New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A2619: Establishes certain rights upon the expiration of ground lease residential cooperative apartment buildings
Status: In committee, May 12, 2026
Establishes certain rights upon the expiration of ground lease residential cooperative apartment buildings.
What the bill says
An act to amend the real property law, the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing certain rights upon expiration of leases for ground lease residential cooperative apartment buildings.
From the amended text, May 15, 2025:
AN ACT to amend the real property law, the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing certain rights upon expiration of leases for ground lease residential cooperative apartment buildings THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 233-c of the real property law is amended by adding three new subdivisions 3, 4, and 5 to read as follows: 3. (A) WITHIN TEN DAYS OF THE EXPIRATION OR TERMINATION OF A SUBJECT RESIDENTIAL COOPERATIVE GROUND LEASE, THE GROUND LEASE RESIDENTIAL COOPERATIVE SHALL INITIATE THE PROCESS TO DISSOLVE THE GROUND LEASE RESIDENTIAL COOPERATIVE AS PRESCRIBED BY THE APPLICABLE LAWS UNDER WHICH THE GROUND LEASE RESIDENTIAL COOPERATIVE WAS FORMED. (B) UPON DECONVERSION, RESIDENTS ENTITLED TO OCCUPANCY IN SUCH GROUND LEASE RESIDENTIAL COOPERATIVE IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE DECONVERSION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE TENANTS. THE SUBJECT GROUND LEASE OWNERS SHALL OFFER SUCH TENANTS RENTAL LEASES PURSUANT TO THE EMERGENCY TENANT PROTECTION ACT OF NINETEEN SEVENTY-FOUR, THE RENT STABILIZATION LAW OF NINETEEN SIXTY-NINE AND ANY REGULATIONS, RULES AND POLICIES ENACTED PURSUANT THERETO OR THE GOOD CAUSE EVICTION LAW OF ARTICLE SIX-A OF THIS CHAPTER, AS APPLICABLE TO THE BUILDING. 4. (A) IF ANY SUBJECT RESIDENTIAL COOPERATIVE GROUND LEASE DOES …
Sponsors
- Linda Rosenthal (D, 67) · primary sponsor
- Jeffrey Dinowitz (D, 81)
- Jo Simon (D, 52)
- Deborah Glick (D, 66)
- Rebecca Seawright (D, 76)
- Tony Simone (D, 75)
- Alex Bores (D, 73)
- Sam Berger (D, 27)
- Maryjane Shimsky (D, 92)
- Edward Braunstein (D, 26)
- Christopher Burdick (D, 93)
- Nily Rozic (D, 25)
Latest actions
- : REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
- : REFERRED TO HOUSING
- : REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
- : PRINT NUMBER 2619A
- : AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING
- : REFERRED TO HOUSING
Votes
- Assembly Housing Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules (May 12, 2026): 18 yea, 5 nay, passed
Subjects: Real Property Law
Common questions
- What is A2619?
- A2619 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Establishes certain rights upon the expiration of ground lease residential cooperative apartment buildings.
- What does A2619 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the real property law, the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing certain rights upon expiration of leases for ground lease residential cooperative apartment buildings.
- What is the status of A2619?
- In committee as of May 12, 2026. Latest action: REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES (May 12, 2026).
- Who sponsored A2619?
- Linda Rosenthal (D, 67), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for A2619?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A2619
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