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Real Property Law Committee

Overview

The Real Property Law Committee addresses legal and policy issues pertaining to the commercial real estate community in New York City. The Committee provides a forum for discussion and networking amongst practitioners, as well as educational opportunities through presentations and continuing legal education programs. In addition, the Committee serves in an advisory capacity for relevant legislation and the greater real property legal community.
Chairs
- Dorothy Heyl
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Reports
- New York State FY24 Judiciary Budget - Civil Legal Services Funding and Restoration of Funding for Homeowner Protection Program (March 22, 2023) PDF
  
  Author(s): Pro Bono & Legal Services Committee Real Property Law Committee Cooperative & Condominium Law Committee
  
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- Support of the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act of 2021 (December 08, 2021) PDF
  
  Author(s): Futures & Derivatives Regulation Committee Investment Management Regulation Committee Project Finance Committee Securities Regulation Committee Structured Finance Committee Banking Law Committee Commercial Law & Uniform State Laws Committee Real Property Law Committee In-House Counsel Committee Consumer Affairs Committee
  
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- Letter to Governor Cuomo Supporting Electronic Notarization in New York with Appropriate Regulations (July 09, 2021) PDF
  
  Author(s): Commercial Law & Uniform State Laws Committee Litigation Committee Real Property Law Committee Visitor Information
  
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- Report Opposing Pending Legislation to Permit Electronic Notarization in New York; Urges Legislature to Consider Comprehensive Alternatives (March 26, 2021) PDF
  
  Author(s): Commercial Law & Uniform State Laws Committee Real Property Law Committee Visitor Information
  
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- Report Opposing Mezzanine Debt Tax Proposal Which Includes Non-uniform Amendments of the New York UCC (March 17, 2021) PDF
  
  Author(s): Commercial Law & Uniform State Laws Committee Real Property Law Committee
  
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- Support for the Enactment of LIBOR Replacement Legislation (March 11, 2021) PDF
  
  Author(s): Futures & Derivatives Regulation Committee Investment Management Regulation Committee Securities Regulation Committee Structured Finance Committee Banking Law Committee Commercial Law & Uniform State Laws Committee Real Property Law Committee In-House Counsel Committee Consumer Affairs Committee
  
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- Small Business Jobs Survival Act: Testimony (October 22, 2018) PDF
  
  Author(s): Real Property Law Committee
  
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- Small Business Jobs Survival Act (Commercial Rent Control) (September 11, 2018) PDF
  
  Author(s): Real Property Law Committee
  
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- Report on NYC Council Legislation to Require the Auditing of Buildings for Compliance with the Affordability Requirements of the 421-a Tax Exemption Program (March 15, 2017) PDF
  
  Author(s): Housing & Urban Development Committee Land Use Planning & Zoning Committee Real Property Law Committee
  
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- Letter to Governor Cuomo and Legislative Leaders calling for the re-enactment of the 421-a real-estate tax exemption and permanent extension of the Private Activity Bond Allocation Act of 2014 (May 17, 2016) PDF
  
  Author(s): Housing & Urban Development Committee Land Use Planning & Zoning Committee Real Property Law Committee
  
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- Report opposing legislation relating to commercial rent control and commercial tenant harassment (November 20, 2015) PDF
  
  Author(s): Real Property Law Committee Cooperative & Condominium Law Committee
  
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- Report Opposing the Short-Term Rental Bills (June 13, 2014) PDF
  
  Author(s): Real Property Law Committee Cooperative & Condominium Law Committee
  
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- 2013 Policy Recommendations for New York City's Next Mayor (May 01, 2013) PDF
  
  Author(s): Animal Law Committee Banking Law Committee Children & the Law Committee Council on Children Civil Court Committee Civil Rights Committee Consumer Affairs Committee Corrections & Community Reentry Committee Criminal Advocacy Committee Criminal Courts Committee Criminal Justice Operations Committee Criminal Law Committee Disability Law Committee Domestic Violence Committee Drugs & the Law Committee Education & the Law Committee Environmental Law Committee Housing & Urban Development Committee Monday Night Law/Moderate Means Committee Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Rights Committee Matrimonial Law Committee New York City Affairs Committee Real Property Law Committee Sex & Law Committee Social Welfare Law Committee Transportation Committee United Nations Committee
  
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- Letter to the Legislature regarding amending the New York Limited Liability Company Law and New York Revised Limited Partnership Act to eliminate newspaper publication requirements (October 2012) (October 01, 2012) PDF
  
