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Assembly Bill A9457

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to certain conditions for a grant of permission for access to adjoining property to make improvements or repairs

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2025-A9457 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8761
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §881, RPAP L (as proposed in S.3799-C & A.357-B)
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A9564
2023-2024: A1321

2025-A9457 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2025-A9457 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9457
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              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:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 and paragraph (d) of subdi-
 vision 4 of section 881 of the real  property  actions  and  proceedings
 law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the real proper-
 ty  actions and proceedings law relating to access to adjoining property
 to make improvements  or  repairs,  as  proposed  in  legislative  bills
 numbers S. 3799-C and A. 357-B, are amended to read as follows:
   (e) the term "state entity" shall refer to [the metropolitan transpor-
 tation  authority]  ANY  DEPARTMENT,  DIVISION,  AGENCY,  OFFICE, PUBLIC
 AUTHORITY, OR PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF  NEW  YORK,  or
 [its] ANY affiliate or subsidiary agencies OF SUCH DEPARTMENT, DIVISION,
 AGENCY, OFFICE, PUBLIC AUTHORITY, OR PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION.
   (d)  [The  licensee and/or any contractor, consultant or agent thereof
 that accesses the adjoining  property  pursuant  to  the  license  shall
 procure  and  maintain commercial general liability insurance for damage
 to persons or property, naming the adjoining owner and/or its lessee(s),
 as applicable and made known to the licensee, as additional insureds, in
 such amounts as are commercially reasonable for the entry to the adjoin-
 ing property.] The licensee shall provide the adjoining  owner  and  its
 LESSEE  OR  lessees,  as applicable AND AS MADE KNOWN TO THE LICENSEE BY
 THE ADJOINING OWNER, with relevant  documents  CONFIRMING  THE  LICENSEE
 AND/OR  ANY  CONTRACTOR,  CONSULTANT  OR AGENT THEREOF THAT ACCESSES THE
 ADJOINING PROPERTY PURSUANT  TO  A  LICENSE  GRANTED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION  MAINTAINS COMMERCIAL GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE, PROVIDED SUCH
 DOCUMENTS ARE SUFFICIENT TO ENABLE THE ADJOINING OWNER AND/OR ITS LESSEE
 OR LESSEES, AS APPLICABLE, TO MAKE A THIRD-PARTY CLAIM UNDER SUCH INSUR-
 ANCE IN THE EVENT THAT SUCH LICENSEE AND/OR ANY  CONTRACTOR,  CONSULTANT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00711-08-6

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