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                                  9721--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 22, 2024
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 Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Judiciary  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  real  property law, in relation to ground lease
   contracts
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  real property law is amended by adding a new section
 233-c to read as follows:
   § 233-C. RESIDENTIAL GROUND LEASE COOPERATIVE APARTMENT BUILDINGS.  1.
 WHEREVER USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A) THE TERM "RESIDENTIAL GROUND LEASE COOPERATIVE APARTMENT BUILDING"
 MEANS ANY AND ALL BUILDINGS, IMPROVEMENTS OR OTHER STRUCTURES LOCATED IN
 THE STATE OF NEW YORK OCCUPIED, OWNED OR LEASED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY A
 GROUND LEASE RESIDENTIAL COOPERATIVE, OR  ANY  SUBSIDIARY  OR  AFFILIATE
 THEREOF, PURSUANT TO A SUBJECT RESIDENTIAL COOPERATIVE GROUND LEASE.
   (B) THE TERM "GROUND LEASE RESIDENTIAL COOPERATIVE" MEANS ANY NEW YORK
 CORPORATION  ORGANIZED OR OPERATING AS A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPO-
 RATION, NEW YORK COOPERATIVE CORPORATION OR COOPERATIVE  HOUSING  CORPO-
 RATION,  INCLUDING ANY ENTITY MEETING THE DEFINITION THEREOF FOR FEDERAL
 INCOME TAX PURPOSES, OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY THAT IS A TENANT IN COMMON,
 CO-TENANT OR JOINT OWNER WITH ANY SUCH CORPORATION, OR WHICH IS, DIRECT-
 LY OR INDIRECTLY THROUGH A SUBSIDIARY OR AFFILIATE THEREOF, A PARTY TO A
 SUBJECT RESIDENTIAL COOPERATIVE GROUND LEASE.
   (C) THE TERM "SUBJECT RESIDENTIAL COOPERATIVE GROUND LEASE" MEANS  THE
 LEASE  AGREEMENT,  TOGETHER  WITH ANY AMENDMENTS OR OTHER RELATED AGREE-
 MENTS INCLUDING ANY FORBEARANCE, SETTLEMENT, TENANCY IN COMMON OR  OTHER
 SIMILAR  AGREEMENTS  RELATED  THERETO,  PURSUANT TO WHICH A GROUND LEASE
 RESIDENTIAL COOPERATIVE LEASES, OCCUPIES OR OTHERWISE USES FOR  RESIDEN-
 TIAL,  COMMERCIAL,  OR  OTHER  ANCILLARY  PURPOSES THE GROUND LEASE REAL
 PROPERTY FROM ONE OR MORE SUBJECT GROUND LEASE OWNERS.
   (D) THE TERM "GROUND LEASE REAL PROPERTY"  MEANS  ALL  REAL  PROPERTY,
 INCLUDING  IMPROVEMENTS  THEREON, ALL OR ANY PORTION OF WHICH IS LEASED,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 RENTED, LICENSED OR OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR USE TO A GROUND  LEASE  RESI-
 DENTIAL COOPERATIVE PURSUANT TO A SUBJECT RESIDENTIAL COOPERATIVE GROUND
 LEASE,  INCLUDING ANY PORTION THEREOF THAT MAY BE SUBLEASED OR OTHERWISE
 USED FOR ANCILLARY RETAIL, PARKING, OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.
   (E)  THE  TERM "SUBJECT GROUND LEASE OWNERS" MEANS ANY AND ALL PERSONS
 OR ENTITIES, WHETHER NATURAL  PERSONS,  ESTATES,  TRUSTS,  CORPORATIONS,
 PARTNERSHIPS  OR  OTHER  ENTITIES,  OTHER THAN ANY EXCEPTED GROUND LEASE
 OWNER, THAT HOLDS TITLE TO OR IS THE OWNER, WHETHER BY THE ENTIRETY,  AS
 TENANTS  IN  COMMON  OR  OTHERWISE,  OF GROUND LEASE REAL PROPERTY OR IS
 OTHERWISE THE LANDLORD UNDER ANY SUBJECT RESIDENTIAL COOPERATIVE  GROUND
 LEASE.
   (F) THE TERM "EXCEPTED GROUND LEASE OWNER" MEANS (I) THE UNITED STATES
 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE CITY OF NEW YORK, AND ANY
 AGENCY,  MUNICIPALITY  OR  POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING
 THEREOF, ANY ENTITY OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY ANY OF THE FOREGOING, INCLUD-
 ING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE BATTERY PARK CITY AUTHORITY,  THE  ROOSEVELT
 ISLAND  OPERATING  CORPORATION, THE QUEENS WEST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION,
 THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK DEVELOPMENT  CORPORATION,  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY
 EDUCATIONAL  CONSTRUCTION FUND, AND THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY,
 (II) ANY CHARITY APPROVED UNDER SECTION 501(C) OF THE  INTERNAL  REVENUE
 CODE  WHICH  ACQUIRED  ITS INTEREST AS THE OWNER OR LANDLORD OF A GROUND
 LEASE REAL PROPERTY PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR,
 AND  (III)  ANY INDIAN NATION, TRIBE OR BAND AS SUCH LANDS ARE DESCRIBED
 UNDER AND PROTECTED BY THE INDIAN LAW OR TITLE TWENTY-FIVE OF THE UNITED
 STATES CODE, BUT SHALL EXCLUDE ANY PRIVATE FOUNDATION WITHIN THE MEANING
 OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED NINE OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
   2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  TERM  OF  A  SUBJECT  RESIDENTIAL  COOPERATIVE
 GROUND  LEASE  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  IF  A SUBJECT RESIDENTIAL COOPERATIVE
 GROUND LEASE AUTHORIZES THE  GROUND  LEASE  RESIDENTIAL  COOPERATIVE  TO
 RENEW  OR  EXTEND ITS LEASE AT THE SOLE OPTION OF THE GROUND LEASE RESI-
 DENTIAL COOPERATIVE, THEN THE GROUND LEASE RESIDENTIAL  COOPERATIVE  MAY
 EXERCISE  SUCH RIGHT TO RENEW OR EXTEND AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE EXPIRA-
 TION OF THE SUBJECT RESIDENTIAL COOPERATIVE GROUND LEASE  IN  ACCORDANCE
 WITH ALL OTHER TERMS THEREOF.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law, and shall apply to  all  contracts  issued,  renewed,
 modified, altered or amended on or after such date.