NY Real Property Law › Article 7: Landlord and Tenant

§ 222 When rent is apportionable

§ 222. When rent is apportionable. Where a tenant for life, who shall have demised the real property, dies before the first rent day, or between two rent days, his executor or administrator may recover the proportion of rent which accrued to him before his death.

Source: NY Real Property Law, as published by the New York State Senate's Open Legislation service
Last amended: Effective September 22, 2014
Checked: Matched the official code on October 1, 2026

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Text in force in this form since 2014-09-22 per NY Senate Open Legislation (eff. 9/22/2014)

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