees and/or\nexpense…

§ 234-a. Unauthorized legal fees. (a) An owner, lessor or agent\nthereof shall be prohibited from assessing a lessee any fee, surcharge\nor other charges for legal services in connection with the operation or\nrental of a residential unit unless the owner, lessor or agent has th…

§ 235. Wilful violations. 1. Any lessor, agent, manager,\nsuperintendent or janitor of any building, or part thereof, the lease or\nrental agreement whereof by its terms, expressed or implied, requires\nthe furnishing of hot or cold water, heat, light, power, elevator\nservice, …