# N.Y. RPP Law § 223: Rights where property or lease is transferred

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ARPP_A7_S223

## Section

- **Citation:** N.Y. RPP Law § 223
- **Heading:** Rights where property or lease is transferred
- **Jurisdiction:** New York
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** New York Code / Act RPP / Article 7 / Section 223

## Text

§ 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\nentry, action or otherwise, for the nonperformance of any agreement\ncontained in the assigned lease for the recovery of rent, for the doing\nof any waste, or for other cause of forfeiture as his grantor or lessor\nhad, or would have had, if the reversion had remained in him. A lessee\nof real property, his assignee or personal representative, has the same\nremedy against the lessor, his grantee or assignee, or the\nrepresentative of either, for the breach of an agreement contained in\nthe lease, that the lessee might have had against his immediate lessor,\nexcept a covenant against incumbrances or relating to the title or\npossession of the premises leased. This section applies as well to a\ngrant or lease in fee, reserving rent, as to a lease for life or for\nyears; but not to a deed of conveyance in fee, made before the ninth day\nof April, eighteen hundred and five, or after the fourteenth day of\nApril, eighteen hundred and sixty.\n

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