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Assembly Bill A10115

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Clarifies provisions related to eviction where a landlord seeks to demolish a housing accommodation

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2025-A10115 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §216, RP L

2025-A10115 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the entire demolition of a housing accommodation or building by a landlord to qualify as a good cause eviction.

2025-A10115 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10115
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend  the  real  property  law,  in  relation  to  clarifying
   provisions  related  to  eviction where a landlord seeks to demolish a
   housing accommodation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Paragraph (h) of subdivision 1 of section 216 of the real
 property law, as added by section 1 of part HH of chapter 56 of the laws
 of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   (h) The landlord in good faith seeks to demolish  the  ENTIRE  housing
 accommodation  OR  BUILDING,  provided  that no judgment in favor of the
 landlord may be granted pursuant to this paragraph unless  the  landlord
 establishes good faith to demolish the housing accommodation OR BUILDING
 by  clear  and  convincing  evidence.   THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH
 SHALL NOT APPLY WHERE THE LANDLORD IS ATTEMPTING TO DEMOLISH  INDIVIDUAL
 HOUSING UNITS WITHIN THE ACCOMMODATION OR BUILDING;
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 216 of the real property  law
 made  by  section  one  of  this act shall not affect the repeal of such
 section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14607-02-6

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