Senate bill · S421 (2025-26)
Requires landlords to mitigate damages when commercial tenants vacate premises in violation of the terms of the lease
New York State Senate
Same as A2611, the matching bill in the Assembly.
Summary
Requires landlords to mitigate damages when commercial tenants vacate premises in violation of the terms of the lease.
Summary from NY Open Legislation. How we handle summaries
Amends the Real Property Law.
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Purpose, from the sponsor's memo
Amends the real property law to include commercial landlords in the section of the real property law requiring that landlords mitigate damages when tenants vacate premises before the expiration date of a lease.
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Where it stands
Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Up for a vote
- Passed one chamber
- Passed
- Enacted
Committee
Judiciary · New York State Assembly
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Cosponsors
Albert A. Stirpe, Jo Anne Simon and 3 more on Agora
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The sponsor's argument
Why John Liu says this is needed
New York State has restored the duty of landlords to mitigate damages when a tenant vacates before the end of a lease term for residential units. This public policy decision is based on the long-standing princi- ple of the duty of a plaintiff to minimize damages. This sound princi- ple, now applied to residential units, is also good public policy to protect commercial tenants from property owners who make no effort to re-rent a vacant property or minimize damages. Currently, it is common for commercial leases to include such a provision. This legislation would extend the state policy to commercial landlords and tenants on a uniform basis.
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Full history
- May 29, 2026
Amend and Recommit to Judiciary
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY
NY Senate
- May 21, 2026
Amended
AMENDED ON THIRD READING 2611A
NY Assembly
- Jan 7, 2026
Died in Senate
DIED IN SENATE
NY Senate
- Jan 7, 2026
Ordered to Third Reading CAL.95
ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.95
NY Assembly
- Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
NY Senate
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- Jun 10, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO SENATE
NY Assembly
- Jun 10, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
- Jun 10, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO RULES
NY Senate
- Jun 9, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED
NY Assembly
- Jun 9, 2025
Rules Report CAL.488
RULES REPORT CAL.488
NY Assembly
- May 20, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
NY Assembly
- Jan 21, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
NY Assembly
- Jan 8, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
NY Senate