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Senate Bill S8761

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-S8761 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9457
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
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-S8761 (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-S8761 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8761 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8761
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 8, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 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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