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New York Code › Act RPP › Article 7 › Section 221

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§ 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

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