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A word on the risk of fire and/or property destruction clauses in New York real property leases.

Jul 26, 2021

Law Offices of Kiritsis & Associates — (212) – 922 – 0005.
Author: John Kiritsis, Esq., CPA, MBA, MS, JD, LL.M

 

Fire and property destruction provisions are rarely drafted, negotiated, or legally scrutinized in commercial leases since they rarely happen. However, including such provisions will have monumental consequences if the premises are burned or otherwise destroyed. With commercial lease cases, lawyers find client intake extremely important since each case is very fact specific.

 

As the default, courts construe commercial leases in a way that honors the intentions of the contracting parties. Gross leases often favor the tenant. Rent provisions should include the exact date rent is due.

Increasingly, tenants and landlords understand (especially due to Covid 19 pandemic) with have well-thought out, carefully planned for, meticulously drafted, diligently scrutinized and legally executable and self-enforceable lease contract agreements.

 

Statutory provisions may override or alter any contrary provision in a New York lease. A tenant who waives statutory rights (such as the warrant of habitability), disregarding the risks to his/her life, health, or safety, may not only cause those rights to become void under public policy grounds but may open the landlord to opposing punitive damages.
 

The law as it pertains to lease contracts in New York, may have changed and/or continue to evolve, during the legal changes brought on by Covid 19.  It is perhaps worth mentioning that even before the spread of the Coronavirus in the U.S., New York Landlord/Tenant laws and real property leasing laws, were considered highly esoteric and by many were a sign of a much need legal reform.

 

To better assist in a quest of further analyzing this type of question(s) as revolving per this legal guide article, it may be useful to make additional inquiries, such as: Should any pertaining lease documents be filed as a public recordation? Is it possible to make a county-specific public recordation of the pertaining lease documents? Is it permissible to have the lease be freely assignable?

 

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Sources:

HSTPA of 2019

New York Real Property Law (NY RPL) Section 7

New York City Department of Buildings

New York State Bar Association

New York Uniform Vendor Purchaser Risk Act

 

NY RPL §223

NY RPL §227

NY RPL §235

 

Brown v. Volkening, 64 N.Y. 76 (1876)

Matter of City of New York [Braddock Ave.], 251 App. Dir. 669 (2nd Dept. 1937)

Johnson v. Depew, 33 A.D.2d 645 (4th Dept. 1969)

V.R.W., Inc. v. Klein 68 N.Y.2d 560 (1986)

Stambovsky v. Ackley, 169 A.D.2d 254 (1st Dept. 1991)

Holy Props. Ltd., L.P. v. Cole Prods. Inc., 87 N.Y.2d 130 (1995)

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. v. Carney, S.O. A.D.3d 287 (1st Dept. 2008)

Island Fed. Credit Union v. Smith, 60 A.D.3d 730 (2nd Dept. 2009)

U.S. Bank v. Dellermo, 94 A.D.3d 746 (2nd Dept. 2012)

Carlo v. Koch-Matthews, 53 Misc 3d 466 (Cohoes City Court 2016)

 

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