{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-general-municipal-law-72-p","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. General Municipal Law § 72-p","heading":"Lease of real property by a municipality","body":"* § 72-p. Lease of real property by a municipality. Notwithstanding\nany provision of any general, special or local law or of any charter,\nwhenever a municipal corporation enters into a lease of real property\nthe lease agreement shall provide that the tenant may not assign the\nlease to a third party unless such assignment is approved by the\nmunicipal corporation. A municipal corporation may not arbitrarily and\ncapriciously withhold its approval of such assignment. The provisions of\nthis section shall not apply to the leases of real property to municipal\nor public corporations.\n  * NB There are two § 72-p's","path":["General Municipal Law","Article 5. Powers, Limitations and Liabilities"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/GMU/72-P","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"307ac58df6e2ea514cda8d2cacbd8a8acb4be7bdc1ba405769631f787ac97a84","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-general-municipal-law-72-o","next":"us-ny/n.y.-general-municipal-law-72-p-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}