  Author(s): Real Property Law Committee
  
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- Report on City Council Legislation regarding Commercial Rent Control (July 2010) (July 01, 2010) PDF
  
  Author(s): Real Property Law Committee
  
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- Report on A.2015/S.3569 (including previous memo on A.9441/S.6288 and A.9445-A/S.6290, 2009-2010 Legislative Session)which would create a state-run title insurance system in New York (Reissued June 2011) (March 01, 2010) PDF
  
  Author(s): Real Property Law Committee
  
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- Model form of Contract of Sale -- Office, Commercial and Multi-Family Residential Premises plus Commentary (December 01, 2007) PDF
  
  Author(s): Real Property Law Committee
  
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- Memorandum opposing S.4744/A.7667 which would protect innocent homeowners from the loss of their homes as a result of certain predatory practices. (June 01, 2005) PDF
  
  Author(s): Real Property Law Committee
  
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- Mortgage Loan Opinion Report (June 01, 1998) PDF
  
  Author(s): Real Property Law Committee
  
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News & Media
- 2023-24 New York State Budget Recap (May 15, 2023)
- 'Not a Done Deal': City Bar Committee Responds to Law Journal Letter to the Editor on Funding for Assigned Counsel (New York Law Journal) (April 12, 2023)
- As State Budget Debate Continues, NYC Bar Pushes Legal Services Funding, Sounds 'Alarm' on Children's Representation (New York Law Journal) (April 04, 2023)
- City Bar Calls for Increased Funding in the New York State Budget for a Range of Legal Services (March 31, 2023)
- Good Cause Eviction: Pro and Con (April 12, 2022)
- Remote Notarization Is Here, Now: A Giant Step Forward for New York’s Notary Laws (New York Law Journal) (March 30, 2022)
- Governor Hochul Acts on Outstanding 2021 Bills Commented on by City Bar Committees (January 10, 2022)
- 2021 New York State Legislative Session Recap: City Bar Policy Successes (January 03, 2022)
- City Bar Creates Mortgage Loan Opinion Model Form (September 09, 2021)
- 2021 New York State Legislative Session Ends with Progress on a Number of City Bar-Supported Bills (June 11, 2021)
- 2021 New York State Budget Recap: Funding Education and Avoiding Problematic Policies (April 12, 2021)
- Libor Transition Hits 'Milestone' With NY Legacy Contracts Fix (Law360 Pulse) (March 25, 2021)
- New York City Bar Applauds Passage of LIBOR Discontinuance Legislation (March 24, 2021)
- New York City Bar Association Supports LIBOR Discontinuance Legislation (March 12, 2021)
- NYC Bar hones in on building emissions law (Queens Daily Eagle) (February 05, 2021)
- City’s Small Businesses Need Rent Stabilization to Survive COVID-19, Advocates Say (City Limits) (April 06, 2020)
- The City Council Is Taking Up a Much Stricter Form of Commercial Rent Control (Commercial Observer) (December 10, 2019)
- City biz leaders blast commercial rent plan (Real Estate Weekly) (November 20, 2019)
- What Can NYC Do To Stop Small Businesses From Dying Out? (October 24, 2018)
- NYC's long-running flirtation with commercial rent control (October 16, 2018)
- Bar Association: NYC Has No Legal Rights to Establish Commercial Rent Control (September 13, 2018)
- Not so fast: NY Bar says city has no authority to introduce commercial rent control (September 12, 2018)
- Bar association says city lacks authority to establish commercial rent control (September 11, 2018)
- What You Need to Know About the New 421-A Tax Break for Developers (April 27, 2017)
- City Bar urges Albany to pass 421a sans prevailing wage (May 18, 2016)
- City Bar Urges Governor and Legislature to Re-Enact Revised 421-a Law and to Renew the Private Activity Bond Allocation Act of 2014 (May 17, 2016)
- DOB Seminar Concentrates on Tenant Protection (May 11, 2016)
Events
- Are You Ready for Local Law 97?: Carbon Reduction in New York’s Built Environment (June 28, 2023)
- Cannabis Law Conference 2023 (July 17, 2023)

Real Property Law Committee

The Real Property Law Committee addresses legal and policy issues pertaining to the commercial real estate community in New York City. The Committee provides a forum for discussion and networking amongst practitioners, as well as educational opportunities through presentations and continuing legal education programs. In addition, the Committee serves in an advisory capacity for relevant legislation and the greater real property legal community.

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