2018 New York Laws
RPP - Real Property
Article 7 - Landlord and Tenant
235-C - Unconscionable Lease or Clause.

Universal Citation: NY Real Prop L § 235-C (2018)

§ 235-c. Unconscionable lease or clause. 1. If the court as a matter of law finds a lease or any clause of the lease to have been unconscionable at the time it was made the court may refuse to enforce the lease, or it may enforce the remainder of the lease without the unconscionable clause, or it may so limit the application of any unconscionable clause as to avoid any unconscionable result.

2. When it is claimed or appears to the court that a lease or any clause thereof may be unconscionable the parties shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to present evidence as to its setting, purpose and effect to aid the court in making the determination.


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