The Omnibus Housing Act (L 1983, ch 403) contains an amended section 226-b of the Real Property Law which drastically curtails, indeed effectively abrogates, the right to assign a lease without the landlord's consent. Retroactivity is unambiguously written into the new section 226-b. But how far does that retroactivity reach? Does it reach an assignment without consent but valid as a matter of law under the previous section 226-b and...
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